A.
Regardless of lot size, no person shall install, construct,
or request bid proposals for construction or alter an individual sewage
system or community sewage system or construct or request bid proposals
for construction or install or occupy any building or structure for
which an individual sewage system or community sewage system is to
be installed without first obtaining a permit indicating that the
site and the plans and specifications of such system are in compliance
with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act[1] (hereinafter called "Act 537" or "Act") and the standards
adopted pursuant to that Act.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
B.
No system or structure designed to provide individual
or community sewage disposal shall be covered from view until approval
to cover the same has been given by the Municipal SEO. If 72 hours
have elapsed, excepting Sundays and holidays, since the SEO issuing
the permit received notification of completion of construction, the
applicant may cover said system or structure unless permission has
been specifically refused by the SEO.
C.
The municipality may require applicants for sewage
permits to notify the municipality's certified SEO of the schedule
for construction of the permitted on-lot sewage disposal system so
that inspection(s) in addition to the final inspection required by
Act 537 may be scheduled and performed by the municipality's certified
SEO at the cost of the applicant.
D.
No building or occupancy permit shall be issued by
the municipality or its Codes Enforcement Officer for a new building
which will contain sewage-generating facilities until a valid sewage
permit has been obtained from the municipality's certified SEO.
E.
No building or occupancy permit shall be issued and
no work shall begin on any alteration or conversion of any existing
structure, if said alteration or conversion will result in the increase
or potential increase in sewage flows from the structure, until the
municipality's Codes Enforcement Officer and the structure's owner
receive from the municipality's SEO either a permit for modification
or replacement of the existing sewage disposal system or written notification
that such a permit will not be required. In accordance with Chapter
73 regulations, the certified SEO shall determine whether the proposed
alteration or conversion of the structure will result in increased
sewage flows.
F.
Sewage permits may be issued only by a certified SEO
employed by the municipality for that express purpose. The DEP shall
be notified by the municipality as to the identity of its currently
employed primary and alternate certified SEOs.
G.
No sewage permit for a new occupancy, whether residential
or nonresidential, may be issued unless proof is provided the lot
of record existed prior to May 15, 1972, or that Act 537 planning
for that lot has been provided by the municipality and approved by
DEP.
H.
No final Act 247 approval of a subdivision or land
development plan may be made and no recording of deeds for newly created
lots completed until formal Act 537 planning approval by DEP is received.
