[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
Shrewsbury Township Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral or service connection of a sewer.
Any property located within Shrewsbury Township and within
the sewer service area of Authority upon which there is located within
150 feet of a sewer main or lateral a structure intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings irrespective
of whether that use is for residential, commercial or industrial purposes
and from which structure or structures sewage and/or industrial wastes
shall be or may be discharged into a sewer system.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sewage, excluding
any ground, surface or stormwater.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to a
point behind the curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to
a point behind the curb line projected.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial of any improved property located within the area served
by the Authority within Shrewsbury Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, public or private.
That portion of, or place in, a sewer, in those cases where
no lateral is provided, which is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or ground
water.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial and commercial establishments,
together with such ground, surface or stormwater as may be present.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The Authority's sewer service area as delineated in the agreement
entered into between Authority and Shrewsbury Township dated March
1, 1995.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage laterals, and all other sewerage facilities
located within Authority's sewer service area which are designed and
intended for the collection, transportation and/or treatment of sanitary
sewage and industrial waste, together with their appurtenances, and
any additions, extensions or improvements thereto, irrespective of
whether or not such facilities are owned by Authority.
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
water, groundwater drainage, etc., but which is not intended to carry
any sanitary sewage or polluted industrial waste.
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
sewer or sink.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, alley and public
square.
Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 2]
The owner of any improved property shall obtain a permit to
permit connection of the improved property to a sewer system within
60 days following the enactment of this Part and shall complete connection
within 90 days following enactment of this Part.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 3]
All sewage and, to the extent permitted by the Authority, industrial
wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved
property with a sewer shall be discharged into a sewer, subject to
such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or
otherwise shall be established by the Authority, from time to time.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 4]
No Person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, ground water, roof runoff or subsurface drainage into
any sewer.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 5]
1.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 18-302 to be connected to a sewer, except that with the approval of the Authority such receptacle may continue to be used and maintained solely for the purposes of receiving the discharge of water other than sewage from a basement floor drain and/or other surfaces of subsurface drainage facility. Under appropriate circumstances, and with the written approval of the Authority, existing septic tanks may continue to be used and maintained for the purpose of receiving the discharge of sewage from existing basement facilities where the sewer provided by the Authority does not permit the discharge of sewage from such facility by gravity and so long as such septic tank is operable and has not malfunctioned.
2.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of the Authority, shall be cleansed and filled under the observation
of the Authority; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by the
Authority, not so 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.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 6]
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected to a sewer. No surface or subsurface
drainage facility shall at any time be connected to a sewer.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 7]
The Township shall serve a notice to the owner of each improved
property required to connect to a sewer system either by personal
service or by registered mail.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 8]
In case any owner or an improved property shall neglect or refuse to connect a sewage system for a period of 90 days after notice having been served upon him pursuant to § 18-307 hereof or for a period of 90 days after enactment of this Part, whichever last occurs, the Township Supervisors or their agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection. In such case, the Township Supervisors 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 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 property to pay said bill, it shall be the duty of the Township Supervisors to file municipal liens 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 provided for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 9]
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into
or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the
sewer system without first obtaining a sewer connection permit, in
writing from the Authority.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 10]
Application for a permit required under § 18-309 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 11]
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Authority of the desire and intention
to connect such improved property to a sewer.
B.
Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by § 18-309 of this Part and shall have paid all required permit, tapping, and/or inspection fees.
C.
Such person shall have given the Authority at least 24 hours' notice
of the time when such connection will be made so that the Authority
may observe and inspect the work of connection and necessary testing.
D.
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Authority
that any tapping fee or connection charge imposed by Resolution 1995-1
of the Authority has been paid.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 12]
Except as otherwise provided in this § 18-312, 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, but then only after special permission of the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 13]
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer,
including testing, shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless
the Township and 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.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 14]
1.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by the Authority and where the lateral or service connection 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 with the use of a flexible coupling
and the connection of the building sewer to the lateral or service
connection shall be made secure and watertight.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 15]
The installation of a building sewer shall be the responsibility
of the owner and shall be installed at the cost and expense of the
owner. Building sewers shall be installed in accordance with the rules
and regulations regarding the installation of building sewers, which
are attached hereto, incorporated as a part of this Part and made
a part hereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The rules and regulations and accompanying diagrams are included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 16]
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected
and approved by 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 the sewer.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 17]
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition at the cost and expense
of the owner of such improved property.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 18]
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 the Authority.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 19]
The Township and the Authority reserve the right to amend the
rules and regulations regarding the installation of building sewers
from time to time, and to adopt, from time to time, additional rules
and regulations as they shall deem necessary and proper relating to
connections with a sewer and the sewer system, and all of which rules,
regulations, conditions and obligations shall become and shall be
construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 20; as amended by Ord.
2008-02, 8/6/2008]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial 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.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 22]
It is declared that the enactment of this Part is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of inhabitants of Shrewsbury Township.
[Ord. 95-4, 3/1/1995, § 23]
This Part shall be known as the "Shrewsbury Township Sewer Hook
Up Ordinance."
