[Adopted 1-3-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms in this Part 5 shall be
as follows:
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Straban.
Any individual, partnership, company, trust, association,
society, corporation, school district or other group or entity.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and/or disposing of sewage and/or
industrial wastes by means of a community sewerage system constructed
by any person that is not the Township of Straban, the Gettysburg
Municipal Authority or a municipal authority having the express consent
of Straban Township to provide sewage services in Straban Township.
No private sewer system intended to provide
sewer service to properties owned, leased or possessed, or intended
to be owned, leased or possessed, by persons other than the one constructing
the sewer system shall be built unless it is built to standards and
specifications as may be adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
of Straban Township, and as may be amended from time to time.
The prior section notwithstanding (§ 103-46), no standard or specification adopted by the Bond of Supervisors of Straban Township shall be controlling if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (by its Department of Environmental Protection, or otherwise) requires a more stringent or rigorous standard.
Any and all standards and specifications for
the construction of private sewer systems, as adopted by the Board
of Supervisors of Straban Township, shall be available for inspection
during normal business hours at the Township office. Copies of such
standards and resolutions shall be available for purchase from the
Township office during normal business hours for the cost for copies
as provided in the Township's "Right to Know" policy.
[Added 9-4-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-09]
A.Â
Every operator or owner of a private sewer system
shall provide copies of the discharge monitoring reports (also known
as "DMRs"), that are filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
to the Township at the same time as the DMRs are filed with the commonwealth.
This requirement shall apply to DMRs and to any and all subsequent
forms that may replace, or may be in addition to, DMRs.
B.Â
Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted
to mean that the Township, the Board of Supervisors, or any Township
officer or employee, is in any way responsible for interpretation
of the information provided in the reports. Nothing hereunder shall
be construed or interpreted to mean that the Township intends to undertake
the power or authority to license or grant permits for private sewer
systems, or otherwise carry out the duties and functions with respect
to private sewer systems vested in and delegated to commonwealth agencies,
departments, and boards.
Any person who shall violate this Part 5 shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $1,000, together with the costs of prosecution and attorney fees in each case. Each day that a violation shall continue shall be deemed to be a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
