[Adopted 12-11-1958 as Ord. No. 929]
The Department of Public Health of the Township of Abington, in order to protect the health and safety of the people of the Township is authorized and directed, by implementing and enforcing the provisions of this article, to control the business of cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement.
From and after January 1, 1959, it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or operate a business of cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement, within the Township of Abington, without first obtaining a license therefor.
No license shall be issued until inspection of the facilities and equipment has been made by a duly authorized representative of the Department of Public Health of the Township of Abington. The fee for such inspection shall be $25 annually.
[Added 10-9-1975 by Ord. No. 1408]
A. 
Each person engaged in such business and licensed under this article shall report monthly to the Department of Public Health of the Township of Abington, on a form furnished by said Department, the date, owner or occupant's name and address and number of gallons collected from each septic tank or cesspool cleaned out in Abington Township during the previous month.
B. 
This report must be filed with the Health Official prior to the 25th day of the following month.
A license issued under this article shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year. Licenses shall be renewable annually in the same manner and upon payment of the same annual fee as provided in § 132-52 hereof.
The Department of Public Health shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon private or public property for the purpose of inspecting equipment and investigating conditions relative to the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
The Department of Public Health is hereby authorized and directed to adopt such written regulations as may be necessary for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this article. The Department shall file a certified copy of all regulations which it may adopt with the Township Secretary, and such regulations shall be made available for inspection by the public upon request. Such regulations shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of this article, and the penalty for violation thereof shall be the same as the penalty for violation of the provisions of this article, as hereafter provided. The Township of Abington Department of Public Health regulations governing the business of cleaning septic tanks, cesspools, privies or other places used for the reception or storage of human excrement in the Township shall be those approved by the Board of Township Commissioners on the 11th day of December 1958 and/or as may be modified or changed by the Department of Public Health and further approved by the Board of Commissioners.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article or any regulation adopted thereunder, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100, such fine or penalty to be collectible as like fines and penalties are now by law collected.