[Adopted 11-21-1974 by Ord. No. 112174]
The Township hereby adopts by reference various rules and regulations
heretofore formulated by the Unity Township Municipal Authority and
called "Public Sewer System Rules and Regulations," dated August 1974,
as submitted to the Board of Supervisors of Unity Township and as
accepted by the Board of Supervisors, and which said rules and regulations
regulate the discharge of sanitary sewage to public sanitary sewerage
systems within the Township; exclude stormwater runoff from entering
the public sanitary sewerage system within the Township; declare unacceptable
certain types of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes; provide for
general rules concerning sewage collection and for surcharges for
certain types of industrial wastes; provide for general rules concerning
billing and collection of treatment charges, sewage collection, transportation
and surcharges within the Township; regulate connections into the
public sanitary sewerage system; regulate proposed extension of the
public sewerage system by private developers; and provide general
rules concerning delinquencies, violations and remedies.
The Township does hereby designate the Unity Township Municipal Authority as its agent for the purpose of regulating the rules and regulations adopted by reference in § 96-1. Further, the officers and employees as designated by the Unity Township Municipal Authority shall have full powers to make all inspections, issue permits and do all other official actions required under the rules and regulations as adopted.
[Amended 4-25-1988 by Ord. No. O-3-88; 11-28-2000 by Ord. No. O-10-00]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof by the District Justice in a summary criminal proceeding,
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, together with costs
of prosecution and reasonable attorneys' fees or, in default thereof,
by imprisonment of not more than 30 days. Each day's violation shall
constitute a separate enforceable offense.
