[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
The following areas identified in Exhibit A, Seitzland Sanitary
Sewer District 1, are hereby designated as the "Seitzland Sanitary
Sewer District 1."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
As used in this Part 5A, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Glen Rock Sewer Authority.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage laterals, and all other sewage facilities
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 owned by the Authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
For purposes of this Part, any structure, or part thereof,
designed to be occupied as living quarters as a single housekeeping
unit or as a permanent or transient living space for a single housekeeping
unit. Dwelling units may be contained in structures such as: multifamily
dwellings, single-family dwellings, motels/hotels/tourist/lodging
homes, personal-care homes, apartment buildings, rooming houses, and
other similar uses not herein named.
Any property located within the Seitzland Sanitary Sewer
District on which there is located 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 sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste shall
be or may be discharged into the sewer system.
Any solid, liquid, gaseous or water-borne waste from industrial
processes or commercial establishments, as distinguished from sanitary
sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there is no curbline, to the property line; or, if
no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that
portion of, or place in, a sewer that is provided for connection of
any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Includes natural persons, partnerships, companies, limited
liability companies, societies, trusts, associations and corporations,
and other groups or entities, public and private.
The normal water-carried household and toilet waste from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sanitary sewage collection purposes.
Any privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, holding
tank or similar receptacle used to hold sanitary sewage.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage laterals, and all other sewage facilities
located within the Seitzland Sanitary Sewer District 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 the Township.
Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
1.
The owner of any improved property adjoining or adjacent to or whose
principal building is within 150 feet from the sanitary sewer shall
connect to the sewer system within 90 days after notice to do so has
been served on the owner either by personal service or by registered
mail.
2.
In the event that an owner fails to connect such improved property
as required under this Part, then the Township, or its authorized
agents or contractors, may enter upon the improved property and make
such connection. The Township shall send an itemized bill of the cost
of construction to the owner of the improved property, which bill
shall be payable immediately. If the owner fails to pay the bill,
then the Township shall file a municipal lien for the cost of construction
within six months after the date of completion.
3.
New buildings or structures to be connected to the sewer system shall
be connected prior to habitation, occupancy or use, and no certificate
of occupancy shall be issued for any such improved property unless
and until it has been connected to the sewer system and inspected
and approved by the Township.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
1.
No septic system shall be used or maintained at any time upon any
improved property that has been connected to the sewer system or which
is required to be connected to the sewer system.
2.
Every septic system shall be abandoned, cleansed and filled at the
expense of the owner under the direction and supervision of the Township
or its authorized agents or contractors. Any septic system not so
abandoned, cleansed and filled shall constitute a nuisance and may
be abated as provided by law at the expense of the owner of such improved
property.
3.
No septic system shall be connected at any time to the sewer system.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
1.
No person shall connect any improved property to any part of the
sewer system without first making an application for and obtaining
a permit in writing from the Township, and making payment of all fees
in connection therewith in the amounts set forth by resolution of
the Board of Supervisors.[1] Such application shall be made on a form to be provided
by the Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the
Township offices.
2.
Prior to connection to the sewer system, a person shall give at least
48 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made so
that the Township may supervise and inspect, or may cause to be supervised
and inspected, the work of connection and necessary testing.
3.
All costs and expenses of the connection of an improved property
to the sewer system shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
to be connected. An owner shall indemnify and hold harmless the Township
from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of the connection of the improved property to the sewer
system.
4.
An improved property shall be connected to the sewer system at the
place designated by the Township. All connections to and use of the
sewer system and the Authority's sewer system shall be done in conformance
with the rules and regulations and construction specifications of
the Township and the Authority, as the case may be.
5.
Each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
to the sewer system in a manner approved by the Township. A grouping
of more than one structure on an improved property or a grouping of
more than one improved property on more than one building sewer is
prohibited, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary
reasons or other good cause shown. Such grouping is subject to special
permission of the Township and will be subject to such rules, regulations
and conditions as prescribed by the Township.
6.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by the Township. If any part of the building sewer is covered
before being so 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 system.
7.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
8.
Excavations for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately with
barricades and lights to protect passersby from injury. Any street,
sidewalk or other 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, to the same condition
as prior to the disturbance to the greatest extent possible.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
1.
Every person required to connect to the sewer system shall pay to
the Township, in such manner and at such time as established by resolution
of the Township, a tapping fee and any other fees established from
time to time by the Township for connection to the sewer system.[1] A separate tapping fee shall be required for each dwelling
unit, or for each unit of use in the case of a commercial or industrial
use, contained within an improved property. The agreements set forth
the amount of sewage capacity allocated to a tapping fee, and the
agreements, and any amendments thereto, are incorporated herein by
reference.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the
Township offices.
2.
The Authority is authorized to charge the owners, occupiers or users
of improved property connected to the sewer system, or required to
be connected to the sewer system, user charges at such rates as the
Authority may from time to time establish for sewer service.
3.
The sewer service provided by the Authority shall be billed and collected
by the Authority according to its normal operating procedures and
in accordance with its rules, regulations and procedures as established
from time to time. Any delinquent user charges may be collected by
the Authority by any means provided by law, including the filing of
a lien in the manner provided by law for the filing of municipal liens.
The Township reserves the right to collect any delinquent accounts
on behalf of the Authority by any means provided by law in the event
that the Township deems it necessary to do so.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
To the extent that a person or industrial user uses the sewer
system for industrial waste, then such person or industrial user shall
be subject to the laws, rules and regulations established by federal,
state or local authority, including the Authority, for the discharge
of industrial waste.
[Ord. 2012-04, 7/11/2012]
1.
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.
2.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit either the Township or the
Authority from enforcing the provisions of this Part by any other
remedy available at law or in equity, and the remedies herein shall
be cumulative and concurrent.
3.
Nothing in this Part shall prevent the Authority from enforcing this
Part or its rules and regulations within the Township for users of
the sewer system or the Authority's sewer system.
