[Adopted 12-28-1959 by Ord. No. 11 (Ch. 18, Part 3, of the
1985 Code of Ordinances)]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The quantity of dissolved oxygen required for biochemical
oxidation of decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions
in a period of five days at a temperature of 20° C., expressed
in parts per million by weight. Such BOD shall be determined as described
under the heading "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" in the "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes" (latest
edition), as published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Federation of Sewage
and Industrial Wastes Associations.
The registered professional engineer employed by the Township
for the design and supervision of construction of sewers and appurtenances
within the Township, or any member of his staff.
Solid wastes from the preparation of cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, pond, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed as mols per liter of the solution.
Any well owned by any person for his private use in providing
water for any purpose whatever.
Garbage which has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
Includes books, documents, papers, apparatus, data, readings,
records of analysis, plans and graphs.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and commercial and industrial
establishments.
A sewer which carried sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes
and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally
admitted.
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing
plants, processing plants, commercial establishments, or other places
in which such wastes are produced, together with such ground, surface,
storm or other water as may be present.
Any devices and/or structures and facilities used for treating
of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating
and disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
"Shall" is mandatory; and "may" is permissive.
A sewer which carries storm, surface water, drainage and
some industrial water discharges, such as cooling and air-conditioning
waters, but excludes sanitary sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
The dry weight of the solids physically suspended in a flow
of sewage, industrial waste, or water as determined by the method
of determining suspended matter described under the heading "suspended
matter" in the "Standard Methods of the Examination of Water, Sewage
and Industrial Wastes" (latest edition), as published jointly by the
American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association
and the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association and
expressed in parts per million by weight.
Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The engineer employed by Manor Township, or an authorized
member of his staff.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit
to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property
within the Township, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the
Township, human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge sanitary sewage into any natural
outlet within the Township or to discharge industrial waste or other
polluted water into said outlets unless the person so doing is operating
with the approval of, or under a permit issued by the Department of
Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C.
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault,
or cesspool, or a septic tank, intended or used for the disposal of
sewage within the limits of the sewered area in the Township.
D.
Each owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated in the Township
and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there has
been constructed a sanitary sewer operated by the Township and the
principal building is within 150 feet of said sewer, shall at his
own expense install suitable sanitary facilities therein and connect
such facilities and industrial waste outlets directly with the sanitary
sewer operated by the Township in accordance with the provisions of
this article within 60 days after the date of official notice to do
so given in the manner provided by law. In the event any owner of
property shall refuse or neglect to connect with such sewer system
within said sixty-day period, the Board of Supervisors of the Township
or their agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection.
In such case, the Board of 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 Board of Supervisors to file municipal
liens for said 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. The above regulations shall not apply to the owner
of any property who is operating under a permit from, or with the
approval of, the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
E.
Each owner of any premises as set forth in Subsection D above shall make application in writing to the Township for a permit to make the required connection to the public sanitary sewer. Such application shall set forth the name of the owner or owners, the location of the lot including the street and number and a description thereof, together with a plan of said premises showing the proposed connection and the sanitary facilities, and shall agree to pay all lawful charges for sewage service to the premises. Each applicant shall execute a bond in favor of the Township and pay the requisite fee as hereinafter set forth.
(1)
The bond shall be in the amount of $500 and shall be conditioned
"that the applicant shall well and faithfully observe and comply with
all the rules and regulations of said Manor Township, printed on the
reverse side of this bond (an exact copy of which is hereby acknowledged
as having been received with the said permit), and also with all ordinances
of said Township relating thereto, and will indemnify and save harmless
the said Manor Township of and from all suits or actions of any name
or description brought against said Manor Township for or on account
of any damages or injuries received or sustained by any party or parties,
in the construction of said connection, or the maintenance thereof,
or by or in consequence of any negligence in guarding the same, or
by or on account of any act or omission of the said party, or his
agents or employees, and shall also well and faithfully comply with
all the conditions of said permit in every particular, and shall pay,
or cause to be paid, when due and payable, each and every assessment
that shall hereafter be made upon his real estate, abutting the line
of said Township sewer system for the construction of the same, then
this obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain
in full force and virtue."
(2)
Upon the execution of the said bond and the payment of a connection
charge, prior to June 30, 1961, of $100, and on and after July 1,
1961 of $125, the applicant shall be entitled to a permit to make
such connection, and the Township, at its own expense, shall construct
a connecting sewer line from the sewer main in the street to the curbline
of the applicant's property.
F.
All connections made to any public sanitary sewer of the Township
shall be constructed in compliance with standard rules and regulations
heretofore adopted by the Township governing the making of connections,
which rules and regulations shall be printed on the reverse side of
each bond and each permit.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, any stream stormwater,
surface drainage, ground drainage, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any public
sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
into such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, if
available, or to a natural outlet approved by the Township Engineer.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters shall be discharged
into a storm sewer approved by the Township Engineer or into a natural
outlet if such storm sewer or outlet is not available.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes into any public sanitary sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(2)
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million
by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
(4)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or
viscous substance capable of obstruction to the flow in sewers or
other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(6)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0,
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structure, equipment processes, bacterial action or personnel
of the sewage works.
(7)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant. Toxic wastes
shall include wastes containing cyanide of copper, chromium or other
metallic ions.
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing total solids of such character and
quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such
materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(9)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance.
D.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided for outlets
connected with the public sanitary sewers when, in the opinion of
the Township Engineer, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable
wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Township
Engineer, and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be
constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt
and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted
in place shall be gastight and watertight.
E.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation
at all times.
F.
The admission into the public sewers of any polluted waters or industrial wastes containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Subsection C of this section shall be subject to the review and approval of the Township Engineer. Where necessary, the owner of the property or premises producing such waste shall provide at his expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Subsection C above, or to control the quantities or rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Construction drawings, specifications, and other pertinent information relating to the proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be prepared by the owner at his expense and shall be submitted for the approval of the Township Engineer, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
G.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters
or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation, by the owner at his expense.
H.
In lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated industrial
wastes and polluted waters into the public sanitary sewers of the
Township, the owner of premises producing such wastes may construct
and operate at his expense private waste treatment facilities, with
the effluent discharged to a natural outlet; provided such facilities
are constructed and operated in compliance with the statutes of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
I.
Where such private waste treatment facilities are provided, they
shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
by the owner at his expense.
J.
When required by the Township Engineer, the owner of any property
served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes discharging
into the public sanitary sewers shall install a suitable control manhole
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and
safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the Township Engineer. The manhole shall be installed
by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as
to be safe and accessible at all times.
K.
Information to be filed; calculation of charges.
(1)
Every person and establishment, other than residences, discharging
industrial and sanitary wastes into the public sewers of the Township,
or into any sewer connected therewith, shall forthwith file a report
with the Township Engineer on forms supplying the following information:
(a)
Name and address.
(b)
Title of official making report.
(c)
Location of establishment.
(d)
The nature of the business conducted in such establishment.
(f)
The average daily number of employees employed in each establishment
by shifts.
(g)
The source of water supply of each establishment and the volume
of water used by each establishment daily, specified separately as
to each source.
(h)
Such additional information as is deemed applicable to ascertain
the volume, nature and composition of the waste so discharged.
L.
Every person discharging any industrial waste mixture into the public
sanitary sewer or sewers connected thereto, shall keep and maintain
records of the data required to be furnished in the questionnaire
as defined above and such records shall be available for inspection
during regular business hours by authorized representatives or employees
of the Township upon presenting written credentials of their authority
and such representatives or employees shall be permitted to make and
retain copies of such records.
No person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this Article II.
A.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
