[Adopted 7-14-2008 by Ord. No. 2-2008]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
Spring-Benner-Walker Joint Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located within this Township upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy, or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any improved property located in this Township used wholly
or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering,
or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property located in this Township from which wastes, in addition to
or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
Any and all wastes discharge from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral"
shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided
for connection of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation, or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, owned, maintained, and operated by the authority.
The Township of Potter, Centre County, Pennsylvania, acting
by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases,
by and through its authorized representatives.
A.
The owner of any improved property located in this Township and adjoining
or adjacent to the Spring-Benner-Walker Joint Authority Sewer System,
shall connect such improved property to the sewer system, in such
manner as this Township and the authority may require, within 60 days
after notice to such owner from this Township to make such connection,
for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations and
restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be
established by this Township or the authority, from time to time.
B.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A , shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township or the authority from time to time.
C.
D.
Privy vaults, cesspools, sinkholes, septic tanks, or similar receptacles.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of the Township, shall be cleansed and filled under the direction
and supervision of this Township; and any such privy vault, cesspool,
sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle not so abandoned and,
if required by this Township, cleansed and filled, shall constitute
a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at
the expense of the owner of such improved property.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part 1 and specifying that such connection shall be made 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through
a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one
building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances
and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then
only after special permission of this Township and the authority,
in writing, shall have been secured.
B.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall
be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and
such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Township and the
authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or
of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
C.
Connection location.
(1)
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the authority and where the lateral is provided.
(2)
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be
at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the sewer. A
smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building
sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
D.
If the owner of any improved property located in this Township and adjoining or adjacent to the sewer system or whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewer system, after 60 days' written notice from this Township, in accordance with § 156-2A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Township may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, this Township shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, this Township shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
A.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device,
the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side
of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made,
with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building
sewer.
B.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this Township and the authority. If any part of a building
sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall
be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of
the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
C.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
D.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks, and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Township.
E.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this
Township or the authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, this Township or the authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into
the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been
remedied to the satisfaction of this Township and the authority.
F.
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this Part 1.
A.
Any person who shall violate this Part 1 shall be liable, upon summary conviction for a first offense and upon summary conviction for each subsequent offense, to a fine of not less than $100 and nor more than $1,000, together with costs of prosecution in each case, or in default of payment, no more than 90 days' imprisonment. Each day that a violation shall continue shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.[1]
B.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Part 1 shall be
enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by
applicable law.
It is declared that enactment of this Part 1 is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety, and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
