[Adopted 2-13-1978 by Ord. No. 14-1978 (§§ 9.31 to 9.48 of the 1986 Code)]
All sewers and branches thereof for the disposal
of sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes within the Township at
any time heretofore and hereafter constructed or otherwise acquired
by the Township and/or its Municipal Authority are hereby adopted
and declared to be, for the purposes of this article, a common system
of sanitary sewers for the Township and are hereinafter called the
"sewer system."
The owner or owners of each property accessible
to and whose principal building heretofore and/or hereafter constructed,
if within 150 feet of the sewer line of the sewer system, shall connect
therewith at any time within 60 days after notice to make such connection
is served on such owner or owners by or on behalf of the Township
Supervisors, either by personal service or by registered mail. The
terms "to connect," the "connection" and the sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes drainage system of the building or premises to the
"Y's" or "T's" or extensions thereof forming a part of the sewer system.
In case any property owner or owners of such
building or premises shall neglect or refuse to connect with the sewer
system within the sixty-day period immediately following service of
the notice to connect with the sewer system, the Township Supervisors
or their agent may enter upon such property and construct such sewer
connection. Upon construction of such sewer connection by the Township
Supervisors or their agent, the Township Supervisors shall send or
cause to be sent an itemized bill of costs of the construction of
such sewer connection to the owner or owners of such property, which
bill shall be payable forthwith. In case such owner or owners neglect
or refuse to pay such bill of costs, the Township Supervisors may
file or cause to be filed a municipal lien for the costs of said construction
within six months after the completion of the construction of such
sewer connection, as provided by law, or the Township Supervisors
may pursue or cause to be pursued any other legal or equitable remedy
available to collect such bill of costs. This section is not intended
to restrict or limit any legal or equitable remedy that the Township
or their agent may have with respect to the failure of a property
owner to connect to the sewer system.
No person shall be authorized to uncover, make
any connections with or opening into, alter or disturb the sewer system
without having received an annual permit from the Township to do so,
having registered with the Township Manager and posted with the Township
Manager a bond payable to the Township and its Municipal Sewer Authority
as the Township's and such Municipal Authority's interests may appear,
complying with the requirements set forth herein as applicable to
such person.
[Amended 2-9-1998 by Ord. No. 8-1998]
A.
Procedure for obtaining permit and/or tap into sanitary
sewer system and inspections required during construction.
(1)
Any person, corporation or other entity applying for
connection to the sanitary sewer facilities of Allegheny Township
(hereinafter "applicant") shall file an application for issuance of
a tap to connect to said facilities in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township (hereinafter
"Authority").
(2)
Upon receipt of the application, the Authority shall
issue a "notice of intent to issue sewer tap" on a form prescribed
by the Authority which shall reserve a sewer tap for the applicant
for a period of 30 days, provided that the applicant obtains a building
permit from the Township during said thirty-day period.
(3)
The notice of intent to issue a tap shall expire 30
days after it is issued unless the applicant has secured a building
permit from the Township of Allegheny during said thirty-day period.
(4)
If the applicant secures a building permit from the
Township of Allegheny within the thirty-day life of the notice of
intent to issue a tap, the Authority shall thereafter issue a sewer
tap authorizing connection to the sanitary sewer facilities of the
Authority, provided that the applicant pays the applicable connection
charge or tap-in charge to the Authority; however, the tap shall expire
upon expiration of the building permit.
(5)
If the applicant fails to secure a building permit
from Allegheny Township within the thirty-day period immediately following
the issuance of a notice of intent to issue tap from the Authority,
or if the tap expires because the building permit has expired, then
the Authority may issue said sewer tap to another applicant in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Authority and this resolution.
(6)
In the event that the applicant is not required to
obtain a building permit in accordance with the applicable ordinances
of Allegheny Township and/or proposes a sanitary sewer connection
to an existing building or structure, the Authority shall issue a
sewer tap authorizing connection to the sanitary sewer facilities
upon the applicant's submission of a completed application, payment
of the applicable fee and compliance with the rules and regulations
of the Authority.
(7)
An applicant who proposes to tap into or connect an
existing building or structure to the sanitary sewer system shall
contact the Township Manager or Clerk before making said connection
so that a Township representative may be present at the time of said
connection to inspect and ensure full compliance with all applicable
ordinances, rules and regulations. No connection between an existing
building or structure and the sanitary sewer system shall be made
unless an authorized Township representative or agent is present to
witness and inspect said connection.
(8)
In no event shall the Authority issue a sewer tap
unless a building permit has been issued within 30 days after the
Authority's issuance of a "notice of intent to tap" or the applicant
proposes to tap into or connect with an existing building or structure.
B.
Inspections by Township during construction.
(1)
During the construction of any structure or building
which requires the issuance of a building permit by Allegheny Township,
the owner of the property for which the building permit was issued,
the permittee, the contractor acting under the authority of said permit
and/or any other person acting under the authority of said permit
shall contact Allegheny Township and/or an authorized agent or representative
delegated by Allegheny Township during each of the following phases
of construction of any structure or building for which a notice of
intent to issue a tap-in permit or a tap-in permit has been issued
by the Authority, so that the Township and/or its delegated agent
or representative may perform an inspection to ensure compliance with
all ordinances of Allegheny Township including, but not limited to,
those provisions of any Township ordinance, or the rules and regulations
of the Authority, which make it illegal, unlawful or improper to cause
any stormwater, surface water, or other unlawful or illegal substances
or liquids to be diverted into the sanitary sewer system of Allegheny
Township:
(a)
Upon completion of any excavation or digging
for the installation of a foundation or footer system for the structure
and prior to installing said footer or foundation by means of pouring
concrete or otherwise;
(b)
Immediately prior to pouring any concrete basement
for said structure, including prior to pouring concrete over and/or
covering any french drains, drainage pumps or other stormwater drainage
systems;
(c)
Immediately prior to backfilling any excavated
areas to grade;
(d)
At the time of connection to the sanitary sewer
system.
(2)
The following regulations and specifications shall
apply to any gutters, downspouts, drainage systems and french drains
installed and constructed as part of or accessory to any building
or structure:
(a)
All gutters, downspouts, french drains or other
drainage systems attached to or installed upon any building or structure
shall have drainage exits or openings that are visible or observable
by the naked eye, so that drainage of stormwater, surface water or
other liquids or substances is visible through said openings or exits
by the naked eye;
(b)
It shall be the responsibility and burden of
the property owner for whom the building permit was issued, the permittee,
the assignee, or the contractor acting as an authorized agent of the
owner, to demonstrate to the Township, or its delegated representative,
that discharge from said gutters and downspouts flows through their
drainage exits or openings, for example, by placing a garden hose
into said gutters and/or downspouts to display appropriate flow through
drainage exits or openings. The provisions and requirements of this
subsection shall also apply to the connection of existing buildings
or structures to the sanitary sewer system.
(3)
The authorized agent or representative performing
the inspections required by this article shall be paid by the applicant
the total sum of $15 per inspection as an inspection fee. This fee
may be changed from time to time by resolution.
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
If the owner or owners of such building or premises
will have to connect with the sewer system by means other than through
an existing "Y" or "T" on any sewer system and extension thereof to
the curbline or cartway line of the road or street or public right-of-way
line, as the case may be, the Township Manager upon receipt of the
approved application shall prepare and deliver to the applicant a
form of bond payable to the Township and its Municipal Authority in
the sum of $3,000, with sufficient corporate sureties to indemnify
the Township and its Municipal Authority: (i) against all damages
for injury to the sewer system; (ii) to replace in good condition
any curbing, pavement or earth disturbed; (iii) to indemnify and save
harmless the Township and its Municipal Authority for three years
from the completion of the work, from all damages, repairs, costs
and expenses, injuries and such actions and suits as are caused or
occasioned by defective materials and workmanship, and from all damages
from any accident and from all costs and attorney's fees incurred
by reasons of any matter or thing done, committed or omitted by such
owner, his agents or employees under such permit; and (iv) to comply
in all respects with the ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations
of the Township or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction
with the respect to the same now in force or hereafter to be passed.
Upon receipt by the Township Manager of the bond duly executed, he
shall submit the bond to the Township Supervisors or their agent for
approval.
Upon the return to the Township Manager of the
bond approved by the Township Supervisors or their agent in all cases
where a bond is required as above provided, and in all cases upon
payment of the sewer connection charge hereinafter provided, the Township
Manager or his agent shall issue a sewer connection permit authorizing
the approved applicant to connect such building or premises with the
sewer system.
[Amended 9-11-1995 by Ord. No. 9.38-1995; 5-12-1997 by Ord. No. 12-1997]
A.
DWELLING UNIT
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any building or structure such as an apartment, home, single-family
residence or similar structure connected, directly or indirectly,
to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as living
quarters by an individual, a family or other discrete group of persons.
The estimated equivalent amount of domestic sanitary sewage
discharge by a single dwelling unit or a quarterly average of 180
gallons per day.
B.
The sewer connection or tapping charge shall be imposed
and collected for each approved property from the owner or owners
of such building or premises being connected to the sewer system in
the amount as set by the Municipal Authority. The Municipal Authority
of Allegheny Township shall, hereinafter, have the right to establish,
by resolution, certain enumerated fees in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5607, to be charged to property owners who desire to or
are required to connect to the Authority's sewer system.
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
C.
The sewer connection or tapping charge established
herein or subsequently established by the Allegheny Township Municipal
Authority, by resolution, shall not apply to property owners who desire
to or are required to connect to the Authority's sewer system in the
project known as the Gosser Hill Sewer Project. Those property owners
who desire to or are required to connect to the Authority's sewer
system in the project known as the Gosser Hill Sewer Project shall
pay a sewer connection or tapping charge in the amount of $1,250 for
each equivalent dwelling unit, the number of equivalent dwelling units
for each improved property to be determined by the Municipal Authority.
All other property owners within the Township of Allegheny who desire
to or are required to connect to the Authority's sewer system shall
be required to pay the sewer connection or tapping charge imposed
by Section II of this article or by any subsequent resolution of the
Allegheny Township Municipal Authority.
D.
The sewer connection or tapping charge imposed in Subsection B of this article shall be replaced upon passage by the Allegheny Township Municipal Authority of a resolution establishing enumerated fees to property owners in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5607. All other provisions of this article shall remain in effect until specifically repealed, replaced, and/or amended by the Board of Supervisors of Allegheny Township.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
of the sewer connection and the connection of such building or premises
with the sewer system shall be borne by the owner or owners of such
building or premises. Such owner or owners shall indemnify and save
harmless the Township and its Municipal Authority from any loss or
damage directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of such installation
and connection.
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
A separate sewer connection shall be provided
for every principal building on a single property, except that where
a building stands at the rear of another and no separate connection
to the sewer system can be made through an adjoining alley, court,
yard or driveway, the sewer connection from the front building may
be extended to the rear building upon written approval of the Township
Supervisors or their agent.
All sewer connections, materials therefor, jointing
materials and methods used shall at all times be subject to the direction,
supervision and approval of the Township Supervisors or their agent
according to uniform rules and standards as adopted from time to time
by the Township Supervisors.
The size and slope of the sewer connection shall
be subject to the approval of the Township Supervisors or their agent,
but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches nor shall
the slope of such four-inch pipe be less than 1/8 of an inch per foot.
The invert of the sewer connection at the point of connection with
such building or premises shall be at the same or at a higher elevation
than the invert at the point of connection with the sewer system.
No person or persons shall connect with the
sewer system other than through, by or into "Y's" and "T's" in the
sewer system without a special sewer connection permit and the designation
of the location of the "Y's" and "T's" by the Township Supervisors
or their agent. No person shall drill into or tap any of the sewer
system without written permission from the Township Supervisors or
their agent.
[Amended 12-8-1986]
The owner or owners holding sewer connection
permits shall notify the Township Supervisors or their agent when
the sewer connection is ready for inspection and connection with the
sewer system. In no case shall backfill be placed until such inspection
is made.
All excavations for sewer connections shall
be adequately guarded with barricades and lights to protect the public
from hazards. All streets, sidewalks and public property disturbed
in the course of making a sewer connection shall be restored to the
same condition they were in prior to such disturbance, to the extent
practicable, in a manner satisfactory to the Township Supervisors
or their agent.
After 60 days have lapsed since such owner or
owners received notice to connect with the sewer system as above provided,
such owner or owners shall forthwith abandon all privies, cesspools,
sinkholes, septic tanks and other receptacles on the premises for
receiving sewage and/or industrial wastes (unless specific written
permission to the contrary has been given by the Township Supervisors),
and shall not at any time thereafter erect, construct, use or maintain
any pipe, conduit, drain or other facility for the discharge of sewage
and/or industrial wastes except into the sewer system; and all privy
vaults or cesspools or similar receptacles for human excrement shall
be cleansed and filled under the direction of the Township Supervisors
or their agent; and no connection shall be permitted from any privy
vault or cesspool to the sewer system.
No such owner or owners shall discharge or permit
the discharge of any stormwater, surface water, roof runoff, swimming
pool waters, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters into the sewer system.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Whenever such person shall have
been notified in writing by the Township Supervisors or its agent
that such person is violating this article, each full week that he
shall continue such violation after receipt of such notification shall
constitute a separate offense punishable by a like fine hereunder
upon conviction thereof. Each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
