[Adopted 6-22-1970 by Ord. No. 42 (Ch.
18, Part 1, of the 1993 Code)]
[Amended 11-27-1972 by Ord. No. 59; 8-22-1994 by Ord. No.
255; 3-27-1995 by Ord. No. 261; 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 271]
The following words and phrases, when used in
this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall
have the meanings given to them in this section:
The official plan for the provision of adequate sewage systems
in the Township, adopted by the Township and submitted to and approved
by the Department of Environmental Protection, under and in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act[1] and the rules and regulations promulgated from time to
time thereunder, including any provisions thereto which may be adopted
and approved from time to time, as such plan and revisions shall be
in force at the time of application under this chapter.
All local, state and/or federal specifications and requirements
which are applicable to a particular construction, installation, work
or other activity which is regulated by or otherwise the subject of
this chapter, as such specifications and requirements shall be in
force at the time of application under this chapter. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, "applicable specifications" shall
include all such specifications and requirements, and any revisions,
amendments, supplements thereto or substitutions therefor, which may
be established or otherwise adopted from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Commissioners. In the event of any inconsistency between
or among any such local, state and/or federal specifications or requirements,
the specification or requirement which imposes the greater or greatest
restriction shall prevail and control.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township.
The extension from the sewage and/or industrial waste drainage
system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
Sewer system connection charges provided under Article V of this chapter, including, without limitation, a connection fee, customer facilities fee, tapping fee, and other fees or charges permitted under the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act[2] and other applicable state law.
[Amended 2-1-2010 by Ord. No. 440]
Each individual building or house, whether constructed as
a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, which is designed or adaptable
to separate ownership for use as a family dwelling unit or for commercial
or industrial purposes. A school, factory, apartment house, office
building or other multiple-unit structure whose individual apartments
or units are connected to a common internal sewage system and which
are not commonly subject to separate ownership shall be appraised
based upon the Township’s schedule of EDU values, which schedule
may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
[Amended 2-1-2010 by Ord. No. 440]
The Department of Environmental Protection (formerly the
Department of Environmental Resources) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or land development.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 345]
The Health Department of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Any property within the sewered area 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 liquid, gaseous, radioactive, solid or other substance,
which is not sewage, resulting from manufacturing or industry or other
plant or works, and mine drainage, silt, coal mine solids, rock, debris,
dirt and clay from coal mines, coal collieries, breakers or other
coal processing operations. "Industrial waste" or "industrial wastes"
includes substances whether or not generally characterized as waste.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
right-of-way line of the public street (in the case the sewer is located
in a public street) or to the boundary line of the sanitary sewer
easement (in the case the sewer is located in a sanitary sewer easement).
Any sewer or sewer system constructed by or dedicated to
Upper Pottsgrove Township and/or any sewer or sewer system constructed
by, dedicated to or transferred to any utility, serving properties
in the Township, regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
[Added 6-21-2021 by Ord.
No. 513]
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1535, No. 537, as amended,
35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., together with all amendments and
supplements thereto, and any new law or statute substituted for the
same, as such act, amendments, supplements and substitutions shall
be in force at the time of application hereunder.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, to use of water
for domestic water supply or for recreation, or which constitutes
pollution under the Clean Streams Law, Act of June 22, 1937, P.L.
1987, No. 394, as amended, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes and to which ground,
surface and storm water is not admitted intentionally.
Each single-family dwelling unit or the equivalent, which is connected to the sewer system, as determined and provided under and in accordance with Article VI of this chapter.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situate in the sewered area and owned and/or operated by the
Township.
The Township of Upper Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 8-28-1978 by Ord. No. 106; 8-22-1994 by Ord. No.
255; 3-27-1995 by Ord. No. 261; 5-21-2001 by Ord. No. 329]
A.
Connections.
[Amended 8-15-2011 by Ord. No. 450]
(1)
The owner of any improved property, which abuts or
adjoins any street in which there is a municipally constructed sewer
and on which property there is a waste-discharging structure within
150 feet of the sewer main or appurtenances, shall connect the improved
property to the sewer in such manner as the Township may require,
within 60 days after notice to the owner from the Township to make
such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sewage and industrial
wastes from the improved property (not only from the waste discharging
structure), subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall
be established by the Township from time to time. For purposes of
this subsection, the phrase "waste-discharge structure" shall mean
a structure from which sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall
or may be discharged.
(2)
The owner of any improved property, which abuts or
adjoins any street in which there is a privately constructed sewer
and on which property there is a waste-discharging structure within
150 feet of the sewer main or appurtenances, only if the property
contains a failing septic system which has been confirmed by the Montgomery
County Health Department or if the property's owner elects to voluntarily
connect to public sewer, shall connect the improved property to the
sewer in such manner as the Township may require, within 60 days after
notice to the owner from the Township to make such connection, for
the purpose of discharge of all sewage and industrial wastes from
the improved property (not only from the waste-discharging structure),
subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established
by the Township from time to time. For purposes of this subsection,
the phrase "waste-discharge structure" shall mean a structure from
which sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall or may be discharged.
B.
The Board of Commissioners may, upon written application of the owner of improved property, and for reasons beyond the reasonable control of the owner related to weather or a physical condition of the property, extend the sixty-day period in which to connect the property to the sewer as provided in Subsection A of this section. The application shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners prior to the expiration of the sixty-day period. The grant of the application and the period of extension shall be at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners. In no event, however, shall any extension be granted which will create or continue a health hazard or other objectionable condition. An extension of the connection period shall not also extend the due dates for the payment of connection charges and sewer rental. Should a connection extension be granted, connection charges shall be due and payable in accordance with § 275-24 of Article V of this chapter, and sewer rental shall be payable and collected in accordance with § 275-7 of this article.
C.
All sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A of this section, shall be conducted into a sewer subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Township from time to time.
D.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Township any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A of this section. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Township any sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A of this section, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Township.
E.
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 shall be required under Subsection A of this section to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned, except as hereinafter provided, and, at the discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of this Township, and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this 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. Septic tanks may, by special request to the Board of Commissioners, be used for the discharge of storm and cellar waste waters.
F.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or
similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
G.
The notice to the owner by the Township to make connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A of this section, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring the connection, and may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular property. The notice may be given by the Township to the owner by personal service, regular first class mail, certified mail and/or registered mail, whichever of such methods the Township, in its discretion, deems appropriate, unless another method is required by law in which case such other required method shall be used. In the event that the owner shall neglect or refuse to connect with the sewer within the sixty-day notice period (or within such extended period as may be granted by the Board of Commissioners under Subsection B of this section), the Township, at its discretion, shall have the right, but not the duty, by itself or agents thereof, to enter upon the property and construct the connection. In such case, the Township shall, upon completion of the connection work, send an itemized bill of the cost of connection (which shall include, without limitation, the connection charges provided under and by Article V of this chapter), to the owner of the property, which bill shall be payable forthwith in full by the owner. Should the owner neglect or refuse to pay, in full, said bill, the Township shall have the right to collect the same by way of the municipal claim and lien under the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal claims and liens. The provisions of this subsection shall not be in limitation of, but shall be in addition to, such other or further rights or remedies as may be available to the Township in law or at equity to connect, or compel the connection of, the property with the sewer and/or to collect from the property owner or other responsible party the cost of connection and other applicable amounts.
H.
The owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street serviced or intended to be serviced by a sewer system shall supply information indicating the location of any and all wells on such improved property. Such information shall be supplied on forms furnished by the Township within 30 days of notice to said owner and/or occupant. In addition to the fines and other penalties prescribed by § 275-34 of Article VII of this chapter, the owner and/or the occupant of such improved property failing to give the required information within 30 days of notice by the Township, shall be required to pay to the Township any and all costs, including engineering costs, incurred by the Township in ascertaining the required information. In the event that such costs are not paid as required hereby, the Township shall have the right, in addition to such other or further rights or remedies as may be available to the Township in law or at equity, to file a municipal claim and lien therefor, together with interest on the amount of such costs at the rate of 6% per annum (or such higher rate as may be provided or otherwise permitted by law) plus a penalty of 5% on the amount of such costs (or such higher penalty as may be provided or otherwise permitted by law). The Township Solicitor shall thereupon proceed to collect the same together with all interest, penalty and court costs plus an attorney's commission of 5% on the amount of such costs and the interest and penalty thereof (or such higher commission as may be provided or otherwise permitted by law) under the general law relating to the filing and collection of municipal claims and liens.
[Amended 4-24-1972 by Ord. No. 58; 10-24-1975 by Ord. No.
79; 10-24-1977 by Ord. No. 97; 8-22-1994 by Ord. No. 255; 12-14-1998 by Ord. No. 294; 10-18-1999 by Ord. No. 301; 8-15-2011 by Ord. No. 450]
All design and construction efforts undertaken by the Township
will be for the servicing of first-floor elevations. Those that wish
to connect basements or subfloors shall do so at their own expense
and only upon approval of the Township Engineer. Any additional piping,
appurtenance or pumps required to facilitate basements or subfloors
shall be the responsibility of the applicant/property owner.
A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening
into or use, alter or disturb in any manner, any sewer or the sewer
system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from this Township.
Such permit shall be issued to owners required to connect to a sewer
subject always to compliance with these rules and regulations and
may be issued by the Township to owners not so required to connect.
B.
Application for a permit required under Subsection A of this section shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served.
C.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this
Township of the desire and intention to connect to a sewer.
(3)
Such person shall have given the Secretary of the
Township at least 72 hours' prior notice of the time when such connection
will be made so that the Township may supervise and inspect the work
of connection and necessary testing.
D.
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection D, each connection unit on each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one connection unit on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of this Township, in writing, shall have been secured.
E.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building
sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer
to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to
be connected, and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this
Township from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or
of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
F.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with the requirements of § 275-4 of this article and shall be subject to approval by this Township.
G.
The permit required by Subsection A of this section shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a sewer.
H.
A building sewer discharging to public or community
sewer shall be connected to the sewer at the lateral. Only one building
sewer shall be connected to any lateral. The building sewer shall
conform to the typical building sewer connection, which is attached
hereto.[1] Future changes to the typical building sewer connection
shall be approved from time to time by Resolution of the Upper Pottsgrove
Township Board of Commissioners.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the sewer connection diagram is on
file in the Township offices.
I.
The owner and/or builder of all new structures containing
sewage facilities on which construction is commenced in the Township
subsequent to July 1, 1972, shall provide a stub for the purpose of
connecting the sewage drainage system of the structure with a building
sewer. The stub shall be provided whether or not the property is then
benefited, improved or accommodated by sanitary sewers. Unless and
to the extent otherwise provided by applicable specifications:
(1)
The stub shall be placed on the side of the structure
closest to the road or street.
(2)
The stub shall be of four-inch cast iron pipe.
(3)
The stub shall be extended two feet outside the foundation
wall of the structure.
(4)
The top of the stub shall be no lower than the underside
of the cellar floor of the structure.
(5)
The elevation of interior piping in the building shall
be so constructed in relation to the stub so as to minimize the cost
of any future changeover to a future sanitary sewer system.
J.
The owner and/or builder of all new buildings containing
sewage facilities on which construction is commenced in the Township
subsequent to the effective date of this article, shall provide interior
piping or plumbing constituting the sewage drainage system therefor
at adequate elevation to provide gravity flow drainage into sanitary
sewers existing or proposed whether or not the property presently
is benefited, improved or accommodate thereby.
K.
No person other than a state registered master plumber
shall perform work on facilities connected or to be connected to the
sewer system or connect such facilities to the sewer system.
[Amended 3-28-1983 by Ord. No. 141; 8-24-1987 by Ord. No.
171; 8-22-1994 by Ord. No. 255; 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 271; 12-14-1998 by Ord. No. 294; 8-15-2011 by Ord. No. 450]
A.
Within or connecting to the Township collection systems, all sewers
and collection systems, piping, pumps and appurtenances shall be designed
and installed in accordance with the Township standard specifications,
which are on file with Upper Pottsgrove Township, entitled "Standard
Sewer Specifications and Details," for building sewer connections
and for public sewer extensions by contractors and developers, dated
August 2011. Such standard sewer specifications and details are incorporated
herein by reference. Future changes to the standard sewer specifications
and details shall be made from time to time by resolution of the Upper
Pottsgrove Township Board of Commissioners.
B.
Relief from the standard sewer specifications and details can be
granted only by action of the Board of Commissioners upon written
request.
C.
Building sewer shall be used for the following purposes and no other:
The disposal of sewage; and/or the disposal of industrial waste, provided
that the discharge under the sewer system of each substance constituting
the industrial waste is expressly allowed by and in accordance with
the applicable law and is otherwise expressly permitted by the Township.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence or other
provision of this chapter, building sewers may not be used for the
disposal of groundwater, surface water and/or stormwater; and unauthorized
connections to building sewers shall include, but not be limited to,
sump pumps, yard drains, roof, gutter downspouts and foundation drains.
D.
An authorized representative or representatives of the Township shall,
after giving reasonable notice to the owner and/or occupant of a property,
have the authority to enter the property and/or any structure thereon
and to make inspections to verify that no unauthorized connections
to a building sewer or otherwise to the sewer system exist; that there
are no sources on the property or in any structure thereon of infiltration
or inflow of water into a building sewer or otherwise into the sewer
system other than as permitted under and in accordance with this chapter;
and/or that the plumbing system serving the property and/or any structure
thereon is functioning properly. The property owner shall, after receipt
of written notification of repairs, modifications and/or corrections
deemed necessary by the Township or its authorized representative,
complete such repairs, modifications and/or corrections in a proper
and timely manner to the satisfaction of the Township. Such repairs,
modifications and/or corrections shall be made at the sole expense
of the property owner.
[Added 3-23-1998 by Ord. No. 284]
A.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner,
at the sole cost and expense of the property owner, to maintain, repair
and/or replace each building sewer on the property.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the Township, at
its sole cost and expense, to maintain, repair and/or replace a lateral,
except in the case such maintenance, repair and/or replacement is
required as a result of, directly or indirectly, any use of or with
respect to the lateral by the owner of the property served by the
lateral (other than the proper use of the building sewer connected
to the lateral) or by any other act or conduct of the property owner.
In such case, the cost and expense for the maintenance, repair and/or
replacement of the lateral shall be borne by the property owner and
may be collected as hereinafter provided in regard to maintenance,
repair and/or replacement of a building sewer. In all cases, all maintenance,
repair and/or replacement of a lateral shall be performed solely by
the Township.
C.
Without limiting the generality of the responsibility of a property owner to maintain, repair and/or replace a building sewer under Subsection A, the property owner shall perform and complete such maintenance, repair and/or replacement work as the Township may deem necessary and direct in and by written notice to the property owner. All maintenance, repair and/or replacement work, whether or not directed by the Township, shall be performed and completed in a proper and timely manner, in accordance with applicable specifications and to the satisfaction of the Township. The property owner shall indemnify the Township from any loss or damage which may result or arise from, directly or indirectly, any such work.
D.
If a property owner shall refuse or fail to maintain,
repair and/or replace a building sewer as required by or pursuant
to this section or other provisions of this chapter, the Township
shall have the right, at its discretion, but not the duty, by itself
or agents thereof, to enter the property as may be necessary and perform
such maintenance, repair and/or replacement work.
(1)
Costs of work performed by Township.
(a)
Should the Township perform such work, the Township,
upon completion of the work, shall provide the property owner with
an itemized bill for the cost of the work by one or more of the following
means as the Township deems appropriate:
(b)
The bill shall be due and payable immediately
upon service of the bill upon the property owner or adult occupant
(if by personal service) or upon receipt of the bill by the property
owner or agent thereof (if mailed).
(2)
Should the property owner fail or refuse to pay the
bill in full, the Township shall have such rights and remedies as
may be available to the Township at law or in equity against the property
owner and/or the property to recover the amount of the bill in full,
together with such interest, reasonable attorney fees and administrative
costs as may be allowed by law. Such rights and remedies shall include,
without limitation, a municipal claim or lien under law providing
for the filing and recovery of municipal claims and liens.
E.
The provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, Subsection B, shall not limit, or be construed to limit, any rights or remedies which may be available to the Township at law or in equity against any third person for the recovery of damages to the sewer system, including, without limitation, the recovery of the costs incurred by the Township to maintain, repair and/or replace a lateral.
[Added 1-21-2020 by Ord. No. 506]
No user of the Upper Pottsgrove Township Wastewater Treatment
Collection System and the Pottstown Borough Authority/Borough Wastewater
Collection and Treatment Plant shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
directly or indirectly, wastewater containing pollutant levels in
excess of the following maximum discharge limitations:
|
Pollutant
|
Maximum Daily Limit
|
|---|---|
|
Total Arsenic
|
1.2284 mg/l
|
|
Total Cadmium
|
0.1425 mg/l
|
|
Total Chromium
|
3.905 mg/l
|
|
Total Copper
|
3.711 mg/l
|
|
Total Cyanide
|
2.1918 mg/l
|
|
Total Lead
|
2.2001 mg/l
|
|
Total Mercury
|
0.1195 mg/l
|
|
Total Molybdenum
|
1.8707 mg/l
|
|
Total Nickel
|
3.886 mg/l
|
|
Total Selenium
|
2.0093 mg/l
|
|
Total Silver
|
1.2659 mg/l
|
|
Total Zinc
|
4.548 mg/l
|
|
Total Toxic Organics
|
2.13 mg/l
|
|
Pollutants
|
Instantaneous Maximum
|
|---|---|
|
Free Cyanide
|
0.56 mg/l
|
|
Total Phenols
|
1.00 mg/l
|
|
Pollutants
|
Maximum Daily Unit
|
|---|---|
|
(1) Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
|
250 mg/l
|
|
(1) Total Suspended Solids
|
250 mg/l
|
|
(1) Ammonia, as N
|
25 mg/l
|
|
(1) Oil and Grease
|
100 mg/l
|
The Borough/Authority may impose alternate mass and/or concentration
limits upon industrial users for all parameters within this section
as long as the total loading remains within the approved, as specified
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. For these pollutants,
each industry that is subjected to the requirements of the municipal
industrial pretreatment program is allocated a specific mass limit
and/or a specific concentration limit.
Pollutants are marked with (1) that exceeded the maximum daily
limit shall be surcharged using the following formula:
Surcharge=0.17+0.29(BOD,mg/l)/(250mg/l)+0.39(TSS,mg/l)/(250mg/l)+0.15(NH3-
N,mg/l)/ (25mg/l)
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 275-6, Additions to existing
specifications for installation of sewerage system components, added
12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 345, was repealed 8-15-2011 by Ord. No. 450.
[Added 6-21-2021 by Ord.
No. 513]
For so long as any wastewater utility company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is operating the Township sewer system, the tariff approved by the PUC and applicable to such utility company shall govern, to the extent of any inconsistency between such tariff and any provision of this section and Chapter 275, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, of the Code of the Township of Upper Pottsgrove, as amended.
[Amended 8-24-1992 by Ord. No. 234; 11-8-1993 by Ord. No.
247; 3-27-1995 by Ord. No. 261; 7-27-1998 by Ord. No. 290]
A.
All sewer districts are delineated in the most recently
approved and adopted Township Act 537 sewage facilities plan. Sewer
service is governed by this document. Those wishing service outside
the planned area for sewer must petition the Board of Commissioners
through written request.
[Amended 2-1-2010 by Ord. No. 440]
B.
Sewer rentals and connection charges are established,
which shall be payable by and collected from the owner of each connection
unit, which shall be connected with the Upper Pottsgrove Township
sewage system from and after the date upon which the Township shall
notify such owner in writing that the Township is prepared to accept
sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste from such connection unit
for transportation to and treatment at a sewage treatment plant.
[Amended 2-1-2010 by Ord. No. 440]
C.
There is hereby established a flat rate sanitary sewer
rental of $195 per quarter for each sewer rental unit in the Upper
Pottsgrove Township sewage system. Future modifications of sewer rentals
may be enacted by resolution and/or ordinance adopted by the Board
of Commissioners. In the event of conveyance of the system to a utility
regulated by the PUC, this rate shall terminate effective upon the
implementation date of a new rate approved for such utility by the
PUC.
[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 392; 1-7-2008 by Ord. No. 418; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 432; 12-16-2013 by Ord. No. 466; 6-21-2021 by Ord. No. 513]
D.
Sanitary sewer rentals and industrial waste charges
may be billed monthly.
[Amended 6-21-2021 by Ord. No. 513]
E.
Sump pump user fee. In the event an owner or occupant of a dwelling unit fails to allow access of an authorized representative of the Township to inspect and/or verify connections to the building sewer or sanitary sewer system, as provided in § 274-4E above, an additional sump pump user fee of $75 per quarter shall be charged to the owner of the dwelling unit. This amount shall be in addition to other charges permitted under this section and in addition to other remedies which are permitted for violations described in § 275-5 above.
[Added 3-16-2009 by Ord. No. 433]
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 345]
A.
Sewerage systems to be dedicated for public use shall
be designated, constructed, and inspected in accordance with Township
specifications and any approved subdivision or land development plan
for which the sewerage system was required.
B.
The Township Engineer shall conduct a final inspection
of the sewerage system prior to dedication. The inspection shall include
a visual inspection and a televised inspection of any sewer pipe.
The cost of these inspections shall be borne by the developer.
C.
The developer shall provide the Township with a video
tape (or other acceptable media) of the televised inspection.
D.
The developer shall correct any deficiencies identified
by the visual or TV inspection prior to dedication, and to the satisfaction
of the Township Engineer. The correction shall be made at the developer's
expense regardless of the type or nature of the deficiency.
E.
In the case of a pump station or other mechanical
component, the final startup and test shall be completed and all deficiencies
corrected prior to dedication to the Township. The developer shall
provide the Township with three copies of any operators manuals, parts
lists, warranties, or other documentation as necessary prior to dedication.
F.
The Township Engineer shall advise the Township when
all deficiencies have been corrected, and the sewerage system and/or
specific components are ready for dedication.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 345]
A.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any provisions of this article, on conviction thereof, shall pay a
fine or penalty not exceeding $600 for each and every offense, and
whenever such a person or persons shall have been notified by the
Board or by the service of a warrant and summary proceedings that
such violations are being committed, each day thereafter that such
a person continues and persists in such violations shall constitute
a separate offense. Such fine and penalty shall be collected as provided
by law, and, in default of the payment of the fine and penalty imposed
and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the
county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.
B.
The Township, in addition and/or in the alternative to but not in limitation of the foregoing and in addition to such other or further remedies as may be provided by law or at equity, may institute an appropriate action in law or at equity to restrain and abate any nuisance that arises as a result of the violation of this article and/or may require the repair and maintenance of the component of the subject sewerage system. The Township may remove and abate the nuisance and correct any objectionable condition, and may thereafter recover the cost and expense of such action from the responsible party or parties and may also recover counsel fees pursuant to Chapter 153 of this Code in the event that a municipal claim is filed.
