[Adopted 10-12-1972 by Ord. No. 326; amended in its entirety 11-17-1987 by Ord. No.
456 (Ch. 18, Part 2, of the 1987 Code of Ordinances)]
All persons, firms or corporations wanting to install an individual
on-lot sewage disposal system on their property, where the Township
sewage system is not available, shall submit an application to the
Upper Chichester Township for a permit to install and operate such
a system. The application must be made on forms provided by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection. The sewage disposal system
shall meet the applicable requirements of the Pennsylvania Sewage
Facilities Act, Act 537,[1] as well as all applicable rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P. S. § 750.1 et seq.
No building permit shall be issued by the Township for any property
requiring on-site individual or community sewage disposal systems
unless and until a permit is obtained indicating that the site, plans
and specifications of said system are in compliance with the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537, P.L. 1535.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P. S. § 750.1 et seq.
A.
For purposes of enforcement of the provisions of the above Act, the
Board of Commissioners shall appoint a competent enforcement officer
who shall administer and oversee the testing provided for in the said
Sewage Facilities Act.
B.
For overseeing the required soil suitability testing, the Enforcement
Officer shall receive from the applicant an application fee, the amount
of which shall be established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
A portion of said fee shall go to the Township to cover administrative
expenses, and the majority shall to the Enforcement Officer as payment
for his/her services. Said fee shall cover a period of time not to
exceed three hours. The applicant will be responsible for paying the
expenses for any time over and above the three hours, as deemed necessary
by the Sewage Enforcement Officer, at the rate prescribed in the Township
Fee Resolution.
C.
The Sewage Enforcement Officer shall be compensated at the rate prescribed
in the Township Fee Resolution for performing any other services as
required to enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
D.
On a monthly basis, the Sewage Enforcement Officer shall submit an
itemized account of all services performed during that month. Said
account shall include the name of the project, the services performed,
the time spent and the amount charged per project.
