[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Springettsbury as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Stormwater — See Ch. 281.
[Adopted 7-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-05 (Ch. 26, Part 2, of
the 2003 Code)]
The agreement entered into by Springettsbury
Township and the York Water Company dated March 29, 1985, providing
for the installation of public water mains and public water service
for the Mt. Zion Water District of Springettsbury Township is hereby
ratified and affirmed and this article is adopted for the purpose
of implementing said agreement and providing for the health, safety
and welfare of the residents within the area of said district.
There is hereby created and established a water
district to be known as the "Mt. Zion Water District" encompassing
an area bounded on the east by the boundary line with Hellam Township,
on the north by the boundary line with Manchester Township, on the
west by a line running southwardly from the intersection of the Manchester
Township boundary line and North Sherman Street to U.S. Route 30 and
on the south by U.S. Route 30, all as shown and more particularly
defined and described on a certain map of said district which is incorporated
herein by reference.
A.
All persons owning any building now erected within
the Mt. Zion Water District occupied or intended for human habitation
and accessible to the public water system and all persons hereafter
erecting any new building within said district intended for human
habitation and accessible to the public water system shall, at their
own expense, make connection of such buildings to the public water
system. A building shall be deemed "accessible" to the public water
system when any part of it shall be located within 150 feet of any
public street or easement in which is laid a public water main.
B.
Where a building required to be connected to the public water system pursuant to Subsection A of this section is accessible to an existing water main or at any time hereafter becomes accessible to a newly constructed water main, such connection shall be made within six months following receipt of notice from the Township to make such connection.
C.
All connections to the public water system shall be
made in accordance with the applicable Township ordinances then in
effect and the rules and regulations thereunder and in accordance
with the rules, regulations and specifications, from time to time,
in effect and specified in the York Water Company's tariffs and operating
policies.
Upon the connection of any building to the public
water system, the internal water and plumbing system of such building
connected to any individual on-lot or private water system shall be
immediately disconnected. Thereafter, such individual on-lot or private
water system shall not be used for human consumption, bathing, other
household or for sanitary purposes. Existing on-lot or private water
systems may, with the approval of the York Water Company, be maintained
and used for irrigation, fire protection, filling of swimming pools
or other purposes not prohibited by said company's operation policies.
In no event shall there be any cross-connection of any on-lot or private
water system with the system supplied by the public waster system.
A.
All persons owning buildings required to be connected to the public water system shall, upon receiving notice from the Township as provided in § 319-3B, promptly make application to the Township for connection to the system on such form and providing such information as the Township shall prescribe.
B.
Each person making application for public water service
shall pay a connection fee for each building required to be connected.
Applicants shall be classified as residential, commercial or industrial
as specified in Customer Classification Guidelines of the York Water
Company, from time to time, in effect.
C.
The connection fees hereby imposed and payable to
the Township shall be as follows:
(1)
If application for connection shall be made on or
before June 30, 1986, the fees payable shall be:
(a)
Residential: $500.
(2)
If application for connection shall be made on or after July 1, 1986, there shall be added to each of the fees stated in Subsection C(1) of this section an additional fee of $25 for each fiscal year or part thereof which shall have expired after July 1, 1986. As used in this subsection, "fiscal year" shall mean a period commencing July 1, of any calendar year and ending on June 30, of the following calendar year.
There is hereby imposed upon the owners of all
properties served by the public water system the following basic service
charge and surcharges:
The water service charges set forth in § 319-6 shall be billed and collected by the York Water Company monthly as agent for the Township. The bills shall separately state the base rate charges and the surcharges. The bills will be mailed or delivered to the address of the property served or, if prior arrangements have been made with the York Water Company, to the address of the property owner if different from the address of the property being served or to the occupant of the property being served. All bills shall be due when rendered and the owner and occupant shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the same at such place or places as may be, from time to time, specified.
Each water service charge and surcharge imposed
by this article shall be a debt due to the Township and shall be a
lien on the property served. If any charge remains unpaid for a period
of six months from the date of billing, the amount thereof, together
with costs, shall be filed as a lien in the Office of the Prothonotary
of York County in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection
of municipal claims. In addition, the Township, if permitted by law,
rule or regulation, may also discontinue or disconnect the water service.
In such event, the cost of discontinuance or disconnection of service
and its restoration shall likewise be a debt due the Township subject
to collection as herein provided.
The Township, in its agreement with the York
Water Company dated March 23, 1985, has designated said company as
its agent to do and perform certain acts for the Township relating
to the Mt. Zion Water District. Wherever the York Water Company is
so designated, either expressly or by implication in said agreement
or this article to do or perform any act for or on behalf of the Township,
said company is hereby authorized to act subject to the terms and
provisions of the agreement and this article.
[Amended 12-11-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18]
Any person who shall fail or refuse to perform
any act, duty or obligation imposed by this article shall, in addition
to any other remedy reserved herein, upon conviction thereof in an
action brought before a district justice 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 article continues or each section of this article which shall
be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 6-25-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-01]
There is hereby created and established a water district to
be known as the "Mundis Mill Water District" encompassing an area
bounded on the east by North Sherman Street, on the north by the boundary
lines with East Manchester and Manchester Townships, on the west by
the boundary line with Manchester Township and on the south by Mundis
Mill Road, all as shown and more particularly defined and described
on a certain map of said district which is included as Exhibit A,
and incorporated herein by reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Township offices.
A.
All persons owning any building now erected within the Mundis Mill
Water District occupied or intended for human and/or animal habitation
and accessible to the public water system and all persons hereafter
erecting any new building within said district intended for human
and/or animal habitation and accessible to the public water system
shall, at their own expense, make connection of such buildings to
the public water system. A building shall be deemed "accessible" to
the public water system within the Mundis Mill Water District when
any part of the parcel(s) on which it is located is adjacent to any
public street or easement in which is laid a public water main.
B.
Where a building required to be connected to the public water system pursuant to Subsection A of this section is accessible to an existing water main or at any time hereafter becomes accessible to a newly constructed water main, such connection shall be made within six months following receipt of notice from the Township to make such connection.
C.
All connections to the public water system shall be made in accordance
with the applicable Township ordinances then in effect and the rules
and regulations thereunder and in accordance with the rules, regulations
and specifications, from time to time, in effect and specified in
the York Water Company's tariffs and operating policies.
A.
Upon the connection of any building to the public water system, the internal water and plumbing system of such building connected to any individual on-lot or private water system shall be immediately disconnected and private wells properly abandoned, except as allowed pursuant to Subsection B of this section.
B.
Existing on-lot or private water systems may, with the approval of
the York Water Company and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, be maintained and used for irrigation, livestock, fire
protection, or other purposes not prohibited by York Water Company's
operation policies. In no event shall there be any cross-connection
of any on-lot or private water system with the system supplied by
the public water system.
A.
All persons owning buildings required to be connected to the public water system shall, upon receiving notice from the Township as provided in § 319-12B, promptly make application to the Township for connection to the system on such form and providing such information as the Township shall prescribe.
B.
Applicants shall be classified as residential, commercial or industrial
as specified in Customer Classification Guidelines of the York Water
Company, from time to time, in effect.[1]
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, regarding connection fees,
which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 10-22-2015
by Ord. No. 2015-10.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]
Each water service charge imposed by this article shall be a
debt due to the Township and shall be a lien on the property served.
If any charge remains unpaid for a period of six months from the date
of billing, the amount thereof, together with costs, shall be filed
as a lien in the Office of the Prothonotary of York County in the
manner provided by law for the filing and collection of municipal
claims. In addition, the Township, if permitted by law, rule or regulation,
may also discontinue or disconnect the water service. In such event,
the cost of discontinuance or disconnection of service and its restoration
shall likewise be a debt due the Township subject to collection as
herein provided.
The Township, in its agreement with the York Water Company dated
March 23, 1985 (and as amended by this article), has designated said
company as its agent to do and perform certain acts for the Township
relating to the Mundis Mill Water District. Wherever the York Water
Company is so designated, either expressly or by implication in said
agreement or this article to do or perform any act for or on behalf
of the Township, said company is hereby authorized to act subject
to the terms and provisions of the agreement and this article.
Any person who shall fail or refuse to perform any act, duty or obligation imposed by this article shall be subject to the same provision as set forth in § 319-10.
At least 90 days prior to any amendment, alteration, repeal or abolition of this Article II, notice of such amendment, alteration, repeal or abolition shall be provided to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, South-Central Regional Office, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110.
