[Adopted 7-9-1975 by Ord. No. 294[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The prefatory clauses of this article were amended
8-13-1975 by Ord. No. 294-A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation
to discharge or to permit the discharge or infiltration into any township
sewer which is connected directly or indirectly with the Sanitary Authority's
sewage disposal system or into a sewer connected to such a township sewer
or into the Sanitary Authority's sewage disposal system of any of the
following substances:
A.
Mineral acids; waste acid-pickling or plating liquors
from the pickling or plating of iron, steel, brass, copper or chromium; or
any other dissolved or solid substances which will endanger health or safety,
interfere with the flow in sewers, attack or corrode sewers or sewage structures
or equipment or otherwise interfere with the operation of the sewers or other
facilities of the township or the Sanitary Authority.
B.
Cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating
hydrocyanic gas on acidification.
C.
Fats, entrails and the like from meat-processing plants,
rendering plants and similar industries and establishments.
D.
Gas, tar, phenols, residues from petroleum storage, refining
or processing, fuel or lubricating oil, gasoline, naphtha, benzene or explosive
or flammable liquids, solids or gases.
E.
Ashes, cinders, sand, mud, lime or acetylene sludges,
straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, sawdust,
paunch manure, hair, hides, dead animals, spent mash and grain, pulp from
food-processing water or wastes containing grease in excess of 100 parts per
million or any other solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the
township's or the Sanitary Authority's facilities.
F.
Sludges or other materials from septic tanks or similar
facilities or from sewage or industrial waste treatment plants or from water
treatment plants.
G.
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded
garbage in a private dwelling, apartment building, hotel, commercial restaurant
or retail food store resulting from the proper use of a garbage grinder or
disposer of a type approved by the township, the Allegheny County Health Department
and the Sanitary Authority and maintained in good operating conditions; provided,
however, that no retail food store shall operate more than one grinder or
disposer which shall be not greater than three horsepower in size and, when
so required by the Allegheny County Health Department, shall be equipped with
an approved water meter and limited in use to the consumption of an average
of not more than 1,500 gallons of water per day.
H.
Water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the township or the Sanitary
Authority.
Any person, firm, association or corporation discharging or permitting
the discharge or infiltration of any of the foregoing wastes or materials
into a township sewer which is connected directly or indirectly with the Sanitary
Authority's sewage disposal system or into a sewer connected to such
a township sewer or into the Sanitary Authority's sewage disposal system
shall immediately cease to discharge or permit the discharge of such materials
or wastes thereto.
[Amended 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 359]
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed
the sum of $1,000 for each offense, recoverable with costs, and in default
of payment of the fine and costs, shall be subject to imprisonment in the
county jail or workhouse for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that
a violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense. In the case
of firms or associations, the penalty may be imposed upon the partners or
members thereof and, in the case of corporations, upon the officers thereof.
