Every owner of property in the Township of Chartiers
whose property abuts upon any line of the sanitary sewers of Chartiers
Township Sanitary Authority (herein called the "Authority") shall
connect, at his own cost, the building, buildings or other structures
located on said property within 150 feet of said sanitary sewers with
said sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary
sewage as is customarily disposed of in a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or
occupier of any property who is required to connect to the sanitary
sewer system of said Authority to employ any means, either by septic
tank or otherwise, for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than
into and through the sanitary sewers of said Authority.
Where any structure is now or hereafter may
be connected to any septic tank or using any method by which sanitary
sewage is disposed of or eliminated other than through the sanitary
sewer system of said Authority, it shall be the duty of the Authority
Secretary, or other authorized person, to notify the owner, lessee
or occupier of such structure in writing, either by personal service
or certified mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connections
for the discharge and disposal of sewage through the sanitary sewer
system of the Authority as hereinafter provided, within 60 days after
receipt of such notice.
In case any owner of property required to connect
to such sewer shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said
sewers for such period of 60 days after notice to do so has been served
upon him, either by personal service or by certified mail as aforesaid,
the Authority or its agents may enter upon such property and construct
such connection. In such case, the Authority Secretary or other authorized
person on behalf of the Authority shall forthwith, upon completion
of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of construction of
such connection to the owner of the property to which connection has
been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect
or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said bill, a municipal
lien for said construction shall be filed within six months of the
date of completion of the construction of said connection, the same
to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the
filing and recovery of municipal liens.
Any person required to connect with the sewer
system of the Authority shall make application for a tapping permit
to the Authority on forms furnished by the Authority and shall set
forth in said application the character of structure and use, the
lot number and location, and the name of the person who is to make
the connection.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter,
be connected with the sanitary sewers of the Authority.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon
any premises from which connection with any of the sanitary sewers
of the Authority shall have been made. Every such privy vault, cesspool,
septic tank or other receptacle shall, within 30 days after final
enactment of this article in the case of premises new 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
under the direction and supervision of the Authority or its agents.
Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle not
abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this section shall constitute
a nuisance and may be abated on order of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of
such property.
The construction of all private sewers or laterals
and their connections with any lines of the sewer system shall be
done in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Authority,
and shall be inspected by the Authority Engineer, before being covered.
Any person, persons, partnership or any agents
or executive officers of any corporation violating the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction for each and every violation,
be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100 and cost
of prosecution, and in default of the payment of said fines and costs,
the defendant or defendants may be committed to the County Jail for
a period not exceeding 30 days.