[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 1]
The purpose of this Part is to establish procedures for the
use and maintenance of existing and new holding tanks designed to
receive and retain sewage whether from residential or commercial uses
and it is hereby declared that the enactment of this Part is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 2]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Board of Supervisors of Richland Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania.
A watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary,
which receives and retains sewage conveyed by a water carrying system
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site.
Any property within the 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 sewage
shall or may be discharged.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial of any property located in the Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or other group or entity.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
The Township of Richland, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 3]
The Township is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake
within the Township the control and methods of holding tank use, sewage
disposal and sewage collection and transportation thereof.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 4]
The Township is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such
rules and regulations concerning sewage which it may deem necessary
from time to time to effect the purposes herein.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 5]
All such rules and regulations adopted by the Township shall
be in conformity with the provisions herein, all ordinances or resolutions
of the Township, and all applicable laws, and applicable rules and
regulations of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 6]
The Township shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge
and collect rates, assessments and other charges in the area served
by its facilities at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized by
applicable law.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 7]
1.Â
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved
property utilizing a holding tank shall be done solely by or under
the direction and control of the Township and the disposal thereof
shall be made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the
Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2.Â
The Township will receive, review and retain pumping receipts from
permitted holding tanks.
3.Â
The Township will complete and retain annual inspection reports for
each permitted tank.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 8]
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank
shall:
A.Â
Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this or any enactment
of this Township, the provisions of any applicable law, and the rules
and regulations of the Township and any administrative agency of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.Â
Permit only the Township or its agent to inspect holding tanks on
an annual basis.
C.Â
Permit only the Township or its agent to collect, transport and dispose
of the contents herein.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1997, § 9; as amended at time
of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
Any individual, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of § 18-408 shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the summary offense penalties of 35 P.S. § 750.13.
[Res. 20-97, 12/17/1987, § 10]
In addition to any other remedies provided in this Part, any violation of § 18-408 above shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the Township by either seeking mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
