Township of Cranberry, PA Part 3 SEWERAGE SYSTEMS

§ 18-501 Adoption of Sewage Facilities Act; Payment of Fees.

[Ord. 53, 6/6/1971; as amended by Ord. 90, 1/6/1977; and by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]

1. The construction, planning and regulation of community and individual sewage disposal systems and the obtaining of permits therefor shall be governed within the Township by the standards and provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., and the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Articles 423 and 422, Department of Environmental Protection and such other regulations as are from time to time adopted or amended.

2. The Board of Supervisors of Cranberry Township shall establish, by resolution, a schedule of fees for the obtaining of permits required under the provisions of this chapter. Such resolutions shall be duly recorded in the Resolution Book of the Township and such fee schedule shall be reproduced and made available upon request at the Township Building. The resolution providing for the various fees shall be periodically reviewed and amended, when necessary, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The issuance of a permit shall be contingent upon the payment of the proper fee as established by the resolution and the fee schedule.

§ 18-502 Violations and Penalties.

[Ord. 53, 6/6/1971; as amended by Ord. 81, 8/13/1974; and by Ord. 2005-362, 12/15/2005]

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions above set forth or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated thereunder, or who resists or interferes with any officer, agent or employee of Cranberry Township in the performance of his duties, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this part continues or each section of this part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.