[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.01; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
1. 
No sewers shall be extended from the sewers of the Township, and no sanitary sewerage systems and/or treatment works shall be constructed or other work done without prior written approval of the Township, permits from the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and permits, licenses and/or approvals as required from all federal, state, county and local agencies.
2. 
The work shall be done in accordance with these rules and regulations, and other applicable requirements. Any work in areas outside the Township involving facilities served by the Township and/or facilities extended into adjoining municipal subdivisions shall be in accordance with the aforesaid requirements and any higher standards as may be established by the municipal subdivision in which the work is located.
3. 
The applicant must prepare at his cost all plans and right-of-way plans and prepare at his cost other material which may be required to obtain permits, licenses and/or other approvals and to prepare the applications relative thereto and shall pay all related fees.
4. 
The plans and reports shall be stamped with the seal of a registered professional engineer proficient in these types of designs. This individual shall be registered to practice engineering in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5. 
The extension of sanitary sewer line(s) from the sanitary sewer system shall be subject to the following rules and regulations, to applicable Township ordinances and other requirements. No sanitary sewer facilities shall be constructed without prior approval from the Township. All sanitary sewer line extensions in the Township shall connect directly into a manhole owned by the Township. Wye connections shall not be permitted for main line extensions.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002; as added by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
The extension of a sanitary sewer line shall include the entire quantity of pipe line and appurtenant facilities required to conduct the collection of sanitary sewer from the end of the existing collection system of the Township to and across the entire frontage of the last property for which the owner has requested sewer service unless the adjacent property cannot be served by this extension. The owner shall submit data indicting that the property cannot be served and shall verify that the property has been identified for sewer service in accordance with the Township's Act 537 Plan.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.02]
1. 
General.
A. 
The construction of all sewerage and sewage treatment plant facilities shall be subject to the applicant, owner and/or developer obtaining at his cost all permits and approvals required by federal, state, county and other agencies.
B. 
No applications for such permits shall be submitted until preliminary approval of the project is obtained from the Township.
2. 
Township and Others.
A. 
All procedures and work must be in accordance with all applicable ordinances and regulations of the Township, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
B. 
The work and plans relative to sewerage must comply with all Township subdivision and other ordinances and regulations including the obtaining of highway occupancy permits in the name of the Township.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.04; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
1. 
General.
A. 
The applicant shall submit preliminary plans and reports to the Township for general review and recommendations followed by applications, final plans and reports.
B. 
The general design of all proposed sewerage facilities shall be in complete compliance with the requirements of the Department of Environmental Protection and all applicable rules and regulations of the Township and ordinances of the Township.
2. 
Preliminary Plans. The applicant shall submit preliminary plans, in paper and electronic formats (latest AutoCAD format), and reports, in triplicate, in accordance with the following:
[Amended by Ord. 2011-416, 8/4/2011, § 44]
A. 
A formal letter of request for review and recommendations.
B. 
A professional engineer's report setting forth a full description of the proposed system and the basis of design.
(1) 
This report must include a statement and description of the extent of area which it is proposed to include within the system at the present time, and in the future; the estimated present and future population to be served; the estimated per capita rates or volume of sewage to be provided for; the general character of the sewage and the proportion and nature of any industrial wastes; and such other data and information as the Township may require.
(2) 
Where industrial wastes will be treated, all applications for service, regardless of location of the premises, must be accompanied by a detailed report setting forth the quantities and character of the wastes, the proposed rates of discharge and such other facts as the Township may require.
(3) 
The report must include a detailed summary of the drainage areas and areas to be served; the sewerage system, showing sizes of sewers, distances between manholes, grades, capacities and future ultimate flows in main and intercepting sewers; and, if treatment facilities are to be constructed, a summary of dimensions, sizes, capacities and all pertinent data relative to each unit, types and capacities of all equipment, general plant and operating descriptive data, total plant capacities and such other data as may be required; and, if pumping stations are to be constructed, the type, head and capacities of pumping equipment, the type and size of motors, types and capacities of comminuting equipment and screens, descriptions of other equipment, sizes, capacities and other data relative to wet and dry wells, descriptions of operation and other data.
C. 
Preliminary plans showing the following:
(1) 
Sewers. Layout of all sewers and manholes, showing sizes, distances between manholes and type of sewers. Design features should be submitted at least in sketch form for special conditions, inverted siphons and such other features.
(2) 
Pump Stations and Treatment Plants. Plans showing property lines, general plant layout, dimensions, types and sizes of all equipment, hydraulic profile and other pertinent features.
D. 
Outline specifications for pumping stations and sewage treatment plants and description of proposed materials, and equipment.
3. 
Final Plans and Reports. The applicant shall submit five copies of final plans and reports and other required items, all in accordance with the following:
A. 
A formal letter of request for final approval, satisfactory to the Township's solicitor, an agreement and such other documents as may be required.
B. 
An engineer's report setting forth the information and data required in the preliminary report. If no revisions or additional data is required, the preliminary report may be suitable as the final report. In addition, the applicant shall prepare all application forms, modules, reports and such other data as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
C. 
All applications, plans, exhibits and supporting data required for submittal to all agencies having jurisdiction in order to obtain licenses, permits and approvals.
D. 
Final plans prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania showing the following:
(1) 
Sewers. These plans must show the boundary line of the municipality or sewer district to be provided sewers; all existing and proposed streets, watercourses, and other salient topographic features; contour lines for intervals of not more than 10 feet; and the surface elevations at street intersections and at points where changes of slope occur. The plans must show clearly the locations of all existing sanitary sewers, but need not show the locations of drains used exclusively for surface or subsoil water.
(a) 
If sewers are proposed for only a part of the natural or artificial drainage areas, there must be indicated upon the plans how it is proposed, in general, to provide sewerage for each of the drainage areas in which it is not at the time planned to provide sewers. In the case of sewer extensions, the plans need show only the section wherein sewers are to be extended.
(b) 
In all cases the plans must clearly show the size of the sewer, the character of the sewer material, the slope, the elevation at the location of all points of change of slope, the direction of flow, the location of all manholes, flushing manholes, inverted siphons, pumping stations, the elevations of all stream beds, the direction of stream flow, the high and low water elevations of all water surfaces and such other data and showing all profiles.
(c) 
The detailed plans shall include plans of all sewers, regular and special sewer appurtenances, structures of all types and such other features.
(2) 
Pumping Station and Treatment Plants.
(a) 
These plans shall be completed, detailed plans of all phases, including architectural, general, structural, mechanical, plumbing, heating and ventilating, electrical and other work, prepared in accordance with sound engineering practice. These plans shall show property lines of all sites, existing and proposed connections, existing and proposed utilities, roadways, drainage facilities and all physical features.
(b) 
The plans shall provide for complete fencing of all pumping stations and treatment plants and other such facilities.
E. 
Complete detailed specifications for all work and other contract documents.
4. 
Plan Preparation.
A. 
All final plans must be uniform in size and in accordance with requirements set forth in the Sewerage Manual of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
B. 
The plans shall be prepared on sheets 24 by 36 inches in size, with a one-inch border on the left side and a one-half-inch border on all other sides. A three-by-five-inch title block shall be located in the lower right hand corner.
C. 
The general plan shall be on a scale not smaller than 300 feet to one inch, preferably, and not more than 100 feet to one inch. All other plans shall be drawn to a scale to permit all necessary information to be shown plainly. Sewer profiles shall be on a horizontal scale of not more than 50 feet to the inch and a vertical scale of not more than 10 feet to the inch, and plan views of sewers shall be drawn to the same scale as the profile view.
5. 
As-Built Plans. Subsequent to completion of the work, the applicant shall submit electronic as-built plans to the Township. No service will be furnished or permitted to be furnished until as-built plans are submitted and approved.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.05; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
The cost of all sanitary sewerage systems and related costs shall be borne by the applicant requesting approval thereof. The cost of such work shall include the following:
A. 
The cost of all sewer lines of the size required for the project, none to be less than eight inches in size, of all manholes and other sewer appurtenances.
B. 
The cost of connections to existing sewers.
C. 
The cost of all pump stations and treatment facilities, of all grading, landscaping, fencing and other work.
D. 
The cost of all land and rights of way, the rights of way and land to be conveyed to the Township.
E. 
The cost of obtaining all permits, licenses and such other approvals.
F. 
The payment of a deposit as established by the Township to defray all legal, engineering and overhead costs of the Township.
[Amended by Ord. 2006-372, 5/4/2006, § 19]
G. 
The cost of a resident engineer or inspectors furnished by the Township to inspect construction of the project or projects. Such cost shall be the per hour rate currently in effect, plus mileage costs and expenses. If the initial payment referred to in Paragraph F becomes exhausted, additional deposits shall be made.
[Amended by Ord. 2011-416, 8/4/2011, § 45]
H. 
The payment of all tapping, customer facility, connection and other fees.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.06; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005; and by Ord. 2006-372, 5/4/2006, § 19]
The construction of a sanitary sewer and conveyance to the Township shall be subject to the following, which may be referenced in the Township development agreement with the applicant:
A. 
The cost of all work, including a construction deposit as set forth in the current fee resolution, a 110% performance bond and an eighteen-month maintenance bond in an amount equal to 15% of the certified cost of construction, is to be paid by the applicant or owner, except as otherwise indicated.
B. 
The materials and workmanship shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Township.
C. 
The ownership title to all sewer collection system shall be conveyed to and vested in the Township, including easements, sewer lines, pumping and all related facilities.
D. 
The Township shall have the right to make further extensions beyond or laterally from all sewers, such extensions not to be considered as connections subject to any refund, and the right to enlarge or improve sewage treatment facilities.
E. 
Reimbursement of any costs to an applicant for connections to the facilities installed by the applicant shall be provided only if and to the extent required by law and shall be subject to the execution and delivery of a formal reimbursement agreement.
F. 
Treatment works will not be accepted by the Township for operation until the satisfactory operation of the facilities is assured.
G. 
The applicant shall provide a permanent twenty-foot wide easement, or the width required, in all plans of lots, for all sanitary sewers and future extensions as required by the Township. For sanitary sewers constructed outside of the proposed development, the applicant shall obtain all required permanent and temporary easements. All permanent easements shall be 20 feet wide or the width required and shall grant the Township, its successors and assigns the right of free ingress and egress to lay, install, maintain, repair and remove said sanitary sewer or sanitary sewers, including the right to excavate, remove trees and undergrowth and all other objects interfering with the free use of the easement. All easements shall be obtained and provided at the cost of the applicant prior to the execution of any work and conveyed to the Township prior to requesting Board of Supervisors acceptance of the work. Where practical, the applicant shall cause all such easements to be shown on the recorded plan of the development. All instruments of conveyance shall be as to form and substance satisfactory to the Township.
H. 
The applicant shall provide all insurance, bonds and other such items as required by the Township.
I. 
The applicant shall furnish to the Township evidence that the contractor or subcontractor carries sufficient liability and property damage insurance.
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.08]
1. 
General. The design, installation and construction of all sewers, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants and other related facilities shall be in strict accordance with the standards of construction and specifications as established by the Township (Chapter 17), Public and Private Improvements Code, with all applicable requirements of the Township and as approved by the Township.
[Amended by Ord. 2011-416, 8/4/2011, § 46]
[Ord. 2002-325, 1/13/2002, § 16.09; as amended by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]
1. 
All construction of sewerage facilities in the Township shall be subject to inspection by representatives of the Township during the progress of the work to assure that such construction is accomplished in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. The costs of such inspection shall be paid by the applicant.
2. 
At least 10 days prior to starting construction, the applicant shall notify the Township of the anticipated starting date of his proposed construction and the schedule of operation through completion of the project. At the time of this notification, a meeting shall be arranged between the applicant, the construction foreman and representatives of the Township to completely review all aspects of the construction project, prior to commencing with construction. The applicant hereby agrees to schedule and coordinate a preconstruction meeting if requested so by the Township.
3. 
Upon completion of the construction work, a detailed final inspection shall be made by the Township to determine that the completed facilities have been constructed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Approval will not be given by the Township until all discrepancies and deficiencies revealed by this final inspection have been satisfactorily corrected.
4. 
Inspection fees as outlined herein and in the rules and regulations of the Township and the Township shall be paid by the applicant, as previously indicated.
5. 
The applicant shall notify the Township 48 hours in advance of any construction to allow the Township to inspect the work, which inspection may at the discretion of the Township be performed on a full-time basis. The Township also shall be notified, in writing, a minimum of 48 hours in advance for inspections during non-business hours. (Business hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.)
[Added by Ord. 2006-372, 5/4/2006, § 20]