[Adopted 4-9-1975 by Ord. No. 82]
It shall be unlawful from and after the adoption
of this article to collect and discharge any stormwaters into the
Township sanitary sewer system.
All downspouts and any and all other means of
collecting and discharging stormwaters from the structures, buildings,
and homes now situated in and served by the Township sanitary sewer
districts shall be so installed that the point of discharge of said
stormwaters shall be located above the surface of the ground so that
the stormwaters shall discharge upon the ground surface or into an
open drain or conduit which is not connected to the sanitary sewer
system.
Any individual, firm, association, partnership,
or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, in a summary proceeding before a Magisterial
District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100 and
costs of prosecution and/or be sentenced to imprisonment in the Washington
County Jail, Washington, Pennsylvania, for not more than 30 days,
provided that each day's continuance of a violation of this article
in any respect shall constitute a separate offense, and the violator
may be separately arrested and convicted for each separate offense.
