[Adopted 10-9-1961 by Ord. No. 1147]
A.
No privy, cesspool or other receptacle for human excrement
shall be constructed, maintained or used so that flies have or may
have access to the excrementitious matter contained therein.
B.
No privy, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for
human excrement shall be constructed, maintained or used which, directly
or indirectly, drains or discharges over or upon the surface of the
ground or into any waters of the state.
All privies, urinals, cesspools or other receptacles
for human excrement shall be cleansed at sufficiently frequent intervals
to prevent the contents from overflowing.
The transportation of human excrement shall
be effected in watertight containers with tight-fitting covers. Containers
shall be thoroughly cleansed after each use.
No human excrement or material containing human
excrement shall be placed on the surface of the ground.
The provisions of this article relating to the
disposal and use of human excrement shall not apply to sludge or residue
from a duly authorized sewage disposal plant.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 6-13-1988 by Ord. No.
2019; 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2660]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this article shall, upon summary conviction before any
District Justice of the Peace, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and
costs of prosecution; and in default of one payment of the fine and
costs, the violator may be sentenced to the county jail for a term
of not more than 90 days. Whenever such person has been officially
notified by the Secretary of the Township or the Secretary of the
Department of health or by the service of a summons in a prosecution
or in any other official manner that he is committing a violation
of this article, each day that he shall continue such violation after
such notification shall constitute a separate offense punishable by
a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties shall be collected
as like fines or penalties are now collected by law.
[Adopted 2-8-1971 by Ord. No. 1413]
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this
section:
The legally designated authority of the Township of Haverford
or his authorized representative.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 5-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2666]
A sewage disposal system, other than a public or community
system, which receives either human excreta or liquid waste, or both,
from one premises. Included within the scope of this definition are
septic tank/soil absorption systems and such other types as may be
prescribed in regulations by the Director of Code Enforcement.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 5-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2666]
A written permit issued by the Director of Code Enforcement
permitting the construction of an individual sewage disposal system
under this article.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
Any institution, public or private corporation, individual,
partnership or other entity.
A lot or property upon which is erected and located as single-family
dwelling.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 5-14-2012 by Ord. No.
2666]
A.
The Director
of Code Enforcement of the Township of Haverford, in order to protect
the health and safety of the people of the Township of Haverford and
of the general public, is authorized and directed to promulgate and
amend, from time to time, regulations establishing minimum standards
governing the design, construction, installation and operation of
individual sewage disposal systems. Such regulations shall establish
such minimum standards as, in the judgment of the Director of Code
Enforcement, will ensure that the wastes discharged to various individual
sewage disposal systems:
(1)
Do
not contaminate any drinking water supply.
(2)
Are
not accessible to insects, rodents or other possible carriers of disease
which may come into contact with food or drinking water.
(3)
Do
not pollute or contaminate any body of water within the Township of
Haverford.
(4)
Are
not a health hazard by being accessible to children.
(5)
Do
not give rise to a nuisance due to odor or unsightly appearance.
(6)
Will
not violate any other laws or regulations governing water pollution
or sewage disposal.
B.
The Director
of Code Enforcement is authorized to promulgate such additional regulations
as are necessary in his judgment to carry out the provisions of this
article.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
alter or extend individual sewage disposal systems within the Township
of Haverford unless he holds a valid permit issued by the Director
of Code Enforcement in the name of such person for the specific construction,
alteration or extension proposed.
B.
All applications for permits shall be made to the
Director of Code Enforcement, who shall issue a permit upon compliance
by the applicant with provisions of this article and any regulations
adopted hereunder.
C.
The Director of Code Enforcement may refuse to grant
a permit for the construction of individual sewage disposal system
where public or community sewerage systems are reasonably available.
D.
Applications for permits shall be in writing, shall
be signed by the applicant and shall include the following:
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960;5-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2666]
(1)
Name and address of the applicant and lot and block
number of the property on which construction, alteration or extension
is proposed.
(2)
A complete plan of the proposed disposal facility
with substantiating data, if necessary, attesting to its compliance
with the minimum standards of the Director of Code Enforcement.
(3)
Such further information as may be required by the
Director of Code Enforcement to substantiate that the proposed construction,
alteration or extension complies with regulations of Haverford Township.
E.
A complete plan for the purpose of obtaining a permit
to be issued by the Director of Code Enforcement shall include:
(1)
The number, location and size of all sewage disposal
facilities to be constructed, altered or extended.
(2)
The location of water supplies, water supply piping,
existing sewage disposal facilities, buildings or dwellings and adjacent
lot lines.
(3)
Plans of the proposed sewage disposal facilities to
be constructed, altered or extended.
F.
Any person whose application for a permit under this
article has been denied may request and shall be granted, a hearing
on the matter before the Director of Code Enforcement within 30 days
after receipt of the request.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
A.
The Director of Code Enforcement is hereby authorized
and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine
satisfactory compliance with this article and regulations promulgated
hereunder.
B.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of a
property to give the Director of Code Enforcement free access to the
property at reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections
as are necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of
this article and regulations promulgated hereunder.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
Whenever a public or community sewer system
is, in the judgment of the Director of Code Enforcement, reasonably
available to any premises where an individual sewage disposal system
has been installed or permitted, the use of said individual disposal
system shall terminate within 50 days after notification by the appropriate
Township official or body of such availability, provided that extensions
of time may be granted for reasonable cause. All costs for the termination
of the individual sewage disposal system and for connection to the
available public or community sewer system shall be upon the owner
or user of the premises involved. The Director of Code Enforcement
or other appropriate Township officials or body shall make such regulations
concerning the termination of individual sewage disposal systems as
will ensure and protect the public health, safety and welfare.
No permit shall be issued hereunder for any
individual sewage disposal system unless and until compliance with
all other applicable Township ordinances and laws has been shown and
unless and until compliance has been shown also with any other applicable
statute, law or regulation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of
the United States of America.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 6-13-1986 by Ord. No. 2019; 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2660; 5-14-2012 by Ord. No.
2666]
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this article
or any provision of any regulation of the Township pursuant to authority
granted by this article shall, upon summary conviction before any
Magisterial District Justice, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and
costs of prosecution; and in default of one payment of the fine and
costs, the violator may be sentenced to the county jail for a term
of not more than 30 days. Each and every day in which any person,
firm or corporation shall be in violation of this article or the regulations
shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
In addition to the penalties aforesaid, the appropriate
Township officials may prosecute and bring whatever legal remedy that
may be available to ensure compliance with this article or any regulations
adopted pursuant thereto.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; 5-14-2012 by Ord. No.
2666]
In any case where a provision of this article
is found to be in conflict with a provision of any Zoning, Building,
Fire, Safety, or Health Ordinance or code of this Township of Haverford
existing on the effective date of this article, the provision which,
in the judgment of the Director of Code Enforcement, establishes the
higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health and
safety of the people shall prevail. In any case where a provision
of this article is found to be in conflict with a provision of any
other ordinance or code of the Township of Haverford existing on the
effective date of this article which establishes a lower standard
for the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the people,
the provisions of this article shall be deemed to prevail.
