[Adopted 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 95-1]
A.
Definitions.
(1)
The definitions set forth in Article V of this chapter are hereby affirmed and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
ACT or THE ACT
AUTHORITY
CBOD (CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
CFR
COLLECTION SYSTEM
EDU
EPA
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
MANAGER
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NPDES PERMIT (NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM)
OWNER
PA DEP
pH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
SANITARY SEWER
STATE
STORMWATER
SUPERVISORS
SWDA
TOXIC POLLUTANT
TSS
U.S.C.
USER
WASTEWATER
The following words and terms, as used in this article,
shall have the definitions indicated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Upper Hanover Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The quantity of oxygen, utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, five days at
20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)].
The Code of Federal Regulations.
The system of public sewers to be located within Upper Hanover
Township and operated by the Upper Hanover Authority and located within
the public right-of-way or within an easement owned by the Township
or the Authority; also called the "public sewage system."
Equivalent dwelling unit.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or where
appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator
or other duly authorized official of the Agency.
The discharge or the introduction of pollutants into the
sewage treatment plant, including retaining tank waste discharged
into the collection system.
All wastewater other than domestic wastewater; also includes
process wastewater.
The person designated by the Authority to supervise the operation
of the sewage treatment plant, and who is charged with certain duties
and responsibilities by this article, or his duly authorized representative.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users (40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471).
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole,
partial or joint, of any property located in the Township.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
or where appropriate, the term may be used as a designation for the
administrator or other duly authorized official of the Department.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutants or the
alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to
a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a sewage treatment plant. The reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes, or process changes or other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
A sewer that carries wastewater.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
The Upper Hanover Township Board of Supervisors.
The Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA under the
provision of the Act or other acts.
Total suspended solids.
The United States Code.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the sewage treatment plant.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted
to enter the sewage treatment plant, also known as "sewage."
(3)
"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
B.
Connection fees. No connection shall be made to any
public sewer except upon payment of the prescribed initial connection
fee and upon permit issued by the Authority pursuant to rules and
regulations regarding connections promulgated by the Authority and
approved by the Supervisors. The above fee for purchasing capacity
shall be adopted from time to time by resolution of the Authority.
C.
Damage prohibited. No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or
tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part
of the Authority's sewage system. Any person violating this provision
shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
D.
Design standards. All sanitary sewers to be dedicated
to the Authority shall be subject to inspection by the Authority and
may not make any connection without prior inspection and approval
of the Authority.
A.
Basis for established rate. The assigned rate per
EDU for connection to sewer systems and use thereof is based on an
equal share per EDU of all operating and maintenance costs and replacement
costs plus an equal share of debt retirement costs for the sewer systems
and treatment.
B.
Rates. In order to provide funds to pay the cost of
operating and maintaining and replacing the sanitary sewer and the
sewage treatment plant, and also to pay the cost of installation of
the sanitary sewer and sewage treatment plant, and any costs or interest
incident thereto, there is hereby imposed on all properties in the
Township initial connection fees and sewer service fees as follows:
(1)
An initial connection fee shall be determined by the
Authority from time to time by adoption of regulations, and said fee
shall be charged based on a per-EDU rate as follows:
(a)
One EDU for all single-family residential properties;
(b)
For all other residential properties, nonresidential
or mixed-use properties, the Authority shall assign a number of EDUs
based on the application for sewer permit, the current or intended
use of the property and as the Authority shall otherwise determine
from information contained in its regulations or other sources of
information deemed appropriate by the Authority; and
(c)
The minimum charge for any property or independent
use, such as a separate apartment, office or store, shall be one EDU.
All fractional EDUs shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
(2)
An annual sewer service fee is hereby established,
and the owner or owners of each property connected to the sewer system
shall be charged said sewer service fee based on the number of EDUs
attributable to the owner's property as assigned by the Authority.
(3)
The annual sewer service fee shall be determined by
the Authority from time to time by adoption of regulations. The total
annual sewer service fee shall be calculated by multiplying the number
of EDUs attributable to the property by the amount of the sewer service
fee established by the Authority.
(4)
All nonresidential or mixed-use properties shall be
required to install meters on their water service line for the purpose
of monitoring actual water use to determine whether the number of
EDUs assigned to a property by the Authority should be increased.
In the event a nonresidential or mixed-use property should indicate
metered water usage in excess of the number of EDUs assigned to the
property, said property owner shall be required to purchase additional
EDU capacity at the same cost per EDU as the initial connection fee
and pay the annual sewer service fee for each EDU as indicated by
the water meter data.
(5)
The sewer service fee for all nonresidential or mixed-use
properties shall be based on the number of EDUs assigned to the property
or the number of EDUs actually used, whichever is greater.
C.
Amending rate charges. The Township hereby authorizes
the Authority by resolution of the Authority:
(1)
To increase the initial connection fee in the event
that its operating experience indicates that the rate fails to yield,
after reasonable deduction for debt retirement and other necessary
and proper expenses and reserves, a reasonable rate upon the fair
value of the Authority's property used and useful in rendering service
to the Authority; or
(2)
To decrease its rate should its operating experience
indicate that, after reasonable deduction for debt retirement and
other necessary and proper expenses and reserves, the rate yields
a higher than reasonable rate.
D.
Nontransferability of EDUs. The Authority alone shall
determine the EDU capacity attributable to a property. Once an EDU
capacity has been assigned to a property, only the Authority may,
in its discretion, reassign a new EDU capacity. Property owners are
specifically prohibited from transferring by private sale, agreement
or otherwise all or any part of their EDU capacity to any other property
owner for purposes of altering the EDU capacities assigned to the
property owners. The EDU capacity assigned to a property owner shall
lawfully be transferred to subsequent owners of the same property
at the capacity assigned by the Authority unless the Authority deems
modification of EDU capacity to be appropriate.
E.
Payment of bills. Bills for the sewer service fee
will be rendered quarterly and are payable on the 15th day of each
month following each quarter. All bills unpaid for 15 days shall be
subject to a penalty of 15% of the total bill.
F.
Nonpayment of bills. All sewage service may be discontinued
for any premises for which the sewage bill remains unpaid for a period
of 60 days after the bill is rendered. If any expenses are incurred
by the Authority through the discontinuance of sewage service, service
shall not be reinstated until costs of discontinuance have been paid.
G.
Commencement of sewer service fee. The sewer service
fee shall commence on the date of actual hookup to the sewage collection
system or 90 days after issue of the sewer permit, whichever is sooner.
A.
Purpose; objectives; applicability.
(1)
This article sets forth uniform requirements for direct
and indirect contributors to the sewage treatment plant and enables
the Township and the Authority to comply with all applicable state
and federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the general
pretreatment regulations (40 CFR 403, as amended).
(2)
The objectives of this article are to:
(a)
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into
the collection system which will interfere with the operation of the
system or contaminate the resulting sludge.
(b)
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into
the collection and treatment system which will pass through the system
inadequately treated into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise
be incompatible with the system.
(c)
Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim
wastewaters and sludges from the system.
(3)
This article shall apply to the citizens of the Township
and to persons outside the Township who are users of the sewage treatment
plant or the public sewer system. Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Manager of the Authority's sewage treatment plant shall administer,
implement and enforce the provisions of this article.
B.
General discharge prohibitions.
(1)
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere
with the operation or performance of the sewage treatment plant. These
general prohibitions apply to all such users of the sewage treatment
plant, whether or not the user is subject to national categorical
pretreatment standards or any other national, state or local pretreatment
standards or requirements.
(2)
The limitations or restrictions on materials or characteristics
of wastewater discharged to the sanitary sewer, which shall not be
violated without approval of the Authority, are as follows:
(a)
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reasons
of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone
or by interaction with other substances, to cause fire or explosion
or be injurious in any other way to the sewage treatment plant or
to the operation of the sewage treatment plant. Prohibited materials
include but are not limited to gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, naphtha,
benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, hydrides, sulfides
and any other substance which the Authority, Township, PA DEP, EPA
or any manager of the sewage treatment plant to which the user's wastewater
flows has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system;
(b)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause
obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the
operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, such as but not
limited to grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in
any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair,
hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders,
sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings,
grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood,
plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing
of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes;
(c)
Any wastewater having a pH less than six or
more than nine or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel
of the sewage treatment plant;
(d)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in
sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants,
to injure, to interfere with any wastewater treatment process, to
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, to create a toxic effect
in the receiving waters or the sewage treatment plant or to exceed
the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A
toxic pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollutant
identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act;
(e)
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or
solids, which either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are
sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient
to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair;
(f)
Any substance which may cause the sewage treatment
plant effluent or any other product of the sewage treatment plant,
such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation
and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case
shall a substance discharged to the sewage treatment plant cause the
sewage treatment plant to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal
criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of
the Act or any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge
use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act or state criteria
applicable to the sludge management method being used;
(g)
Any substance which will cause the sewage treatment
plant to violate its NPDES permit and/or state disposal system permit
or the receiving water quality standards;
(h)
Any wastewater with objectionable color not
removed in the treatment process, such as but not limited to dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions;
(i)
Pollutants which create a fire or explosion
hazard in the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to
wastestreams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than 140° F.
or 60° C., using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21;
(j)
Any wastewater having a temperature which will
inhibit biological activity in the sewage treatment plant resulting
in interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature at the
introduction into the sewage treatment plant which exceeds 40°
C. (104° F.);
(k)
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants
(CBOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration
which cause interference to the sewage treatment plant. In no case
shall a slug load have a flow rate or contain concentration or qualities
of pollutants that exceed for any time period longer than 15 minutes
more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities
or flow during normal operation of the individual discharge and/or
of the sewage treatment plant;
(l)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes
or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits
established by the Manager in compliance with applicable state or
federal regulations;
(m)
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human
life or creates a public nuisance;
(n)
Stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage or noncontact cooling water; and
(o)
Oil and grease:
[1]
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams
per liter of petroleum or oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils or products
of mineral oil origin;
[2]
Wastewater containing more than 100 milligrams
per liter of oil, greases or fats of an animal or vegetable origin;
or
[3]
Wastewater from industrial plants containing
floatable oils, fat or grease in excess of 25 milligrams per liter.
(3)
When the Sewer Treatment Plant Manager determines
that a user is contributing any of the above-enumerated substances
in such amounts as to interfere with the operation of the sewage treatment
plant, the Manager shall advise the user of the impact of the contribution
on the sewage treatment plant and develop effluent limitations for
such user to correct the interference with the sewage treatment plant.
Should additional cost be incurred by the sewage treatment plant in
treating an out-of-compliance discharger's wastewater, the additional
cost, plus a ten-percent administration charge for all additional
costs incurred prior to the Manager notification to the discharger,
shall be paid by the discharger. Should the problem continue after
notification by the Manager, the additional cost, plus a ten-percent
administration charge, plus any penalties authorized by this article,
shall be paid by the discharger. Any user or discharger violating
any of the above provisions shall be subject to the enforcement and
penalty provisions of this article set forth below.
C.
Commercial and industrial compliance.
(1)
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner
at the owner's expense.
(2)
The Authority may require the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes to install
a suitable structure together with such necessary meters and other
appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling,
and measurement of the wastes. The plans for the structure shall be
subject to the approval of the Authority. The structure shall be installed
and maintained by the owner at the owner's expense.
(3)
The Authority may require a user to provide information
needed to determine compliance with this article. These requirements
may include:
(a)
Wastewaters' discharge peak rate and volume
over a specified time period;
(b)
Chemical analyses of wastewaters;
(c)
Information on raw materials, processes and
produce affecting wastewater volume and quality;
(d)
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid,
sludge, oil, solvent or other materials important to sewer use control;
(e)
A plot plan of the sewers of the user's property
showing sewer and pretreatment facility location;
(f)
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities;
and
(g)
Details of systems to prevent and control the
loss of materials through spills into the public sewage system.
D.
Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards. Upon the
promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, as
may be amended from time to time in the future, the federal standard,
if more stringent than limitations imposed under this article, shall
immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this article.
E.
Modification of federal standards. Where the Authority's
wastewater treatment system achieves consistent removal of pollutants
limited by federal pretreatment standards, the Authority may apply
for modifications of specific limits in the federal pretreatment standards.
"Consistent removal" shall mean the reduction in the amount of a pollutant
or alteration of the nature of the pollutant by the wastewater treatment
system to a nontoxic or harmless state in the effluent which is achieved
by the system in 95% of the samples taken when measured according
to the procedures set forth in Section 403.7(c)(2) of Title 40 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 403, General Pretreatment Regulations
for Existing and New Sources of Pollution, as amended from time to
time, promulgated pursuant to the Act. The Authority may then modify
pollutant discharge limits in the federal pretreatment standards if
the requirements contained in 40 CFR 403.7 so allow.
F.
Conflict with state requirements. State requirements
and limitations on discharges shall apply in any case where they are
more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those
in this article.
G.
Right of revision. The Township and/or Authority reserves
the right to establish by ordinance or by resolution more stringent
limitations or requirements on discharges to the wastewater disposal
system if deemed necessary to comply with the stated objectives or
to achieve compliance with the Pennsylvania NPDES permit.
H.
Excessive discharge. No user shall ever increase the
use of process water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as
a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve
compliance with the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standards or with any other pollutant-specific limitations
developed by the sewage treatment plant treating the wastewater or
state or federal agencies.
I.
Written agreements. Nothing contained in this article
shall be construed as preventing any special written agreement or
arrangement between the Authority and any nonresidential user whereby
an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted
by the sewage treatment plant for treatment.
A.
Applicability. Unless otherwise indicated in this
article, this article shall apply to all users.
B.
Powers and authority of inspections.
(1)
The Authority and its duly authorized employees bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the collection and
treatment system in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(2)
The Authority and its duly authorized employees are
authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which
have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater
collection system. The industry may withhold confidential information
if the industry establishes that release to the public of the information
in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
C.
Harmful contributors.
(1)
The Authority may suspend a user permit when such
suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the Authority, to stop
an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an
imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons
or to the environment, causes interference to the sewage treatment
plant or causes the sewage treatment plant to violate any condition
of its NPDES permit.
(2)
Any person notified of a suspension of a permit shall
immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event of a failure
of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the
Authority shall take steps as deemed necessary, including immediate
severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to
the sewage treatment plant or endangerment to any individuals. The
Authority shall reinstate the permit upon proof of the elimination
of the noncomplying discharge by the user, payment of any damages,
fines, penalties or costs associated with the discharge and the submission
of a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful
contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence.
D.
Revocation of permit. Any user who violates the following
conditions of this article or applicable state or federal regulations
is subject to having his permit suspended in accordance with the procedures
of this article:
E.
Notice of violation. Whenever the Authority finds
that any user has violated or is violating this article, the permit
or any prohibition, limitation or requirements contained herein, the
Authority may serve upon such person a written notice stating the
nature of the violation, a direction that the violation cease and
desist within a specified number of days, and a direction that a plan
be submitted by the user to the Authority for the curing and correction
of the violation.
F.
Hearings and appeals.
(1)
The Authority may order any person or any user who
causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to enter the sewage treatment
plant to show cause before the Authority (hereinafter referred to
as the "Committee") why the proposed enforcement should not be taken.
The Committee shall be composed of the Board of Directors of the Authority
or a majority thereof when a violation occurs in wastewater being
treated by the sewage treatment plant.
(2)
Hearing procedure.
(a)
The Committee shall conduct the hearing and
take the evidence.
(b)
At such hearing, testimony must be taken under
oath and transcribed. The transcript shall be made available to any
member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of charges
as shall be adopted from time to time by the Committee.
(c)
After the Committee has reviewed the evidence,
it may issue an order to the person or user responsible for the discharge,
directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service
shall be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices
or other related appurtenance shall be installed. Further orders and
directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued.
(d)
Any person or user aggrieved by an order of
the Committee may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery
County in accordance with the provisions of the Local Agency Law,
2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105 et seq.
G.
Legal action. If a person or user located within or
outside of the Township violates any of the provisions of this article
or discharges sewage, industrial waste or other wastes into Township's
wastewater collection system contrary to the provisions set forth
in this article, in federal or state pretreatment requirements or
in any order of the Authority, the Authority may commence an action
for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief, including injunctive
relief, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.
A.
Violations and penalties. Any user who violates an
order of the Township or the Authority or who fails to comply with
this article shall be fined not less than $1,000 per violation, which
fines may be collected by suit or summary proceeding brought in the
name of the Township or the Authority before any Magisterial District
Judge. Proceedings for a violation and for the collection of fines
imposed hereby may be commenced by warrant or by summons, at the discretion
of the Magisterial District Judge before whom the proceeding is begun.
Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction or by proceedings
by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed
and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the
Township lockup for a period not exceeding five days or the county
jail or workhouse for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day on
which a violation shall occur or continue to occur shall be deemed
a separate and distinct violation. In addition to the penalties provided
herein, the Township or the Authority may recover penalties, damages,
costs, reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, court reporter fees
and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against
the person or user found to have willfully violated this article.
B.
Criminal penalties for falsifying information. Any
person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or
certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document
filed or required to be maintained pursuant to a permit or this article
or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any
monitoring device or method required under this article shall, upon
conviction under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Section
4904 (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904), be punished by a fine of not
more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or
both, under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Crime Code, Sections
1101 and 1104 (18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 1101 and 1104, as amended).
A.
Rules and regulations.
(1)
The Township authorizes the Authority from time to
time, in accordance with law, by appropriate resolution, to adopt
additional rules and regulations as may be desirable, beneficial or
necessary for or in connection with the collection or treatment system.
(2)
Any such rules and regulations shall be construed
in conjunction with provisions hereof and shall become effective upon
the specified date.
B.
Written agreements. Nothing contained in this article
shall be construed as preventing any special written agreement or
arrangement between the Authority and any residential or nonresidential
developer or any other property owner which may conflict with any
of the terms and conditions set forth in this article and as amended.
C.
Application for permit. Any legal or equitable owner
of a property may apply for a sewer permit by filling out an appropriate
application provided by the Authority and submitting it to the Board
of Directors for assignment of EDUs and approval of the application,
subject to the discretion of the Authority. The Authority shall have
the exclusive right to award a sewer permit to the applicant.
D.
Maintenance of laterals. Each property owner shall
be responsible for maintenance and repair of any and all laterals
partially or fully located on the property of the owner from the building(s)
up to the cleanout access located on the lateral.