Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing house 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 house sewer line as a building sewer.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by this township and 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 a sewer.
[Amended 7-1-2010 by Ord. No. 590]
Every building sewer on any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary, safe and water-tight operating condition by the owner of such improved property. Specifically, said building sewer shall be maintained such that no infiltration or inflow enters said building sewer.
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 this township.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from this township or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer within 60 days of receipt of such notice, this township or the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this township and the Authority.
This township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part of this Part 1.
[Added 7-12-1965 by Ord. No. 66]
Where, in any existing building accessible to the public sewer system, existing ground floor or cellar drainage systems cannot drain into the public sewer system by gravity flow, such ground floor or cellar drainage systems may continue to drain into existing cesspools or septic tanks so long as the same do not constitute a health hazard. It shall be unlawful for any person owning any property accessible to the public sewer system to fail to connect that part of the drainage system of any building thereon which can drain by gravity flow into the public sewer system.
[Added 7-12-1965 by Ord. No. 66]
Every applicant, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a license to engage in or work in the business of installing building sewers to public sewers within Lower Providence Township, shall furnish a license bond in substantially the following form:
LICENSE BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we __________ as principal, and _____________________ as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the TOWNSHIP OF LOWER PROVIDENCE, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, in the penal sum of _______________ dollars _______________, lawful money of the United States, for which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
WHEREAS, the said principal has applied to said township, obligee, for a _______________ license for and during the calendar year of 19_____.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH that if said principal shall well and truly perform and comply with all rules, regulations, resolutions and ordinances of the Township of Lower Providence relating to the business as licensed and for one calendar year after completion of the work shall repair, restore and correct faulty work, if such becomes evident, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue and serve to indemnify said obligee from any and all losses, costs, damages and expenses arising from the principal's unfaithful, imperfect or inadequate work.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the principal and surety have severally caused this instrument to be executed in their and each of the behalves this __________ day __________  A.D., 19_____.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED in the presence of
_________________________ (Seal)
_________________________ (Seal)
_________________________ Surety
By: ___________________________ Attorney-in-fact
[Amended 7-12-1965 by Ord. No. 66]
The minimum amount of such bond shall be $2,000, and if the applicant makes application to install more than eight connections, he shall be required to post additional bond in the amount of $250 per connection.