[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018[1]]
This Part shall be known as the "Canton Township On-Lot Sewage Disposal System Permit Ordinance of 2018."
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Part 11, On-Lot Sewage Disposal System Permits, adopted by Ord. No. 1-2018, 1/12/2018.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
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This Part is adopted pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as amended [35 P.S. § 740.7(a)(1)].[1]
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
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The purpose of the Part is to provide for the permitting of all on-lot sewage disposal systems within the Township in accordance with the standards and regulations of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 72 and 73, excepting those systems otherwise eligible for an exemption from the permitting requirements of the Act, as authorized by Section 7(a)(1) of the Act.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
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From and after the effective date of this Part, all persons proposing to install an on-lot sewage disposal system on any lot within the Township, specifically excluding those persons proposing to otherwise qualify for a permit exemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(a)(1) of the Act shall apply to the Township's agency for a permit for the installation of such system.
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No person shall install or commence construction of any on-lot sewage disposal system for which a permit is required until such permit has been issued by a Sewage Enforcement Officer employed by or contracted to the Township.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
A permit and/or a plan revision shall be required for the installation of an individual on-lot sewage system for a residential structure occupied or intended to be occupied by the property owner or a member of his immediate family on a contiguous tract of land 10 acres or more if the owner of the property was the owner of record as of January 10, 1987.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
Property owners building exempt on-lot sewage systems must provide indemnification to Canton Township as described in § 750.7 of the Act.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties authorized pursuant to Sections 13 and 13.1 of the Act, as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
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In addition to the penalties for non-compliance set forth in Subsection 1 above, it is further provided that all of the civil and equitable remedies set forth in Sections 12, 14 and 15 of the Act (35 P.S. § 750.14 and 750.5), as amended, shall be applicable to violations of this Part.
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
Should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Part be determined or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of a preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this Part shall remain in full force and effect.