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.