[Adopted 7-15-2009 by Ord. No. 791-09]
A.Â
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures and conditions
for use and maintenance of holding tanks designed to receive and retain
sewage from comfort stations located within the Murrysville Community
Park, 305.67 acres of land recorded in the Westmoreland County Recorder
of Deeds Office as Instrument Number 2002-06-28-00-42562, and being
the parcel of land identified by the Westmoreland County Mapping Department
as Parcel No. 49-07-00-0-0666. The provisions of this article extend
solely to the aforesaid parcel of land.
B.Â
It is hereby declared that the enactment of this article is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation, health, safety and welfare
of the inhabitants of this Municipality.
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ACT
COUNCIL
DEP
FTMSA
HOLDING TANK
(1)Â
(2)Â
MCP
MUNICIPALITY
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
SEWAGE FACILITIES
The following words and terms when used in the article shall have
the following meanings:
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24,
1966, P.L. (1965) 1535, No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
The governing body of the Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority.
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
sewage at another site. A holding tank under this article is limited
solely to a "retention tank" which is a holding tank where sewage
is conveyed to it by a water-carrying system.
CHEMICAL TOILETA chemical which is a toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank is not authorized by this article.
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available is not authorized by this article.
The parcel of land owned by the Municipality of Murrysville
containing 305.67 acres. being the Murrysville Community Park, recorded
in the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds Office as Instrument
Number 2002-06-28-00-42562, and being the parcel of land identified
by the Westmoreland County Mapping Department as Parcel No. 49-07-00-0-0666.
The Municipality of Murrysville.
A revision to, or exception to the revision of, the Official
Plan, submitted in accordance with DEP regulations, and in connection
with the request for approval of a subdivision or land development
plan.
The Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapters 71, 72 and 73.
Any substance that contains any waste products, excrement,
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals; a substance
harmful to the public health, animal or aquatic life, or the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or a substance
which constitutes pollution to the waters of the Commonwealth under
the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1 through 691.1001).
A person certified by the Department of Environmental Protection,
who is appointed by the Council to administer the provisions of this
article, the provisions of Act 537, and the regulations in PA Code
Title 25, Chapters 71, 72 and 73.
Any method of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment, and
disposal that will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage into the waters of this Commonwealth, or otherwise
provide for the safe treatment and disposal of sewage or other waste.
B.Â
For purposes of this article, any term that is not defined herein
shall have that meaning attributed to it under the Sewage Facilities
Act and Regulations promulgated thereto.
The methods of holding tank construction, holding tank sewage
disposal, and the collection and transportation thereof shall be in
accordance with DEP standards and regulations, and all applicable
laws, and applicable administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
The Municipality shall have the right and power to negotiate
with FTMSA or other agencies for charges for their services provided
to MCP at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized by applicable
law.
A.Â
All sewage originating from MCP utilizing a holding tank shall be
disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the Solid Waste
Management Act (Act 97 of 1980, 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.)
and all other applicable laws.
B.Â
Holding tanks shall be sized, constructed and pumped in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Environmental Protection, § 73.62,
Standards for holding tanks.
C.Â
Collection and transportation of all sewage from MCP shall be performed
by registered pumpers/haulers. Disposal thereof shall be made to the
FTMSA Septage Receiving Facility or another approved site in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The Municipality, as owner of MCP upon which is constructed
holding tanks, shall operate and maintain the holding tanks in conformance
with this or any ordinance of this Municipality, the provisions of
any applicable law, and the rules and regulations of the DEP.
The Municipality's official sewage plan shall be amended to
permit utilization of holding tanks at MCP. The official plan amendment
and the sewage permit issued pursuant thereto by the Sewage Enforcement
Officer (SEO) are herein conditioned upon compliance with each of
the following provisions:
A.Â
Holding tank systems shall be operated by in a manner that is in
full compliance with the terms of this article, the Act, Regulations
and the system's permit.
B.Â
Only normal domestic wastes shall be discharged into any sewage facilities.
The following shall not be discharged into the sewage facilities:
(1)Â
Industrial waste.
(2)Â
Automobile oil and other nondomestic oil.
(3)Â
Toxic or hazardous substances or chemical, including but not limited
to pesticides, disinfectants, (excluding household cleaners), acids,
paints, paint thinners, herbicides, gasoline and other solvents.
(4)Â
Clean surface- or groundwater, including water from roof drains,
springs, and french drains.
C.Â
All water used within the MCP and all sewage shall be discharged
into a holding tank.
D.Â
No sewage system shall discharge untreated or partially treated sewage
to the surface of the ground or into the waters of the Commonwealth.
Any person who violates any provisions of §§ 193-42 and 193-46 shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000 and costs, and in default of said fine and costs to undergo imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not in excess of 30 days. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The MCP shall be connected to a public sewage line within 180
calendar days of FTMSA's notice to Murrysville that a functional sewage
line is available for servicing the property.
The terms of this article as hereinabove stated shall control
over any conflicting provisions of the Municipality of Murrysville
Ordinance Nos. 36-69 and 560-01.