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Municipality of Murrysville, PA
Westmoreland County
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[Adopted 7-15-2009 by Ord. No. 791-09]
A. 
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. 
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.
A. 
The following words and terms when used in the article shall have the following meanings:
ACT
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.
COUNCIL
The governing body of the Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
FTMSA
The Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority.
HOLDING TANK
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.
(1) 
CHEMICAL TOILETA chemical which is a toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank is not authorized by this article.
(2) 
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available is not authorized by this article.
MCP
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.
MUNICIPALITY
The Municipality of Murrysville.
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
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.
REGULATIONS
The Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapters 71, 72 and 73.
SEWAGE
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).
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
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.
SEWAGE FACILITIES
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
The Municipality shall connect to a public sewage line upon its extension to the property.
B. 
Murrysville shall enter into a service agreement with the FTMSA or other approved agency and comply with each of the provisions, rules, and regulations as may be prescribed by the agencies.
A. 
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. 
Only normal domestic wastes shall be discharged into any sewage facilities. The following shall not be discharged into the sewage facilities:
(1) 
Industrial waste.
(2) 
Automobile oil and other nondomestic oil.
(3) 
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) 
Clean surface- or groundwater, including water from roof drains, springs, and french drains.
C. 
All water used within the MCP and all sewage shall be discharged into a holding tank.
D. 
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.