A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the Township of Abington or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Township of Abington or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of Part 2 of this chapter and any applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to sewage and industrial waste.
C. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
A. 
Whenever any sewer constituting a branch or extension of the Township sanitary sewer system has been completed and is ready for public use, it shall be the duty of the Department of Public Health to cause a printed or written notice of the completion of such sewer, together with a copy of Part 2 of this chapter, to be served in the manner hereinafter provided on the owner of each property abutting on the highway, road, street or way along which such sewer has been laid, and on the owner of each private property through which such sewer may pass, and if said Department of Public Health shall so elect, notice of such completion may also be advertised in one newspaper published in the Township. Such notice in each instance shall state that it is the duty of such owner to cause the buildings erected on such owner's premises requiring sewage drainage and situate within 200 feet of such sewer to be connected therewith at the expense of such owner and subject to the payment of the annual sewer rental for the use of the same, and that upon the failure of any such owner to comply with the requirements of such notice and of Part 2 of this chapter, the said Department of Public Health will cause such connection to be made at the expense of such owner, who shall thereupon also become subject to a penalty or fine of $10.
B. 
Unless special permission to the contrary shall have been grated by the Department of Works, it shall be the duty of every owner of premises abutting a public sewer or through which a public sewer passes, and on which premises a building or buildings requiring sewer service are located within 200 feet of the public sewer, to connect such buildings to the public sewer within the following time frames and in the following manner:
[Amended 11-14-2013 by Ord. No. 2062]
(1) 
For current owners of premises upon which a building or buildings requiring sanitary sewer service exist as of the effective date of this Subsection B: within two years of receipt of the notice provided for in Subsection A.
(2) 
For owners who purchase premises after the effective date of this Subsection B, and upon which premises a building or buildings requiring sanitary sewer service exist: within 60 days of the date of purchase of the premises.
(3) 
For owners who construct a building or buildings on a premises after the effective date of this Subsection B: within 60 days of completion of construction of the new building or buildings.
(4) 
Each building shall be separately connected to the public sewer.
(5) 
No building shall be connected to a public sewer through an intermediate well.
C. 
If at any time the Department of Health shall deem it necessary for the public health to require that any building erected on premises abutting on, adjoining or adjacent to any Township sewer, wheresoever any such building may be located on such premises, shall be connected with such sewer, the said Department shall report the matter to the Board of Township Commissioners, and after receiving the approval and authorization of the said Board in any such case, shall thereupon cause to be served upon the owner or owners of any such building, in the manner hereafter provided, a copy of Part 2 of this chapter and a printed or written notice directing that the necessary connections be made within 60 days from the date of its service.
D. 
Upon the failure of any owner of premises situate along the line of a Township sewer who has been duly notified as hereinbefore provided to cause any building or buildings erected on such premises to be connected with any such sewer, to comply with the requirements of any such notice or with the provisions of Part 2 of this chapter, the Department of Public Health shall report such failure to the Board of Township Commissioners, and if the said Board shall then so direct, the said Department shall cause the necessary connections to be made and, upon completion of the work for the same, shall render a bill covering the cost of said work to the owner of such premises and file a duplicate thereof with the Township Treasurer, to whom such bill shall be made payable for the use of the Township. All such bills shall contain a notice that if the bill is not paid within 60 days after the date thereof, the same shall be collected in the manner provided by law. Upon the expiration of 60 days after said bills shall have been rendered to the owners of such premises, it shall be the duty of the Township Treasurer to refer to the Township Solicitor all such bills remaining unpaid, and the Township Solicitor shall thereupon take the necessary action to effect the collection of such unpaid bills in the manner provided by law.