[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
This Part shall be known as the "Canton Township On-Lot Sewage
Disposal System Permit Ordinance of 2018."
[Ord. No. 8-2018, 11/8/2018]
1. 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)].
2. 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]
1. 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.
2. 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.
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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.
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1. 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.
2. 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.