[Adopted 4-2-1968 by Ord. No. 263 (Ch.
18, Part 3 of the 1996 Code)]
No person shall install an individual or extended-area
sewage disposal system within the Borough of Coopersburg, or construct
any building or buildings in which an individual or extended-area
sewage disposal system shall be joined or connected, except pursuant
to a permit issued by the Borough of Coopersburg based upon plans
and specifications for the construction of such a sewage disposal
system, which plans and specifications shall be in compliance with
provisions and standards promulgated by the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act of 1966 and its amendments.
The nomenclature employed in this article shall
be the same and subject to the definitions set forth in the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act of 1966[1] with the exception of "community sewerage system" which
is not used in this article. The term "extended-area sewage disposal
system" shall replace the foregoing rejected language and bear the
identical definition of said rejected terminology.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
The provisions of this article shall be administered
by the Borough Engineer or a qualified sanitarian appointed from time
to time by Borough Council, under the office and title of Sewage Facilities
Officer.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 509]
A permit shall be issued by the Sewage Facilities
Officer under the provisions of this article only upon the payment
of a fee, as established from time to time by resolution of Borough
Council, said fee to be paid upon the submission of an application.
In the event that the application shall be for an extended-area sewage
disposal system permit, the fee collectable shall be in such multiples
of the fee, as established from time to time by resolution of Council,
as the number of buildings or residence units to be served by said
system.
Any person or persons aggrieved by a decision
of the Sewage Facilities Officer shall have rights of appeal as set
forth in the Sewage Facilities Act of 1966, which provisions are incorporated
by reference herein.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 509]
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this
article and any of the provisions and standards of the Sewage Facilities
Act of 1966, which provisions are incorporated by reference herein,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not less
than $25 and not exceeding $1,000 and costs and, in default of payment
thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
B.
All rules promulgated by the Sewage Facilities Officer
shall be deemed "provisions of this article" and subject to like penalties
for the violation thereof.
The Sewage Facilities Officer shall be compensated
as follows:
A.
If said office shall be held by a duly qualified registered
professional engineer, his compensation shall be at the prevailing
rates for such service;
B.
If said office be staffed by a person not qualified
as a registered professional engineer, his compensation shall be determined
on an hourly basis by Borough Council.
