[Adopted 7-27-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-4]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this article
shall be as follows:
Any property within this municipality upon which there is
erected any structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste shall be or may be discharged
which is connected to a sewer line comprising a part of the sewer
system of the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and/or the City of Lancaster
Sewer Authority.
The City of Lancaster Sewer Authority and/or the City of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
An engineer retained or employed by the Authority, including
any authorized member of the staff of such engineer.
That part of the sanitary sewer system extending from sewer
to the curbline or if there shall be no curbline, to the edge of the
street abutting the property affected or, if no such lateral shall
be provided, then "lateral sewer" shall mean that portion of, or place
in, a sanitary sewer which is provided for the connection of any service
line.
An engineer retained or employed by the municipality or any
authorized member of the staff of such engineer.
The Township of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
and its duly authorized representatives or agents.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property situated in the municipality, which is
connected to a sewer line comprising a part of the sewer system of
the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and/or the City of Lancaster
Sewer Authority.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group.
A sewer which is part of the sewer system and which carries
sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste permitted to be discharged
into the sewer system and to which sewer storm, surface or ground
waters may not be intentionally admitted.
That part of the main house drain or sanitary sewage line
extending from a point five feet outside the outer building wall or
foundation wall to its connection with the lateral sewer.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sanitary sewage
system and used or usable for sewage collection or transportation
purposes.
All facilities as of any particular time for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes, situate or adjacent to this municipality and owned
by the Authority.
A public way including any highway, street, road, lane, court,
public square, alley or other passageway.
Any person in possession of a whole or a part of improved
property who is not an owner.
A.
No owner or tenant of improved property located in
the municipality shall connect or cause to be connected or allow to
remain connected any sump pump, cellar drain, roof or floor drain
to the service line, lateral sewer, or any part of the sanitary sewage
system.
B.
No plumber or other person who performs plumbing services
shall connect a sump pump, roof and floor drain or cellar drain to
the service line or any part of the sanitary sewer system.
A.
The Township of Lancaster, Pennsylvania does hereby
appoint the City of Lancaster Sewer Authority, the City of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, and their engineers, executive directors, or other duly
authorized representatives or employees, as agents of this municipality
for the purpose of inspecting, enforcing and maintaining the provisions,
including the penal provisions of this article.
B.
The Authority Engineer, the Authority Executive Director
and other duly authorized representatives or employees of the Authority
and of this municipality bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted, at all reasonable times, to enter upon any premises
connected or about to be connected or required to be connected to
the sewer system for the purpose of inspection and observation for
purposes of determining compliance with this article.
A.
Violation of § 209-16A.
(1)
Any person who shall violate § 209-16A of this article shall be served with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender, within the period of time stated in such notice, shall permanently cease the violation.
(2)
Any person who shall continue any such violation beyond
such time limit or otherwise violate this article shall be liable,
upon summary conviction, for a first offense and, upon summary conviction
for each subsequent offense, to a fine of not more than $100 for each
violation, together with costs of prosecution in each case. Each day
a violation shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be
a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of § 209-16B shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon summary conviction, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $300 for each violation, together with costs of prosecution in each case.
C.
Fines and costs imposed under the provisions of this
article shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the
time provided by applicable law.
D.
Any person violating any provisions of this article,
in addition to being liable for a fine and costs of prosecution, shall
be liable to this municipality for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned
by this municipality by reason of such violation.
It is hereby declared that the enactment of
this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation
of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this municipality.
