From and after the effective date of this article, no person,
firm, corporation, property owner, lessee, occupier, developer or
contractor shall connect, or cause or permit to be connected to the
public sanitary sewers located within the Township of Rochester any
rain leader, downspout, gutter, parking lot drain, driveway drain,
interior or exterior sump, french drain, swimming pool drain, spring
or other source or device capable of carrying surface water, rain
water, stormwater or groundwater into the public sanitary sewers.
Every owner, lessee or occupier of land within Rochester Township
shall submit to smoke and/or dye testing under this article.
From and after the effective date of this article, its shall be unlawful for any person to sell real estate served by public sanitary sewers within the Township of Rochester on which a building or improvement exists, without first delivering to the purchaser a certificate of compliance as to that property from the proper Official of Rochester Township. A presale inspection of real estate for illegal sewer connections or faulty sanitary sewer laterals shall be performed by the Township, or its duly authorized agent. At a minimum, said inspections shall include a smoke and dye test. Any remediation of an illegal connection shall be completed in the manner set forth herein, including a filed plan, inspection by the Township and issuance of a final compliance certificate. The owner of real estate subject to a presale inspection shall pay for the cost of the inspection. The issuance of a presale certificate by the Township shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of a lien or tax certificate by the Township and the appropriate Township Officials are hereby prohibited from issuing a municipal no-lien letter unless the presale inspection is conducted. The Township shall fix the fee for the cost of the presale inspection and certificate from time to time by resolution. A certificate issued under §
118-10E of this article, or a presale certificate issued under this section, shall be valid in lieu of a presale inspection and certificate for a period of one year after issuance.
The Township may from time to time promulgate, by resolution,
reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to the operation and enforcement
of this article, which may include, but are not limited to, establishing
the form of applications and certificates, design criteria and specifications
and minium standards for independent contractors.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall neglect or refuse
to comply with, or who shall otherwise violate, any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
not to exceed $600.
Every calendar day after the owner, lessee or occupier of premises
has received written notice of the violation shall constitute a separate
violation of this article.