[Adopted 6-12-1941 by Ord. No. 236]
[Amended 10-11-1962 by Ord. No. 387]
A.
Every property situate within the Township of Nether
Providence, which now abuts or shall hereafter abut upon any public
sanitary sewer or which adjoins or abuts upon any public street in
which a public sanitary sewer is now or shall hereafter be located,
shall connect every building now or hereafter erected on said property
to such public sanitary sewer and shall thenceforth make use of said
sewer for disposal of sewage from every such building. Separate and
independent connections with the sewer shall be required for each
building. Grouping of buildings upon one house sewer shall not be
permitted except with special permission of the Board of Commissioners
upon recommendation of the Township Engineer.
B.
Alternative deferred connection plan. Any affected
property owner may request the grant of special permission by the
Board of Commissioners to defer connection to a sanitary sewer main
which adjoins or abuts their property based on necessary and compelling
reasons, and such deferment shall extend for a period of time as determined
by the Board and/or until conveyance of said property, whichever period
of time is less. Consideration to grant deferment shall be conditioned
upon the recommendation of the Township Engineer, written consent
to the filing of a recordable municipal lien in favor of the Township
equal to the deferred amount plus legal interest and costs in a form
acceptable to the Township Solicitor. Consent must be granted by all
members of subject property as determined by a reputable title report
provided by the requesting property owner.
[Amended 6-14-2001 by Ord. No. 652]
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
In the event that any owner or owners of property
shall neglect or refuse to connect any such building with the Township
sewer within 60 days after receiving notice from the Township Plumbing
Inspector directing that such work be done, the Township, acting through
its Plumbing Inspector, shall cause the proper connection to be made,
and the cost incurred by the Township in effecting said connection
shall thereupon be collected from the owner or owners of said property,
either by an action in assumpsit brought against such owner or owners
or by filing a municipal claim against said property.
All notice required hereunder shall be personally
served upon such interested owners as may reside in the Township;
but in the case of nonresident owners, said notices may be served
by registered mail. Should the address of any nonresident owner be
unknown, such notice may be served either upon the occupants of the
property affected or upon the agent or other person in charge of the
same; or, if such property be unoccupied, written or printed notice
conspicuously posted upon the premises shall be sufficient.
[Amended 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
Connections with Township sewers shall be made
only in accordance with the plumbing regulations of the Township and
under such rules and regulations and upon such terms and conditions
as the Board of Township Commissioners shall from time to time adopt
and prescribe; and no connection shall be made until a permit shall
first have been secured.
[Amended 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
Permits for connecting with Township sewers
shall be issued by the Manager of the Township upon application of
the property owner, submitted on prescribed forms furnished by the
Township and upon payment of a fee as set forth by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners from time to time[1] in each instance to defray the cost of inspection.
[Amended 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
Owners of private residential properties in
the Township not adjoining or adjacent to a Township sewer may be
permitted to connect therewith by means of a properly constructed
private drain upon payment of a fee as set forth by resolution of
the Board of Commissioners from time to time[1] for each dwelling house or outhouse to be connected therewith
and upon agreeing in writing to pay sewer rentals in accordance with
the standard schedule adopted by the Commissioners, provided that
no such connection shall affect the assessability of such property
for the cost of any sewer which may subsequently be constructed in
a highway abutting the same.
Owners of institutional, industrial or business
properties not adjoining or adjacent to a Township sewer may be permitted
to connect therewith on such terms and conditions as the Commissioners
shall from time to time determine and prescribe.
[Amended 10-11-1962 by Ord. No. 387; 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
No privy vault, septic tank or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises
from which connection with any of the Township sewers shall have been
made. Every such privy vault, septic tank or other receptacle shall,
within 30 days after this article becomes legally effective in the
case of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30 days after
connection with a sewer in the case of premises hereafter so connected,
be abandoned, cleansed and filled. Any such privy vault, septic tank
or other receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required
herein shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated
on order of the Sewage Enforcement Officer, at the expense of the
owner of such property.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 3 of Ord.
No. 387, which dealt with hearings and which immediately followed
this section, was deleted 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581.
[Amended 10-11-1962 by Ord. No. 387; 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
Any property owner or any other person who shall cause to be discharged into any Township sewer matter of any sort liable to form a deposit or to create obstructions therein, or who shall break into or otherwise make connection with a Township sewer without having first procured the permit required by this article, or who shall fail to comply with any rule or regulation of the Board of Township Commissioners concerning the manner of making connections with Township sewers or the use of the same, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the requirements of this article, and who shall fail to show cause to the Board of Commissioners why the penalty provisions of this article should not be invoked, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Art. II, Violations and Penalties, § 1-16, Building, health and safety violations. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each day that such violation shall continue.
[Added 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
Where connection with said sewer is made after
the first day of January of any year, such annual rental or charge
shall be apportionable on a monthly basis, and the property owner
shall pay for the month during which the connection is made and for
all succeeding months of the year. In all such cases, bills shall
be rendered by the Township Manager within 30 days after the connection
is made, and payment shall be due within 60 days after the connection
is made.
