[Adopted as Title 8, Ch. 2, of the 1977 Code[1]]
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Editor's Note: This article was adopted 2-9-1971 by Ord.
No. 703 and amended 7-18-1983 by Ord. No. 1026; 9-6-1988 by Ord. No.
1165; 7-9-1990 by Ord. No. 1215; and 7-10-2000 by Ord. No. 1416.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying property
along any public highway, road, street, avenue, public land or public
alley in the Township of Upper Moreland to drain, to allow to drain,
or to allow the percolation, flow or discharge of any wastewater or
drainage from sinks, bathtubs, lavatories, water closets, privies,
cesspools or any other foul, polluted or offensive water or drainage
of any kind into or upon any public highway, road, street, avenue,
public lane or public alley by any means whatsoever.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 1.02, which immediately followed
this section, was repealed 7-10-2000 by Ord. No. 1416.
Any owner, person, firm, association or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this article or who shall fail to
comply with the conditions or requirements of any permit granted in
accordance with the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$600 for each and every offense. A new and separate offense shall
be deemed to have been committed for each day that said violation
exists. All fines imposed by the article are recoverable by summary
proceedings before any magisterial district judge in the Township
of Upper Moreland and, upon recovery thereof, all such fines are to
be paid into the treasury of the Township. In default of the payment
of any fine imposed by any magisterial district judge under the provisions
of this article, the person or persons so offending may be committed
to the jail, workhouse or other penal institution of Montgomery County
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
