[HISTORY: Adopted by Board of Commissioners of Township of Springfield
4-9-1929 by Ord. No. 49.]
No privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle for human excrement shall
be constructed or maintained upon any property in said township abutting on
a street, road or alley in which is laid a public sewer. Any privy vault or
cesspool now or hereafter constructed on any lot, piece or parcel of ground
abutting on or contiguous with any public sewer within the limits of the said
township shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a public nuisance,
and if the owner or owners of such privy vaults or cesspools refuse or neglect
to abate such nuisance within 30 days after written notice from the Secretary
of the Township to abate, the Township Commissioners of said township shall
abate said nuisance and collect the costs thereof from the owner or owners
of property by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit.
That the owners of all improved property in the township of Springfield
abutting on or adjoining any street, road or alley in which is a sanitary
sewer, are hereby required to make connection with said sewer in such manner
as is provided by the rules and regulations relating thereto, for the purpose
of discharging and removing from the said premises all liquid household waste
incidental to housekeeping, all liquid manufacturing wastes, all human sewage
and fecal matter, but no surface or stormwater shall be allowed therein.
If at any time the Board of Health of Springfield Township shall deem
it necessary for the public health that any improved property in said township
abutting or adjoining any street, road or alley in which is a sanitary sewer,
be connected with such sewer, the said Committee shall report the matter to
the Board of Township Commissioners, and said Commissioners may then require
the owners of said improved property to connect the same with said sewer within
60 days from the receipt of notice so to do.
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Editor's Note: For health, generally, see Ch. 17, Board of Health
Rules and Regulations.
That if the owner of any improved property in the Township of Springfield
abutting on or adjoining any street, road or alley in which is a sanitary
sewer, shall fail to connect the same with said sewer within 60 days after
receipt of a copy of this ordinance and instructions to make said connection
signed by the Township Secretary, then the said township may enter upon said
property, connect the same with the said sewer and the cost thereof is hereby
assessed against the said premises, and shall be collected from the owner
by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
Whenever the Township Commissioners shall be required to serve notice
on any property owner, such service may be made by leaving a copy with the
property owner personally, or with the known agent or occupant of the premises.
Any person who shall cause to be discharged into any sanitary sewer
of this township matter of any sort liable to form a deposit or to create
an obstruction therein or who shall break into or otherwise make connection
with a township sewer without having first procured the necessary permit or
who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements provided by the rules
and regulations or ordinances of this township pertaining to the use of septic
sewers, shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50 for each and every
offense, and each day during which he shall persist in such violation after
receiving notice from the township to discontinue the same shall constitute
a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty. Such fine or penalty
shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now collected by law.
