[Adopted 5-7-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-3 (Art. 913 of the 1960 Code)]
As used in this article, certain words are defined as follows:
Lower Paxton Township Authority, a Pennsylvania Municipal
Authority organized and existing under the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, as amended.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located with 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from the main sewer
as constructed by the Authority.
Any waters which may be disposed of through a storm sewer
system or other such drainage system upon approval by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health.
All improved property other than residential property constructed
or intended for occupancy or use by human beings or animals.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Any improved property occupied as living quarters, intended
to be occupied as living quarters or constructed for the purpose of
occupancy as living quarters.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any waste, sanitary sewage or material discharged from any
premises into the sewage system, not including industrial waste.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used of usable for sewage collection purposes.
The sanitary sewage system, including mains, pumping stations,
lift stations and any and all other appurtenances thereto.
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a Township
of the second class, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
A.
The owner of any improved property accessible to and whose principal
building is within 150 feet of the sewer system shall connect such
improved property therewith, in such manner as the Township and the
Authority may require, within 60 days after notice to such owner from
the Township Authority to make such connection, for the purposes of
discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved
property, subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as
established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Township
or the Authority from time to time.
B.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer as required under Subsection A hereof, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Authority from time to time. No surface water, stormwater or groundwater will be allowed to be discharged into the sewer system.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-12]
C.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property with the Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A hereof. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within the Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A hereof, except where a suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Township Authority.
D.
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 is required under Subsection A hereof to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion of the Township, shall be cleaned and filled under the direction and supervision of the Township. Any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by the Township, 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.
E.
No privy vaults, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
shall, at any time, be connected with a sewer.
F.
The notice by the Township Authority to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A hereof, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as, at the time, may be provided by law.
G.
If the owner fails to make the required connection within said sixty-day-period, such failure shall be a violation of this article. The violator shall be subject to payment for connections to the sewer system by the Township Authority under § 159-27 or upon conviction liable to penalty under § 159-38.
Upon the failure of any property owner to make a required sewer
connection following the procedure set forth in this article, the
Township Authority may enter upon the property and construct the sewer
connection. In such case the Township Authority shall forthwith, upon
completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of construction
of the sewer 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 of the owner of such property to pay said bill
the Township Authority may file municipal liens or bring a civil action
for such construction, the same to be subject in all respects to the
general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal liens
and civil actions.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer
is required, is served by its own sewage disposal system or device,
the existing sewer line shall be broken on the structure side of such
sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with
proper fittings, to continue such sewer line, as a building sewer.
A.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by the Township 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 a sewer.
B.
Every building sewer or any improved property, including the lateral,
shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition and
kept in good repair by the owner of such improved property.
If any person fails or refuses, upon receipt of a notice in
writing from the Township Authority, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, the Township Authority may refuse to permit such person
to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer
system until such unsatisfactory condition has been remedied to the
satisfaction of the Township Authority.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-12]
A.
The Board of Supervisors hereby appoints the Manager of the Lower
Paxton Township Authority as the Infiltration and Inflow Inspector
(the "Infiltration and Inflow Inspector"). His duties shall be to
conduct inspections for inflow and infiltration from prohibited sources
into the Lower Paxton Township sanitary sewer system. "Prohibited
sources" shall include the following:
(1)
Inflow into the sanitary sewer system from sump pumps, floor drains,
rain conductors and other sources of surface water, stormwater or
groundwater.
(2)
Infiltration into the sanitary sewer system of surface water, stormwater
or groundwater caused by broken, cracked or otherwise damaged pipes,
pipe fittings or connections to the sanitary sewer system.
B.
The salary and expenses of the Infiltration and Inflow Inspector
shall be paid entirely by the Lower Paxton Township Authority, and
the Infiltration and Inflow Inspector may designate such assistants
as may be necessary for the fulfillment of his duties.
All owners of property connected to and from which sewage and/or
suitable industrial wastes, collectively "wastewaters," can be discharged
to the sewer system shall be subject to the following:
A.
The Township Authority reserves the right to refuse permission to
connect to the sewer system, to compel discontinuance of use of the
sewer system or to compel pretreatment of wastewaters by any industry
in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful or to have a deleterious
effect upon any portion of the sewer system. No wastewaters shall
be discharged to the sewer system:
(1)
Having a temperature higher than 100° F.
(2)
Containing more than 100 parts per million, by weight, of fats, oils
and grease.
(3)
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other inflammable
or explosive liquids, solids or gases.
(4)
Containing any garbage that has not been ground by household-type
or other suitable garbage grinders.
(5)
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstructions or other
interferences with proper operation of the sewer system.
(6)
Having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewer system.
(7)
Containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute
hazards to humans or animals or to create any hazard in waters which
receive treated effluent from either the City of Harrisburg or Swatara
Township Authority sewage treatment plant. Toxic wastes shall include,
but shall not be limited to, wastes containing cyanide, chromium,
copper and nickel ions.
(8)
Containing noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating
a public nuisance.
(9)
Containing solids of such character and quantity that special and
unusual attention is required for their handling.
(10)
Containing substances having characteristics which violate provisions
of the agreements for sewage transportation and treatment services
with the City of Harrisburg and Swatara Township Authority. Industries
shall install suitable pretreatment facilities to meet the requirements
stipulated therein.
B.
Suitable pretreatment facilities shall be installed to meet these
requirements. The Township Authority reserves the right to require
nonresidential establishments having large variations in rates of
wastewater discharge to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing
wastewater flows to the sewer system.
C.
When directed by the Township Authority, owners of nonresidential
establishments shall install, pay for and maintain a manhole and such
other devices as may be approved by the Township Authority to facilitate
observation, measurement and sampling of wastewaters discharged to
the sewer system. The Township Authority or its duly authorized representatives
shall, at all reasonable times, after advance notice of at least 24
hours, be permitted to enter upon any and all properties for the purpose
of inspecting, observing, measuring and sampling wastewaters discharged
to the sewer system. The owner of any nonresidential establishment
that desires to connect to the sewer system or any nonresidential
establishment which is connected to the sewer system and plans to
change operations so as to materially alter the characteristics and
volumes of wastewaters discharged to the sewer system shall notify
the Township Authority, in writing, at least 10 days before making
such connection or changing its operations.
D.
Owners of industrial establishments desiring to discharge industrial
wastes to the sewer system shall obtain a permit from the Authority
to do so upon notification by the Authority. Applications for a permit
to discharge industrial wastes shall be accompanied by all information
requested by the Authority for the determination of industrial waste
volumes, characteristics and constituents. The cost for obtaining
such information shall be borne by the industrial establishment.
The Board of Supervisors directs that all sewer rental rates
shall be established by the Township Authority by resolution.
The Board of Supervisors directs that all sewer connection fees
shall be established by the Township Authority by resolution.
The Township Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to
promulgate additional rules and regulations as it deems necessary
under this article, which additional rules and regulations, to the
extent appropriate, shall be construed as part of this article.
The Township Authority is authorized and directed to enforce
the provisions of this article and its rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder and in conjunction herewith.
In addition to any monetary penalties for violation of this
article, the Township Authority may require all owners or persons
in charge of properties serviced by the Lower Paxton Township sanitary
sewer system who violate any provisions of this article, after giving
notice of such violation either personally or by means of the United
States mail and, if no action to correct said violation is taken within
30 days of the date of such notice, to remove or close the sewer connection,
if otherwise permitted by law. Reconnection will not be made until
after correction of the violation has been accomplished and inspected
by the Township Authority. The expense of such shutoff or removal
or closing and the expense of reconnection shall be a debt due to
the Lower Paxton Township Authority, and a lien upon the property
affected may be filed and collected as provided by law. With respect
to the enforcement of this article or any related provision of the
Township of Lower Paxton Code concerning the sanitary sewerage system,
the Township Authority shall be empowered to secure search warrants
as otherwise provided by law.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provision
of this article shall, for each and every such violation, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and cost
of prosecution and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall
be imprisoned for not more than 30 days. Each day's violation
of any provision of this article shall constitute a separate violation.
