[Adopted 2-1-1971 by Ord. No. 417-1971 (Ch. 18, Part 2,
of the 1989 Code)]
Every owner of property in the Township of Robinson whose property
abuts upon any public sanitary sewer presently in existence or to
be constructed in the future by the Municipal Authority of the Township
of Robinson shall connect, at his own cost, the house, building or
other structures located on said property with the aforementioned
public sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all acceptable
sanitary sewage emanating from said property.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property in the Township of Robinson abutting upon any aforementioned
public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank,
cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of
acceptable sanitary sewage other than into and through said public
sanitary sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the Township abutting upon any aforementioned public sanitary sewer is now or hereafter may be using any method for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than through said public sanitary sewer, it shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or the authorized representative of the Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson (hereinafter called the "Authority") to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure, in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through the said public sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after receipt of such notice. Any owner or lessee or occupier of a structure who cannot comply with the provisions of this § 218-3 as to connection within the sixty-day period stipulated above due to causes beyond his control shall apply to the Authority within said sixty-day period for a time extension of up to six months in duration. Said application shall be made on a form to be furnished by the Authority and shall contain a voluntary agreement on the part of the applicant under which the applicant shall agree to commence paying the regular monthly sewer rates immediately, even though actual connection to the public sanitary sewers will not be accomplished until some stated later date within the said six-month extension period.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall at the present time or at any
time hereafter be connected with the aforesaid public sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected
to any aforementioned public sanitary sewers to connect any roof drain
thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto or to
permit, allow or cause to enter into said public sanitary sewers any
stormwater, foundation drain water, spring water, surface water, or
any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than that for
which a permit is issued.
[Amended 7-11-1911 by Ord. No. 77-15-1977; 8-14-1989 by Ord. No.
16-1989]
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made
any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers
until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A.
He shall make application to the Authority, the Township's agent,
upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied by the Authority
for permission to connect to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers.
Among other things, the applicant must state the character and use
of each structure located upon his property.
B.
The following schedule of tap-in fees is hereby established for commercial
and industrial customers. A commercial or industrial unit shall be
defined as any office, store, shop, motel, hotel room, restaurant
or other establishment selling a product or rendering a service and
any religious, fraternal or governmental establishment and any industrial
establishment. Each commercial or industrial unit in a structure or
complex of structures shall be treated as a separate entity. The tap-in
fees to be charged such commercial and industrial users shall be computed
in accordance with rates as established from time to time by resolution.
C.
Residential customers.
(1)
The owner or builder of a single-family dwelling shall pay to the
Authority the required tap connection fee, as established from time
to time by resolution, for each building or structure on each property
connected to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers at the time
of making application for permission to make such connection or connections.
(2)
The owners or builders of multiple-family dwellings shall pay to
the Authority the required tap connection fee for each building in
accordance with the schedule as established from time to time by resolution.
D.
DWELLING UNIT
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
TRAILER PARKS; MOBILE HOME PARKS; MODULE HOME PARKS
Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
One or more living or sleeping rooms, designed or used exclusively
as the living quarters for one person or family.
A single structure on one plot or lot containing three or
more separate living units or dwelling units, each for the sole and
exclusive use by one family or person. A "family" is one or more persons
related by blood, marriage or adoption or any unrelated persons living
in a household as a separate dwelling unit. Trailer parks, mobile
home parks and module home parks shall not be treated as multiple-family
dwellings for purposes of this article.
A parcel of land under single ownership that has been planned
and developed with the necessary facilities and services for nontransient
mobile home or module home residences. Each of said trailers, mobile
homes and/or modules, designed for or occupied exclusively by one
family, shall be treated as a one-family dwelling unit for the purposes
of this article.
E.
No work shall commence before the payment of the aforesaid tap connection
and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
F.
The owner or builder shall give the designated inspector of the Authority
at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall
be made in order that said inspector can be present to inspect and
approve the work of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval
of the connection by endorsing his name and the date of approval on
the aforementioned connection permit in the possession of the permittees.
G.
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners
of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete access
to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building
and in and about all parts of the property. No new building sewer
line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until after
it is inspected and approved by said inspector.
The construction and number of all new building sewer lines
or house service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications,
plans and procedures established by the Township in its Sewer System
Rules and Regulations, as the same may be from time to time published
and amended, copies of which, upon adoption by the Township, shall
be maintained on file with the Township Secretary and the Authority.
If the owner or owners of any occupied houses, buildings or
structures in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with
the provisions of this article or the written notice as to perform
or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause
to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or
owners, together with 10% additional thereof, and all charges and
expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said
owner or owners for the use of the Township or the Authority as debts
are by law collectible, or the Township or the Authority, as its agent,
may by its proper officer file a municipal claim or lien therefor
against said premises as provided by law.
"Unacceptable sanitary sewage" and other terms used herein for
purposes of this article shall have the same definitions as those
which are set forth in the Township's Sewer System Rules and
Regulations, said rules and regulations to be applicable to all users
of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers.
[Amended 8-14-1989 by Ord. No. 16-1989]
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm or corporation failing to make a proper connection within the time specified after receipt of proper notice as provided in § 218-12 shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine or penalty of not more than $600 for each day in violation hereof, and violating any of the other provisions of this article, shall pay a fine or penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $1,000 and costs or, 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.
