[Adopted 2-23-1967 by Ord. No. 52]
The following terms used in this article shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
The term "Authority" shall mean the Chartiers Township Sanitary
Authority.
The term "sewage" shall mean a combination of water-carried
waste from residences, businesses, buildings, institutions and industrial
and commercial establishments within the Township.
The term "sewage system" shall mean any lines or conduits
constructed by and/or coming under the jurisdiction of the Authority
or the Township for the purposes of transporting sewage in streets,
roads or rights-of-ways, including all lateral service connections,
main collecting sewers and trunk lines.
The term "Township," when used in connection with area, shall
mean the entire geographic area comprising the Township of Chartiers,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. The term "Township," if the context
requires, shall mean the local government of the area.
A.
The discharge of stormwater from roof drains, driveway
drains, or any other stormwater runoff or other surface water into
the sewage system is hereby prohibited, and persons presently discharging
stormwater or surface water runoff into any sewer which may be connected
to the sewage system shall cease and desist from said practice prior
to connecting or tapping into the sewage system or, if presently connected
to the sewer system, within a period of three months after the effective
date of this article.
B.
All persons presently connected to the sewage system
or who shall hereafter be connected to the sewage system within the
service area shall provide, at their own expense, within a period
of three months after their property becomes sewerageable property,
provisions for the disposition of stormwater runoff outside of the
sewage system.
A.
The economy and desirability of the combined treatment
of industrial wastes and sanitary sewage is recognized. The treatment
facilities which the Authority of the Township has constructed are
of a type and design to permit reasonable flexibility in the treatment
of various types of industrial wastes. However, no industrial wastes
may be discharged into the sewage system which are deemed harmful
to the system or are specifically prohibited by this article. It is
also recognized that the treatment of abnormal industrial wastes may
add to the cost of operating and maintaining the sewage system. Such
additional cost shall be borne by the person or persons receiving
the benefit of such treatment.
B.
The Township and/or the Authority shall have the right
to refuse use of the public sanitary sewage system for the introduction
of deleterious industrial wastes, to compel discontinuance of the
use of the system for such wastes or to require pretreatment thereof
in order to prevent harmful or adverse effects upon the system. The
design, construction and operation of such pretreatment facilities
shall be subject to the approval of the Township, the Authority or
its authorized representative.
C.
When required by the Authority, or the Township, any
person discharging sewage into the sewage system shall install a suitable
manhole or manholes on his connecting sewer or sewers to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the combined flow of wastes
from his premises. Such a manhole or manholes shall be accessible
and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the Township, the Authority, or its authorized representative.
The manhole or manholes shall be installed by such person at his expense
and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible to
the Authority or its authorized representative at all times. The construction
and maintenance of such manholes shall be mandatory for the producers
of abnormal industrial wastes.
D.
The discharge of excessive amounts of unpolluted water
or waste to the sewer system is expressly prohibited. However, such
discharges will be permitted whenever such sewers are of adequate
capacity. The Authority and the Township reserve the right to define
the amount they deem excessive in each particular instance.
E.
The discharge of garbage to the public sanitary sewerage
system is expressly prohibited unless the garbage is first properly
shredded.
Any person who shall violate or fail to conform
to any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50, and costs of prosecution,
provided that each day's continuance of a violation, after notice
thereof by the Authority or the Township, shall constitute a separate
offense, and the Authority or the Township shall have the further
right, where the same is applicable, to remove or close the sewer
connection until the provisions of this article are complied with.
The expense of such removal or closing and the expense of restoring
the sewage service shall be a debt due the Authority or the Township
and a lien upon the property served and may be filed and collected
in the same manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of
municipal claims.
A.
The Authority may supplement this article by such
regulations not in conflict herewith as it shall deem to be proper.
B.
The Township shall exercise all powers herein granted
to the Authority in connection with any sanitary sewers remaining
in or hereafter coming under the jurisdiction of the Township and
over which control has not been granted to the Authority.
