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Township of Antrim, PA
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Chapter 110. SEWERS
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Antrim as indicated in
article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 122.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 125.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 126.
Zoning — See Ch. 150.
Fees — See Ch. A155.
Article I. Sewer Connections
[Adopted 5-26-1987 as Ch. 18, Part 1 of the 1987 Code of Ordinances]
§ 110-1. Definitions.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used
in this article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Antrim Township Municipal Authority, a municipality authority incorporated, organized and
existing under provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved May
2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented,acting by
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
and through its Board or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
COMMONWEALTH
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Property within this Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or
periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged. The term "improved property" shall
not include or apply to barns or other farm outbuildings unless such structures are improved with
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
bathroom facilities for the discharge of sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer
system used or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved property
located in this Township from which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
discharged.
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INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance of waterborne wastes or form of energy rejected or escaping
in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the
development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline or, if there shall be no
curbline, to a point designated by the Township, or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then lateral
shall mean that portion of or place in a sewer which is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation, school district, municipality,
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
municipality authority or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved property.
SEWER
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system and used or usable for collection
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
and transportation of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and disposing
of wastewater to be acquired and/or to be constructed and to be owned by the Authority and to be
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
leased to the Township for maintenance, operation and use.
STREET
Any street, road, lane, cul-de-sac, alley, public way or public square.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipal subdivision of the
commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by
and through its authorized representatives.
§ 110-2. Connection to public sewers required; private sewage disposal systems.
A. The owner of any improved property accessible to and whose principal building is within 150
feet from the sewer system shall connect such improved property with such sewer system and
shall use such sewer system, in such manner as this Township may require, within 60 days
after notice to such owner from this Township to make such connection, for the purpose of
discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property; subject,
however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall
be established by this Township from time to time.
B. All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connections of
such improved property with a sewer as required under § 110-2A, shall be conducted into a
sewer; subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or
otherwise shall be established by this Township from time to time.
C. No person shall place, shall deposit or shall permit to be placed or to be deposited upon public
or private property within this Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation
of § 110-2A.
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D. No person shall discharge or shall permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this
Township any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 110-2A, except where
suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Township.
E. No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or shall be
maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or
which shall be required under § 110-2A to be connected to a sewer. Every such privy vault,
cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the
discretion of this Township, shall be cleansed and shall be filled at the expense of the owner
of such improved property under the direction and supervision of this Township; and any such
privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if
required by this Township, not cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance, and such
nuisance may be abated as provided by law at the expense of the owner of such improved
property.
F. No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle at any time shall be
connected with a sewer.
G. The notice by this Township to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 110-2A, shall
consist of a copy of this article, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in
effect, or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring the
connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such
connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may
be given at any time when a sewer is in place which can receive and can convey sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property.
Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
§ 110-3. Permit required; conditions for connection.
A. No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any
manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in writing,
from this Township.
B. Application for a permit required under Subsection A shall be made by the owner of the
improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
C. No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a
sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
(1) Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this Township of the desire and intention
to connect such improved property to a sewer.
(2) Such person shall have applied for and shall have obtained a permit as required by
Subsection A.
(3) Such person shall have given the appropriate Township official at least 24 hours' notice of
the time when such connection will be made so that this Township may supervise and
inspect or may cause to be supervised and inspected the work of connections and
necessary testing.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(4) If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary of
this Township that any tapping (or connection) fee which may be charged and imposed by
the Authority against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved
property to a sewer has been paid.
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§ 110-4. Grouping of connections prohibited except by special permission.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property shall be connected separately
and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved
property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for
good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission of this
Township, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations and
conditions as may be prescribed by this Township.
§ 110-5. Costs; liability.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of
a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected,
and such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this Township and the Authority from all loss
or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building
sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
§ 110-6. Point of connection.
A. A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at a place designated by this Township or by
the Authority and where, if applicable, the lateral is provided.
B. The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or higher
elevation than the invert of a sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection of
a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
§ 110-7. Failure to connect; collection of costs by Township.
If the owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street in which a sewer
constituting part of the sewer system is located, after 60 days' notice from this Township requiring the
connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with § 110-2A, shall fail to connect
such improved property as required, this Township may make such connection and may collect from
such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other
legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.
§ 110-8. General regulations.
A. Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by
its own sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall
be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal device and
attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line as a building
sewer.
B. No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by this Township.
If any part of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be
uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property to be
connected to a sewer.
C. Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe
operating condition by the owner of such improved property.
D. Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights
to protect all persons from damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk and other public property
disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored, at the cost and
expense of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to
this Township.
E. If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this Township or the
Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building sewer,
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within 60 days of receipt of such notice, this Township or the Authority may refuse to permit
such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until
such unsatisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Township
and the Authority.
F. This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations
as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with a sewer and with the sewer
system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be construed as
part of this article.
§ 110-9. Procedure for new connections.
A. When a property owner along an existing sewer line intends to connect into the Authority's
sewer, the following conditions must be met:
(1) If the property owner has paid his or her connection fee for a future service at the time of
construction and his or her lateral has been constructed, a permit to connect to the system
will be issued. The house lateral will then be installed and the lateral inspected by the
Township upon payment of the inspection fee to the Township.
(2) If a property owner did not pay a connection fee at the time of construction of the original
public sewer system, an application must be made to the Township to connect, and the
then-existing connection fee, tapping fee and inspection fee must be paid prior to issuance
of a building permit and commencement of construction. The Township will provide the
service lateral from the sewer main to the right-of-way line at the owner's expense. The
owner shall, at his or her expense, install the line from the right-of-way to the
improvements on the owner's property.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
B. Special provisions for subdividers.
(1) When a property owner wants to subdivide his or her property and have the lots connect
into the Authority's sewer system, the following procedures shall apply:
(a) If the subdivided lots are adjacent to the sewer line along a road with a sewer line
available, the procedures outlined in Subsection A above shall be followed.
(b) If the subdivided lots are not serviced by an existing sewer, the developer shall make
application to the Township to connect into the existing sewer system, present plans of
his or her proposed sewer extension, pay the tapping fees for each physical connection
to the existing sewer system, pay the connection fee for each EDU within the
proposed subdivision/land development, pay the Township inspection fees, and
construct the proposed sewer extension complete, including the service laterals, to the
edge of the sewer right-of-way at the developer's expense. The tapping fees for each
physical connection within the development/subdivision shall be paid as set forth in
Subsection A(2) above.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
(c) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all subdivision or land developments
located within 500 feet of the Authority's sewer system.
[Amended 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 196]
(2) After dedication of the lines to the Township, the Township will not charge the developer
connection fees for the future lots within the subdivision, provided that the developer has
constructed all the lines at his or her expense. Where another property owner owns land
between the end of the original service line and the new subdivision and applies for a
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permit to connect into the newly dedicated line, the Authority will charge the in-between
developer connection fees as stated in Subsection A(2).
C. The provisions of § 110-9A(2) and B(2), as amended, shall not apply to building lots with
existing laterals at the time of enactment, nor to any subdivision and land development plans
submitted and approved prior to the effective date of this article, provided that improvements
are constructed upon any such lots and such improvements are physically connected to the
public sewer system within two years from the date of enactment of this article.
§ 110-10. Violations and penalties.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
This article shall be enforced by action brought before a
District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates or permits the violation of this
article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such
violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. Each section of this
article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
Article II. Sewer Specifications and Inspections
[Adopted 5-26-1987 as Ch. 18, Part 2 of the 1987 Code of Ordinances]
§ 110-11. Title.
This article shall be cited and known as "The Antrim Township Building Sewer Code."
§ 110-12. Definitions.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used
in this article shall be as follows:
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
FIXTURE
A receptacle intended to receive and discharge sanitary sewerage and/or industrial waste into a
building sewer and sewer system.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within this Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for
continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall or may be discharged. The term "improved
property" shall not include or apply to barns or other farm outbuildings unless such structures are
improved with bathroom facilities for the discharge of sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes or form of energy rejected or escaping
in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the
development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinguished from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
A. That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to a curbline or, if there is no curbline,
to a point designated by the Township.
B. If no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion of or place in a
sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
LOCAL VENTILATING PIPE
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A local ventilating pipe is a pipe through which foul air is removed from a room or a fixture.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation, school district, municipality,
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
municipality authority or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged from any improved property.
SEWAGE AREA
Any portion of the Township which has public sewers constructed and available for use.
SEWER
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system and used or usable for collection
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
and transportation of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing
of wastewater to be acquired and/or to be constructed and to be owned by the Authority and to be
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
leased to the Township for maintenance, operation and use.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipality of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and
through its authorized representatives.
TRAP
A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air or gas through a pipe without
materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
TRAP SEAL
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dap of the trap.
VENT PIPE
Any pipe provided to ventilate a house drainage system and to prevent trap siphonage and back
pressure.
§ 110-13. Connection of fixtures and drains; inspections.
A. All fixtures and drains in any structure within a service area must be connected to the building
sewer of that structure.
B. From and after the passage of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation to connect a building sewer system of the Township before such building sewer
has been properly inspected.
C. The Township or its Building Sewer Inspector shall have the right to inspect the interior
drainage systems of all buildings and structures within a service area to determine that sewer
pipes from all fixtures are connected to the building sewer and that there are no prohibited or
illegal connections to the building sewer of any such building or structure.
Editor's Note:
Former Section 204, Committee of Sanitation, was deleted 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246.
§ 110-14. Sewer Inspector.
There is hereby created the office of Sewer Inspector for the Township. He or she shall be competent
by education and/or experience to administer this article and shall not engage in or be connected
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directly or indirectly with the business of installing sewers within the Township. He or she shall be
appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township and shall receive such compensation as the
Township may from time to time provide. It shall be his or her duty to inspect all building sewer
systems in conformity with the provisions of law and this article. The Sewer Inspector shall be
charged with the duty of enforcing this article and shall have the power to bring appropriate
proceedings before the District Justice for the Township.
§ 110-15. Fees.
Editor's Note: For the current fee schedule, see Ch. A155, Fees.
A. A fee, as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, shall be paid
to the Township by the owner for the inspection of a building sewer for a building or
structure existing at the time of adoption of this article or constructed after the adoption of
this article.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
B. A fee, as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, will be
charged for each additional inspection required due to failure to pass the initial inspection.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
C. All fees shall be paid prior to or at the time of a request for inspection of a building sewer.
§ 110-16. Inspection.
A. It shall be the duty of the Township Sewer Inspector to inspect all building sewers for
conformity with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the Township.
B. No building sewer installation shall be covered or concealed in any manner until after it has
been inspected and approved by the Sewer Inspector.
C. Notice shall be given at the Township office when the work is sufficiently advanced for
inspection, and it shall be the duty of said Inspector to inspect the same within three working
days after receipt of such notification.
D. Any alteration, extension, addition or removal of a building sewer shall also be inspected by
the Sewer Inspector and shall be subject to his or her approval in the same manner as new
building sewer installations.
§ 110-17. Effective date of rules and regulations.
Rules and regulations for the construction, repair, replacement or removal of any portion of a building
sewer in the Township and any modifications, amendments or changes thereto as promulgated by the
Board of Supervisors shall become effective on the date of approval thereof by the Board of
Supervisors of the Township.
§ 110-18. General rules and regulations.
Rules and regulations for the construction, repair, replacement or removal of building sewers in
Antrim Township shall be as follows:
A. Change in direction. All changes in direction shall be made by the approximate use of 45°
wyes, half wyes, long sweep bend, short sweep bend, sixth, eighth, or sixteenth bends, except
that single sanitary tees and double sanitary tees may be used on vertical stacks and quarter
bends may be used in soil and waste lines where the change in direction flow is from the
horizontal to the vertical.
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B. Sump pumps. No sump pump used to discharge stormwater, underground seepage or any other
type of water shall be connected into the sewer system.
C. Sewage sump pumps. Sump pumps or other pumps used to discharge sewage as defined by
Township ordinance shall be inspected by the Sewer Inspector prior to connection into the
sewer system and such pumps shall not be connected to the sewer system until after approval
by the Sewer Inspector.
D. Minimum slope of building sewer pipe. The minimum slope of a four-inch building sewer
shall be 1/4 inch per foot. Building sewers of a larger diameter may be constructed at a flatter
slope. Prior to construction, the minimum slope of such larger building sewers must be
approved by the Board of Supervisors.
§ 110-19. Quality and weights of materials.
A. Quality of materials. All materials used in any drainage or building sewer, or part thereof,
shall be free from defects.
B. Label, cast or stamped. Each length of pipe, fitting trap, fixture and device used in a building
sewer shall be stamped or indelibly marked with the weight or quality thereof and the maker's
mark or name.
C. Vitrified clay pipe. All vitrified clay pipe and bedding shall conform to the ASTM "Standard
Specifications for Extra Strength Clay Sewer Pipe."
D. Cast iron pipe. All cast iron pipe and fittings shall conform to the "Standard Specifications for
Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings" approved by American Standards Association. Pipe and
fittings shall be of weights known as extra heavy, uncoated and in accordance with the
following table:
EXTRA HEAVY SOIL PIPE
Weight Per Weight Single Hub Weight Double Hub
SizeFootLengthLength
(inches)(pounds)(pounds)(pounds)
252526
394547
4126063
5157578
61995100
830150157
1043215225
1254270285
E. Wrought iron pipe. All wrought iron pipe shall conform to the ASTM "Standard Specifications
for Welded Wrought Iron Pipe" (in accordance with federal specifications) and shall be
galvanized.
F. Mild-steel pipe. All steel pipe shall conform to the ASTM "Standard Specifications for Welded
and Seamless Steel Pipe" (in accordance with federal specifications) and shall be galvanized.
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G. Brass and copper pipe.
(1) Brass and copper pipe shall conform, respectively, to the standard specifications of the
ASTM for "Brass Pipe, Standard Sizes" and for "Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes" (in
accordance with federal specifications).
(2) Copper waste piping shall conform to federal specifications for tubing. D.W.V. tubing may
be used for drainage, with Type K tubing for branch lines serving only underground
branches.
H. Asbestos-cement pipe shall be in accordance with Federal Specification SS-P-331B.
I. Sheet lead. Sheet lead shall weigh not less than four pounds per square foot.
J. Acid and chemical waste pipes. Acid and chemical waste pipes shall be of materials unaffected
by the discharge of such wastes, as approved by the Township.
K. Plastic pipe shall be ABS-DMV Schedule 40 or approved equal. Pipe and bedding must
conform to the latest ASTM Specifications D 2321.
L. Thread fittings. All drainage fittings shall be of cast iron, galvanized malleable iron, brass or
plastic of standard weight and dimensions. All drainage fittings shall have new improved
recess installed throughout, with smooth interior waterway, with threads tapped out of solid
metal, and with the long turn pattern.
§ 110-20. Traps and cleanouts.
A. Traps. The main soil line must be provided with a vented house trap, known as a building
sewer trap, no less than four inches, vented on the house side.
B. Trap location in sewered area. The building sewer drain should be provided with a horizontal
intercepting trap placed inside the cellar wall or on the outside as close to the cellar wall as
possible. If the main soil line has an existing trap in the basement, it will be approved and the
property owner will not be required to place a trap outside the wall.
C. Inspection tee and cleanout. Immediately adjacent to the end of the lateral provided by the
Township, or as close thereto as practical, a standard tee with a vertical cleanout to the
surface shall be constructed for inspection purposes. Adjacent to the inspection tee a standard
cleanout shall be constructed.
D. Prohibited traps. No form of trap which depends for its seal upon the action of movable parts
or concealed interior partitions shall be used.
E. Trap levels and protection. All traps shall be set true with respect to their water seals and
protected from frost.
F. Interceptor pit.
(1) Public garages and car wash stands shall install a grease, oil, gasoline, silt or sand
interceptor, placed as to be readily accessible for cleaning and connection to the building
sewer.
(2) Reinforcement should follow standard procedures as approved by the Sewer Inspector.
(3) The interceptor shall have two compartments of at least three feet by three feet by three
feet each below the waterline. The center partition shall be six inches thick and shall
extend nine inches above the waterline and shall be provided with two five-inch diameter
openings, 18 inches center and placed 18 inches above the floor.
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(4) There shall be a two-inch difference in flow lines between the inlet and outlet of the
interceptor. The outlet pipe shall be a sanitary tee extending to within 18 inches of the
bottom and to 12 inches above the waterline.
(5) No fixture connection carrying sanitary sewage shall be permitted to flow through the
interceptor.
G. Floor drains. Floor drains from houses shall not be connected to the sewer system. Floor
drains from service stations or garages for washing cars must be connected to the sewer
system.
§ 110-21. House drains and sewers.
A. Cleanouts.
(1) Pipe cleanout fittings shall be installed no more than 70 feet apart in horizontal lines of
four inches nominal diameter or less. When installed in underground lines they shall be
extended to or above the finished grade, directly above the place where the cleanout is
installed. A cleanout shall be installed at all changes in horizontal direction.
(2) If the building sewer is less than 70 feet in length and has no changes in horizontal
direction, a cleanout shall be installed either inside the cellar wall or just outside the cellar
wall on the downhill side of the house trap.
B. Drainage below sewer level. In all buildings in which all or part of the house drainage and
plumbing system lies below the crown level of the main sewer, sewage or house wastes shall
be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged into the building sewer.
C. Sumps and receiving tanks. All subhouse drains shall discharge into an airtight sump or
receiving tank so located as to receive the sewage by gravity, from which sump or receiving
tank the sewage shall be lifted and discharged into the building sewer by pumps, ejectors or
any equally efficient method. Such sumps shall be either automatically discharged or be of
sufficient capacity to receive the house sewage and wastes for not less than 12 hours.
D. Ejector, vented. The soil or vent pipe leading to an ejector or other appliance for raising
sewage or other waste matter to the sewer system, where a water closet or closets are
installed, shall be provided with a vent pipe not less in diameter than the soil pipe to which
the water closet or closets are connected, and, where fixtures other than water closets are
installed, the waste vent pipe shall be of the same diameter as the waste pipe.
E. Motors, compressors, etc. All motors, air compressors and air tanks shall be located where
they are open for inspection and repair at all times. The air tanks shall be so proportioned as
to be of equal cubical capacity to the ejectors connected therewith, in which there shall be
maintained an air pressure of not less than two pounds for each foot of height the sewage is to
be raised.
§ 110-22. Inspections and tests.
A. Inspections. All pipings and traps of a building sewer shall be inspected by the Sewer
Inspector to ensure compliance with the requirements of this article.
B. Notification.
(1) It shall be the duty of the owner to notify the Sewer Inspector orally, by telephone, or in
writing, not less than eight working hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
before the work is to be inspected or tested.
(2) It shall be the duty of the owner to determine that the work will stand the test prescribed
before giving the above notification.
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(3) If the Board of Supervisors finds that the work will not stand the test, the owner shall be
required to renotify as above.
(4) If the Sewer Inspector fails to appear within three working days of the time set for each
inspection or test, the inspection or test shall be deemed to have been made and the owner
shall file an affidavit with the Township that the work was installed in accordance with
this article, that it was free from defects, that the required test was made and the system
found to be free from leaks and that the owner or his or her authorized agent was present
when such inspection or test was made or was duly notified.
C. Material and labor for tests. The equipment, material, power and labor necessary for the
inspection and tests shall be furnished by the owner or his or her authorized agent.
D. Covering of work. No building sewer or part thereof shall be covered until it has been
inspected, tested and approved as herein prescribed.
E. Uncovering of work. If any building sewer or part thereof is covered before being regularly
inspected, tested and approved, as herein prescribed, it shall be uncovered upon the direction
of the Inspector.
F. Defective work. If inspection or testing shows defects, such defective work or material shall be
replaced within three days and inspection and testing shall not be repeated.
G. Methods of building sewer testing.
(1) System test. All of the piping of a building sewer shall be tested with water or air. The
property owner shall have the right to select the method of testing to be used.
(2) Water test. The water test shall be applied to the building sewer in its entirety or in
sections. If applied to the entire system, all opening in the piping shall be tightly closed,
except the highest opening, and the system shall be filled with water to a point five feet
above the portion of the building sewer under test. The water test shall be conducted for a
period of 15 minutes. If the building sewer is to be tested in sections, each opening shall
be tightly plugged, except the highest opening of the section under test, and each section
shall be tested with no less than a five-foot head of water for a period of 15 minutes. The
maximum allowable volume of water lost during the fifteen-minute period shall be based
on 100 gallons per inch of diameter per mile of pipe per day. (Example: A four-inch
building sewer 100 feet long could infiltrate nine ounces and pass the test).
(3) Air test. The air test shall be made by attaching an air compressor or test apparatus to any
suitable opening and closing all other inlets and outlets to the system, then forcing the air
into the system until there is a uniform pressure sufficient to balance a column of mercury
10 inches in height or five pounds per square inch on the entire system. The pressure shall
be allowed two minutes to stabilize, at which time the pressure shall be brought back up
to five pounds per square inch. All air hoses shall be disconnected and if after four
minutes the pressure registers 3.5 pounds per square inch or greater, the system will have
passed the test.
H. Garage and drainage system. With respect to a garage or any part of a garage, the same tests
and inspection of the building sewer shall be made as in the case of an ordinary dwelling.
I. Certificate of approval. Upon the satisfactory completion and final testing of a building sewer,
a certificate of approval shall be issued by the Inspector upon request.
J. Air test of defective building sewer. An air test shall be used in testing the sanitary condition
of the building sewer of any building where there is reason to believe that it has become
defective. In any building condemned by the Township because of unsanitary conditions of
the building sewer, the alterations of such sewer shall not be considered as repairs, but as new
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plumbing. All necessary alterations, repairs and retesting shall be completed within 30 days
after such condemnation.
K. Building sewers to all new houses not existing at the time this article was adopted shall be
inspected and tested in strict accordance with this section.
§ 110-23. Violations and penalties.
A. This article shall be enforced by action brought before a District Justice in the same manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure. Any person who violates or permits the violation of this article shall, upon
conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such
violation continues, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. Each
section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
B. Any person who violates or permits a violation of any of the duly approved rules and
regulations of the Township regarding the construction, reconstruction, testing or removal of
any portion of a building sewer, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be
punishable by a fine of not more $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues, or is permitted to continue,
shall constitute a separate offense. Each section of the rules and regulations that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense. These rules and regulations shall be enforced by action
brought before a District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of
summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
C. All fines and penalties assessed hereunder shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Township for
deposit in the general funds of the Township.
Article III. Holding Tanks
[Adopted 5-26-1987 as Ch. 18, Part 3 of the 1987 Code of Ordinances]
§ 110-24. Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for the use and maintenance of holding tanks
designed to receive and retain sewage, whether from residential or commercial uses, and it is hereby
declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of
the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of Antrim Township.
§ 110-25. Definitions.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this
article shall be as follows:
HOLDING TANK
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage and is designed and constructed to
facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site. Holding tanks include but are not limited
to the following:
CHEMICAL TOILET
A. — A toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank.
RETENTION TANK
B. — A holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water-carrying
system.
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VAULT PIT PRIVY
C. — A holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under
pressure is not available.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within this Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for
continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall or may be discharged. The term "improved
property" shall not include or apply to barns or other farm outbuildings unless such structures are
[Amended 7-8-1997 by
improved with bathroom facilities for the discharge of sanitary sewage.
Ord. No. 246]
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the
Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation, school district, municipality,
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
municipality authority or other group or entity.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the
bodies of human beings and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical to the
public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water supply or for
recreation.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Such representative or agent of the Township appointed by the Supervisors of Antrim Township,
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP
Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth,
acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
authorized representatives.
§ 110-26. Supervisors authorized to control holding tank sewage disposal.
The Supervisors of Antrim Township are hereby authorized and empowered to undertake within the
Township the control and methods of holding tank sewage disposal and the collection and
transportation thereof.
§ 110-27. Rules and regulations.
The Supervisors of Antrim Township are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and
regulations concerning sewage which they may deem necessary from time to time to effect the
purpose herein.
§ 110-28. Rates and charges.
The Supervisors shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge and collect rates, assessments and
other charges in the area served by Township facilities at reasonable and uniform rates as authorized
by applicable law.
§ 110-29. Compliance with regulations; prior approval required for permit issuance.
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved property utilizing a holding tank
shall be done only under the direction and control and pursuant to regulations adopted by the
Supervisors. No permit for the construction, operation or maintenance of a holding tank shall be
issued except with the prior approval of the Board of Supervisors of Antrim Township.
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§ 110-30. Duties of improved property owner.
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank shall:
A. Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this article or any ordinance of Antrim
Township, the provisions of any applicable law, and the rules and regulations of the
Supervisors and any administrative agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. Maintain a contract with a person approved by the Township Supervisors to collect, transport
and dispose of the contents of such holding tank at the Antrim Township Sewage Treatment
Plant at 13740 Worleytown Road for as long as such holding tank is in use.
§ 110-31. Permits issued in certain areas only.
No permit for the construction, operation or maintenance of a holding tank shall be issued except in
those areas of the Township which are adjacent to and not more than 150 feet from a proposed
sewage line which is a main transmission line and which has been approved by the Township and the
Department of Environmental Protection for construction and is shown on an official plan; provided,
however, that the Township Supervisors may authorize the issuance of such a permit in other areas of
the Township where the temporary or permanent use of holding tanks shall be deemed by the
Supervisors to be necessary and proper.
§ 110-32. Violations and penalties.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
This article shall be enforced by action brought before a
District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates or permits the violation of this
article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such
violation continues, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. Each section of this
article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
§ 110-33. Abatement of nuisances.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of § 110-31 above shall
constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the municipality or the Supervisors by either seeking
appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
Article IV. Sewer Rents and Prohibited Discharges
[Adopted 5-26-1987 as Ch. 18, Part 4 of the 1987 Code of Ordinances]
§ 110-34. Declaration of purpose.
It hereby is declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit, and
preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the Township.
§ 110-35. Definitions.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this
article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Antrim Township Municipal Authority, a municipal authority incorporated, organized, and existing
under provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945,
P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented,acting by and
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
through its Board or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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The Board of Supervisors of the Township or, in appropriate cases, its authorized representatives.
BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
5
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
under standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. . The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer
system and used or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale and
distribution of any product, commodity, article or service.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, building or other enclosure connected directly or
indirectly to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by
a family or other group of persons living together or by a person living alone.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage
and sale of produce.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged. The term "improved property" shall not include or apply to
barns or other farm outbuildings unless such structures are improved with bathroom facilities for the
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
discharge of sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer
system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, in the operation of one business enterprise
for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity or article
or from which any process waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy rejected or escaping in the course of any
industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery or
processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer
system which does not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial
establishment.
MULTIPLE UNIT
Any improved property in which there is located more than one dwelling unit, commercial
establishment, industrial establishment or institutional establishment, or any combination thereof.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation, school district, municipality,
municipality authority or other group or entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of
solution.
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PPM
Parts per million, by weight.
PROPERLY CHOPPED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been chopped to such a degree that all its particles will be carried freely under
normal sewer flow conditions, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved property.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
As appropriate, the sewage treatment facilities owned by the Authority and operated by the
Township or, with respect to any period during which wastes discharged into the sewer system are
being transported for treatment pursuant to the treatment agreement, the sewage treatment facilities
of the Borough of Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and/or the Greencastle, Franklin
County, Authority.
SEWER
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system and used or usable for collection
and transportation of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and disposing
of wastewater to be acquired and/or to be constructed and to be owned by the Authority and to be
leased to the Township for maintenance, operation and use.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids neither dissolved nor floating on the surface of the liquid, as determined by appropriate
procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
TOTAL SOLIDS
All solids as determined by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a municipal subdivision of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate
cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any poisonous substance, including copper, cyanide, chromium, beryllium, cadmium, lead, nickel,
tin and zinc ions, and any phenolic bodies, radioactive isotopes, petrochemical compounds, or
biocides.
TREATMENT AGREEMENT
A certain agreement for treatment of wastewater, dated February 21, 1972, between the Township
and the Borough of Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and the Greencastle, Franklin
County Authority, including all amendments and/or supplements thereto, which may be entered into
from time to time, pursuant to which the Township and/or the Authority may discharge from the
sewer system to facilities of such borough and/or such Authority, sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes for treatment and disposal.
WASTES OR SEWAGE WASTES
Normal domestic sewage.
§ 110-36. Sewer rentals or charges.
[Amended 7-26-1988 by Ord. No. 174]
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A. Sewer rentals or charges hereby are imposed upon and shall be collected from the owner of
each improved property that shall be or is connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer
system, for use of the sewer system, which sewer rentals or charges shall be imposed and
shall be effective as of the effective date of this article, the date of connection of such
improved property to the sewer system, or the date when this Township first shall be capable
of accepting sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes from such improved property for
transportation and treatment, whichever date shall last occur. Such sewer rentals and charges
hereby imposed shall be computed and shall be payable as provided herein.
B. The provisions of Subsection A notwithstanding, sewer rentals or charges hereby are imposed
upon and shall be collected from the owner of any improved property that is required to be
connected to the sewer system by appropriate ordinance of this Township from and after the
date of expiration of the time allowed to make such connection as set forth in such ordinance,
whether or not such connection shall have been made. Provided, however, that this Township
shall first be capable of accepting sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste from such improved
property for transportation and treatment. Such sewer rentals or charges hereby imposed shall
be computed and shall be payable as provided herein.
C. Unoccupied mobile home pads in mobile home parks and unoccupied lots not within mobile
home parks which are improved for exclusive occupancy by mobile homes shall not be liable
for sewer rentals while they are unoccupied. When a mobile home pad becomes vacant, the
owner of such pad shall give immediate notice to Antrim Township at the Antrim Township
Office, personally, by telephone or in writing, of such vacancy and, upon inspection of such
pad by an appropriate official or employee of Antrim Township or upon receipt of other
satisfactory proof of such vacancy, sewer rentals for such mobile home pads shall be
suspended and shall not be reimposed again for such pads until the same is again occupied by
a mobile home. Sewer rentals shall continue to accrue, and shall be due from the owner of
each mobile home pad served by the sewer system, until notice of vacancy has been given in
accordance with this provision.
D. Any residential dwelling unit which has been unoccupied for a period of 180 days or longer
shall be exempt from sewer rent from the 180th day until the vacancy ends. This exemption
from sewer rent shall not include dwellings that are under construction, have a water supply
source connected to the dwelling, vacant as a result of being for sale or in the process of
being sold, or a habitable dwelling. Exceptions in extreme cases may be made by the Board
of Supervisors.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 308]
E. Any builder/developer will be charged a rental, in an amount set forth from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors, for any new building unit developed or constructed,
which is connected to ATMA sewer, on real estate owned by the builder/developer until such
time that any units are sold or occupied.
Editor's Note: For the current fee schedule, see Ch.
A155, Fees.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
F. It will be the duty of any builder/developer to notify the Township of any sale or occupancy of
a new dwelling connected to ATMA sewer, according to Subsection E and this subsection.
Failure to notify the Township shall result in the builder/developer being charged full sewer
rentals for any new building which is connected to ATMA sewer from the date of such sale or
occupancy until the date of notification.
§ 110-37. Computation of sewer rentals and charges.
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this article shall be computed in accordance with the schedules
of classifications and rates set forth in this section.
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A. Residential flat rate.
(1) Sewer rentals or charges for sanitary sewage discharge into the sewer system from any
improved property constituting a dwelling unit shall be on a flat-rate basis and shall be set
forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(2) For purposes of this section, each dwelling unit in a double house, in a row of connecting
houses, in an apartment building or in any other multiple unit structure shall constitute a
separate dwelling unit and shall be billed as a separate cooking and/or toilet facilities in
an improved property, the sewer rental or charge shall be computed as though each such
family was a separate user with a separate connection to a sewer.
B. Flat rate for commercial establishments and institutional establishments.
(1) Sewer rentals or charges for sanitary sewage discharge into the sewer system from any
improved property constituting a commercial establishment or an institutional
establishment shall be on a flat-rate basis. The sewer rental or charge for each such
commercial establishment or institutional establishment shall be determined by multiplying
the applicable rate set forth in Subsection A(1) of this section by the applicable number of
billing units assigned to such commercial establishment or institutional establishment in
the schedule of classifications set forth in Subsection C of this section.
(2) The rate applied to commercial establishments and institutional establishments under this
section shall be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Editor's Note: For the current fee schedule, see Ch. A155, Fees.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
C. Billing units.
(1) Commercial establishments and institutional establishments are hereby classified according
to the following schedule. The applicable number of billing units determined in
accordance with the following schedule shall be multiplied by the applicable rate per
billing unit set forth in Subsection A of this section to determine the sewer rental or
charge for such commercial establishment or institutional establishment:
Billing
Classification of UseUnits
Bowling alley (in addition to restaurant facilities), per 5 lanes or 1
fraction thereof
Retail store with meat, vegetable or other food preparation 1
facilities, per employee food preparation station
Restaurant, club, tavern or other establishment which dispenses 1
food and/or beverages, per 10 seats or fraction thereof
Service station or vehicle repair garage:
Per 2 bays or less without car wash facilities1
Each additional bay over 21/2
Each car wash bay1
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Billing
Classification of UseUnits
Firehouse, municipal building, or similar use, per rest room1
Drive-in theater or similar facility (in addition to food preparation 1
station), per 8 car spaces
Church (with or without kitchen facilities):
For the first 200 members, based on average weekly attendance1 1/2
For the first 100 members, based on average attendance1
Retail business (not otherwise listed)1/2
Beauty shop in detached building:
Up to 2 chairs1
Every chair in excess of 2 chairs1 1/2
Beauty shop in operator's residence, per chair1/2
Barbershop:
Up to 2 chairs1
Every chair in excess of 2 chairs1/2
Motel or hotel (in addition to restaurant facilities), per rental room1/4
Public laundromat, per washer1/2
Schools or similar institutions:
Without showers or kitchen facilities, per 12 pupils1
With shower facilities only, per 10 pupils1
With kitchen facilities only, per 8 pupils1
With shower and kitchen facilities, per 6 pupils1
Business or professional office:
3 or less employees1
Each additional employee over 3 or fraction thereof1/2
Car washing establishment, per bay1
Each improved property having garbage grinder (3/4 horsepower 1
or greater), for each such grinder
Banquet facilities, per every 30 seats1
[Amended 3-22-1988 by Ord. No. 169]
Institutions serving as domicile, per every 3 residents1
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Billing
Classification of UseUnits
[Amended 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 173]
Canine or feline grooming business, per each employee1/2
[Amended 8-23-1988 by Ord. No. 175]
(2) The number of billing units to be ascribed to schools or similar institutions hereunder shall
be determined on the basis of the average daily enrollment of pupils during the regular
school term preceding the billing period. Employees, including teachers and administrative
personnel, shall be treated as pupils for purposes of computation.
(3) The number of billing units to be ascribed to business or professional offices hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of the daily average of employees (including individual
owners and employers) for the calendar quarter preceding the billing period.
D. Flat rate for industrial establishments. Sewer rentals or charges for discharge of sanitary
sewage not subject to a charge hereunder from any improved property constituting an
industrial establishment into the sewer system, when the volume of discharge shall not be
metered as required or permitted by this article, shall be on a flat-rate basis in accordance
with the following schedule.
(1) For the period commencing November 1, 1981, the flat rate shall be set forth from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(2) For the period commencing June 1, 1983, the flat rate shall be based on the following:
Classification of UseBilling Units
Without showers or kitchen facilities, per 10 employees1
With shower facilities only, per 8 employees1
With kitchen facilities only, per 7 employees1
With shower and kitchen facilities, per 5 employees1
E. Metered rate for industrial establishments.
(1) The owner of any improved property may install a sewage discharge meter or other
measuring device for the purpose of measuring discharge into the sewage system from any
industrial establishment. Sewer rentals or rates for sanitary sewage, not subject to special
charge hereunder, that shall be discharged into the sewer system from any improved
property constituting an industrial establishment shall be based upon volume of such
discharge where the volume of such discharge shall be metered in connection with the
sewer system or otherwise as required or permitted by this article. In such case, the sewer
rental or charge shall be computed quarterly and shall be set forth from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(2) Meters or other measuring devices which shall be required or permitted for use in
determining volume of sewage waste discharge shall be of a type approved for use by the
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Board of Supervisors, shall be furnished and installed by the owner of the improved
property at his or her expense, shall be under the control of the Board of Supervisors and
may be tested, inspected or repaired by the Board of Supervisors whenever necessary. The
owner of the improved property upon which such meter or other measuring device shall
be installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs
thereto shall be made at the expense of the owner, whether such repairs shall be made
necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Bills for such repairs, if made by the
Board of Supervisors, shall be due and payable immediately upon completion of such
repairs and shall be collected in the same manner as quarterly bills for sewer rentals or
charges.
F. Meter rates.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
(1) Commercial, industrial and institutional users. At the discretion of the Antrim Township
Board of Supervisors, a commercial, industrial or institutional customer may be charged
sewer rentals based on its water usage. Such charges will be set forth from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 5-8-1990 by Ord. No. 197; 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 231; 1-2-1996 by Ord. No. 241]
(2) Residential users. All residential users shall be charged a flat rate as set forth from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
G. Changes for sanitary wastes having certain concentrations.
(1) Additional charges.
(a) Additional charges will be made for all wastes discharged from an improved property
in the event that the Board of Supervisors shall consent under separate agreement to
accept sanitary wastes for discharge into the sewer system from any improved
property having total suspended solids and BOD. in excess of the following
concentrations:
[1] Suspended solids (SS): 225 parts per million.
[2] BOD: 225 parts per million.
5
(b) The total charge for the total volume of waste shall be determined in accordance with
the following formula:
Total Charge=Q+(0.001 Q (BOD in ppm - 250)
5
(0.001 Q (SS in ppm - 300)
For purposes of the above formula:
Q=Billing Unit Charge or Metered Quantity Discharge
SS=Suspended Solids
BOD=Biochemical Oxygen Demand
5
(2) The strength of the sanitary wastes shall be determined at intervals deemed advisable by
this Township or as may be requested by the owner of the particular improved property.
The collection and analysis of waste samples for determination shall be supervised by a
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registered professional engineer approved by the Board of Supervisors. All costs for waste
sampling, collection and analysis shall be paid by the owner who desires that the waste be
sampled and analyzed. The analysis of all waste samples collected shall be made in
accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage," as published by the American Public Health Association.
H. Changes in flat-rate classifications. If the use or classification of any improved property shall
change during any billing period, the sewer rental or charge shall be adjusted by the Board of
Supervisors, by proration on a monthly basis to the nearest calendar month, with a credit or
charge, as shall be appropriate under the circumstances, being made on the statement for the
next succeeding billing period.
I. Additional flat-rate classifications and modifications of flat-rate classifications. The Board of
Supervisors reserves the right, from time to time, to establish additional flat-rate
classifications and to establish rates therefor; and the Board of Supervisors further reserves the
right, from time to time, to alter, modify, revise and/or amend flat-rate classifications and the
rates applicable thereto.
J. Multiple unit rate. Each dwelling unit, commercial establishment, institutional establishment or
industrial establishment located in a multiple unit discharging sanitary sewage directly or
indirectly into the sewer system shall be billed as a separate entity or unit, irrespective of
whether or not such separate entity or unit, has separate toilet or waste facilities and
irrespective of whether or not such separate entity or unit has a separate connection to a
sewer, and the applicable sewer rental or charge for such separate entity or unit shall be
computed in accordance with the applicable classification and rate set forth in this section as
though such separate entity or unit constituted a separate improved property.
K. Special agreement. Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, the Board of
Supervisors shall have the right, based upon good reasons and circumstances existing, to enter
into special agreements with the owner of any approved property constituting an industrial
establishment with respect to terms and conditions upon which sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes may be discharged into the sewer system and with respect to payments of
sewer rentals or charges in connection therewith. In such event, such service and payments
with respect thereto shall be governed by terms and conditions of such special agreement.
[Amended 3-22-1922 by Ord. No. 169; 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 172; 5-8-1990 by Ord. No. 197]
§ 110-38. Time and method of payment.
A. Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this article shall be payable quarterly.
B. All bills with respect to sewer rentals or charges shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of
January, April, July and October of each year for service during the preceding calendar
quarter ending December 31, March 31, June 30 and September 30, respectively.
[Amended 10-13-1987 by Ord. No. 165]
C. Sewer rentals or charges shall be due and payable on the billing date as provided in
Subsection B of this section and the amount computed in accordance with this article shall
constitute the net bill. If sewer rentals or charges are not paid within 30 calendar days after
the billing date, an additional sum of 10% shall be added to the such net bill, which net bill,
plus such additional sum, shall constitute the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and
postmarked on or before the last day of such 30 calendar day period shall constitute payment
within such period. If the end of such 30 calendar-day period shall fall on a legal holiday or
on a Sunday, payment made on or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding business
day which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period.
D. Whenever service to any improved property shall begin after the first day or shall terminate
before the last day of any quarterly billing period, sewer rentals or charges for such period
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shall be prorated equitably, if appropriate, for that portion of the quarterly billing period
during which such improved property was served by the sewer system.
E. Every owner of improved property which is connected to the sewer system initially shall
provide the Board of Supervisors with and thereafter shall keep the Board of Supervisors
advised of his or her correct address. Failure of any person to receive quarterly bills for sewer
rentals or charges shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor shall such failure
result in an extension of the period of time during which the bill shall be payable.
[Amended 10-13-1987 by Ord. No. 165]
§ 110-39. Liens for sewer rentals; filing and collection of liens.
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this article shall be a lien on the improved property connected to
and served by the sewer system; and any such sewer rentals or charges which are not paid within 60
days after each quarterly billing date applicable to the particular improved property shall be filed as a
lien against the improved property so connected to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall
be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims. All
delinquent bills shall be collected by this Township in any manner permitted by law.
§ 110-40. Prohibited wastes; industrial waste discharge.
A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any cooling water or unpolluted industrial
or commercial process water into any sewer.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any of the following described wastes or waters into the sewer system:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 100° F.
(2) Any water or waste containing more than 50 parts per million of fats, oils or greases.
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, solvent or other flammable or explosive liquid,
solid or gas which, by reason of its nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion or
which, in any other way, may be injurious to persons or the sewer system or the sewage
treatment plant.
(4) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, shall be capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of
preventing entry into any sewer or the sewage treatment plant for maintenance and repair.
(5) Any garbage, except properly chopped garbage.
(6) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, bones, feathers, tar,
plastics, wood, paunch manure, butchers offal or any other solid or viscous substance
which shall be capable of causing obstruction to the flow in any sewer system or the
sewage treatment plant.
(7) Any water or waste having pH (as determined by the Board of Supervisors) lower than 5.0
or higher than 9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures or equipment of the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or to
personnel engaged in operation and maintenance thereof.
(8) Any water or waste containing any toxic substance so that it will exceed state, federal or
other validly existing requirements for the receiving stream.
(9) Any water or waste containing total solids of such character and quantity that unusual
attention or expense shall be required to handle such water or waste at the sewage
treatment plant for sewage treatment processes.
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(10) Any drainage from building construction.
(11) Any stormwater, either from street or gutter inlets or from roof or other rainwater
connections, surface or subsurface water, exhaust water, stream or other unpolluted
drainage.
(12) Any sanitary waste containing any substance or having any characteristic that violates
provisions of the treatment agreement or that is prohibited by the Borough of Greencastle
or the Greencastle, Franklin County, Authority, from being discharged to the sewage
treatment facilities of such borough or such Authority during any period when wastes are
being so discharged for treatment by the Township from the sewer system.
(13) Any water or waste prohibited by any permit issued by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, the United States of America or any board, agency, department or
commission of either of the foregoing.
C. Industrial waste discharge.
(1) No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged into the sewer system any industrial
waste which would impair, impede, affect, interfere with or endanger the sewer system, or
any part thereof, or the functioning of the processes of the sewage treatment plant.
(2) No permit shall be issued for a connection, nor shall any connection be made to the sewer
system for the purpose of discharging industrial waste therein, until and unless the Board
of Supervisors shall have first determined that such industrial waste to be discharged into
the sewer system is or has been rendered, by pretreatment or otherwise, reasonably
harmless and would not impair, impede, affect, interfere with or endanger the sewer
system or any part thereof or the functioning of the processes of the sewage treatment
plant. Plans and specifications and other pertinent information relating to any proposed
discharge and preliminary treatment of industrial waste shall be submitted to the Board of
Supervisors and no construction of such treatment facilities shall be commenced, nor shall
industrial wastes be discharged into the sewer system, until the Board of Supervisors shall
have issued an industrial waste permit approving such facilities and the proposed
discharge. Such permit shall be in addition to any other permits required for connection to
the sewer system and the applicant shall reimburse the Board of Supervisors for the
engineering fees and other costs incurred in reviewing the application, in addition to
connection charges or fees payable in respect to the proposed connection.
D. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to refuse permission to connect to the sewer
system, to compel discontinuance of use of the sewer system or to compel pretreatment of
industrial wastes in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful or to have a deleterious effect
upon any portion of the sewer system or of the sewage treatment plant.
E. Equalization tank. Any improved property discharging 50,000 gallons or more of sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes per day into the sewer system and having large variations in
the rate of discharge of such within a twenty-four-hour period shall install suitable tanks for
equalizing the rate of discharge uniformly over the entire twenty-four-hour period. The
average rate of discharge during any twenty-four-hour period shall not be exceeded by more
than 50% at any time.
F. Control manholes. Any person who shall discharge sanitary wastes into the sewer system,
when required by the Board of Supervisors, shall contract and thereafter properly maintain, at
his or her own expense, a suitable control manhole to facilitate observation, measurement and
sampling by the Board of Supervisors. Any such control manhole, when required by the
Board of Supervisors, shall be constructed in an accessible, safe, suitable and satisfactory
location in accordance with plans approved by the Board of Supervisors prior to
commencement of construction.
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G. Sewage sampling. Sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes being discharged into the sewer
system shall be subject to periodic sampling, inspection and determination of character and
concentration. Such sampling, inspection and determination shall be made by the Board of
Supervisors as frequently as may be deemed necessary. Representative samples for a full
working day shall be obtained by taking hourly samples and compositing them in accordance
with the flow at the time of sampling. Sewage sampling facilities shall be accessible to the
Board of Supervisors at all times.
H. Analysis. The Board of Supervisors shall be responsible for analysis of the samples of sewage
wastes, at such intervals as this Board of Supervisors shall determine. Laboratory methods
used in the analysis of samples of sewage wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition
of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" as published by the
American Public Health Association.
I. Changes in type of wastes. Any owner of an improved property who is discharging or
permitting to be discharged sewage wastes into the sewer system and who contemplates a
change in the operations, processes or other activities conducted on such improved property
that will alter the type of wastes discharged into the sewer system shall notify the Board of
Supervisors, in writing, at least 10 days prior to consummation of such change. Such
notification shall not be presumed a permission to discharge the wastes.
J. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any special agreement or
arrangement between the Board of Supervisors and any person whereby sewage wastes of
unusual strength or character may be admitted into the sewer system by the Board of
Supervisors either before or after preliminary treatment.
§ 110-41. Right of access; inspection.
The Board of Supervisors shall have the right of access at reasonable times to any part of any
improved property served by the sewer system as shall be required for purposes of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating to
service rendered by the Board of Supervisors through the sewer system.
§ 110-42. Responsibility of owners of improved property.
The owner of each improved property connected to the sewer system shall be responsible for all acts
of tenants or other occupants of such improved property insofar as such acts shall be governed by
provisions of this article.
§ 110-43. Failure of owner to provide information; rental estimates.
If the owner of any nonresidential improved property (including any school or similar institution) shall
fail to provide this Township with complete information required to compute the sewer rental or
charge to such nonresidential improved property, this Township may estimate a reasonable applicable
sewer rental or charge for such nonresidential improved property and such estimated sewer rental or
charge shall be the actual sewer rental or charge payable until the required information is filed.
Provided, however, that no rebates will be paid by this Township if the information filed reveals a
lower indicated sewer rental or charge than that estimated by this Township.
§ 110-44. Adoption of additional rules and regulations.
The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, such additional rules and
regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper in connection with use and operation of the sewer
system, which rules and regulations shall be, shall become and shall be construed as part of this
article.
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§ 110-45. Violations and penalties.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
This article shall be enforced by action brought before a
District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates or permits the violation of this
article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such
violation continues, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. Each section of this
article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
Article V. Water Well Regulations
[Adopted 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 252]
§ 110-46. Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Water Well Regulations" to the Code of the
Township of Antrim.
§ 110-47. Purpose.
The intention of this article is to ensure and protect the quality and suitability of domestic water
supply and to secure and maintain the minimum required isolation distances between water supplies
and sewage disposal systems or other sources of contamination.
§ 110-48. Application.
A. This article shall apply to all wells which have not been completed or which are not in
operation or in an inoperable condition at the time of passage of this article.
B. This article shall further apply to the reconstruction, major repair and other changes to existing
wells, when, in the opinion of the inspecting officer, such reconstruction, major repair and
other changes may affect the quality and suitability of the water supply on the property upon
which the well is constructed or on surrounding properties.
§ 110-49. Standards.
The following standards shall apply:
A. Location. Drilled and driven wells shall be located at a point free from flooding at the
following minimum distances to existing or possible future sources of pollution:
Minimum Distance
Source(feet)
Storm drains25
Drains carrying domestic sewage or industrial wastes50
Septic or holding tanks50
Surface/subsurface sewage disposal fields100
Sewage seepage pits, cesspools100
Privies50
Fuel tanksAs approved
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Minimum Distance
Source(feet)
Other (ditches, streams, barnyards, rainwater pits, etc.)As approved
Additional location restrictions
Driveways10
Principal structure/dwelling20
Property lines10
B. Source of water. The source of supply shall be from a water-bearing formation drawn not less
than 100 feet from the ground surface, with at least 20 feet of properly grouted well casing,
and from no formation which is subject to pollution.
C. Construction.
(1) The well shall have a watertight and durable wrought iron, steel or other type of approved
casing with a nominal thickness of 3/16 (0.1875) inches and 6 5/8 inches outside
diameter. The sections shall be joined together by threaded couplings, joints, by welding
or any other watertight approved joint or coupling.
(2) Twenty feet from the finishing grade and in any case shall be extended 10 feet into
bedrock or other impervious strata. Driven wells shall be provided with a drive shoe or
other effective casing seal.
(3) The casing shall be sealed effectively against entrance of water from water-bearing
formations, which are subject to pollution, through which the casing may pass. If casings
of smaller diameter are used in the lower portions of the well, effective watertight seals
shall be provided between the casings where they telescope. In such instances, sections of
casing shall telescope for a minimum distance of four feet.
(4) The top of the well casing shall extend a minimum of eight to 12 inches above the
finished grade of the lot so that contaminated water or other substances cannot enter the
well through the annular opening at the top of the well casing, wall or pipe sleeve.
(5) Every potable water well shall be equipped with an overlapping cover of the top of the
well casing or pipe sleeve. Covers shall extend downward at least two inches over the
outside of the well casing or wall. All well caps shall indicate well driller's main, depth of
well and depth of casing.
(6) Where pump sections or discharged pipes enter or leave a well through the side of the
casing, the circle of contact shall be watertight. The use of plastic/nylon adapters for this
purpose is not acceptable. A brass pitless adapter with brass connectors or equivalent are
required.
(7) All potable water wells and springs shall be constructed so that surface drainage will be
diverted away from the well or spring.
(8) Any pump room or any enclosure around the well pump shall be drained and protected
from freezing by heating or other approved means. Where pumps are installed in
basements, they shall be mounted on a block or shall not be less than 18 inches above the
basement floor. Well pits shall be prohibited.
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D. Water service. Size of water service pipe. The minimum diameter of water service pipe shall
be 3/4 inch separation of water service and building sewer/drain water service pipe shall be
installed 12 inches above sewer drains.
§ 110-50. Repairs; reconstruction.
A. Drilled wells. Any restoration/repair of wells with casing terminating below grade shall be
raised above grade to eight to 12 inches minimum.
B. Springs. Before rehabilitation shall begin on an existing spring, a report shall be made to
determine the advisability of said reconstruction, which shall include, as a minimum, quality
and quantity of water. Springs for new construction are not considered an adequate water
supply and will not be considered as valid for the issuance of a building permit. Reconstructed
springs shall be completely enclosed by walls and a cover of reinforced concrete or equally
durable watertight material. The cover shall have a firm foundation so as to effectively
prevent settling. The uphill wall shall be so constructed as to prevent entrance of surface
water. Where manhole covers are used, the manholes shall be at least 24 inches in diameter. It
shall extend at least three inches above the surrounding ground surface and be covered by an
impervious durable cover of concrete, steel or equivalent material which overlaps the manhole
vertically by at least two inches. The manhole shall be kept secured by bolting, locking or
equivalent means, and shall be kept so secured.
C. Abandoned water supplies. Wells, springs, cisterns and water storage tanks which are no
longer in use shall be removed, filled or otherwise maintained in a condition such as to
prevent access by unauthorized persons or animals, to prevent accidental injury and to
effectively prevent pollution of groundwater. Abandoned wells shall be completely filled with
cement or equal impervious material.
§ 110-51. Permits.
A. Permits shall be issued on a form provided by the Township of Antrim, which shall be
executed by the duly authorized inspecting officer. All permits shall be issued to the property
owners or their duly authorized representative/well driller.
B. All permits shall be in effect as of the date of issuance and shall remain in effect for a period
of six months. In the event that water supply construction under the permit has not been
completed at the expiration of six months from the date of issuance, the permit shall expire.
C. Inspection. Upon completion of construction, or at such other time as the Township inspecting
officer may deem appropriate, the inspecting officer shall perform a final inspection of the
well/water supply to determine whether there has been compliance with the permit issued.
D. Approval. Upon completion of the inspection, the inspecting officer shall:
(1) Issue an "approval of operation" upon the original permit; or
(2) Deny such approval due to noncompliance with the permit issued, in which event written
reasons for such denial shall be noted on the original permit.
§ 110-52. Reports required.
A. Driller's report. A report for each well shall be prepared by the driller and shall be submitted
to the Township of Antrim for evaluation and approval. The well report shall contain the
following pertinent information:
(1) Owner of property.
(2) Date of completion.
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(3) Depth of well.
(4) Well driller.
(5) Type and size of casing.
(6) Type of test pump used.
(7) Address and lot number.
(8) Depth of casing.
(9) Static water level.
(10) Yield in gallons/minimum.
(11) Pump output in gallons/minimum.
B. Owner's report. Subsequent to house construction, but prior to occupancy, the owner/contractor
shall initiate appropriate action to have the on-site water supply tested by a certified
laboratory and provide to the Township of Antrim a laboratory report containing the following
information:
(1) Total coliform.
(2) Iron.
(3) Hardness: equivalent calcium carbonates.
(4) Fecal coliform.
(5) Nitrates.
C. A request for an extension to a permit must be submitted to the Township, in writing, 10 days
before the expiration date of the permit. Extensions are limited to 30 days. Subsequent
requests must be accompanied by an application for a new permit with the appropriate fee.
D. In the event that a permit expires and construction has not begun, an application for a new
permit must be submitted with the appropriate fee.
E. Expiration of a permit during construction will result in the landowner being prosecuted in
accordance with the violations provision of this article.
§ 110-53. Enforcement; violations and penalties.
A. This article shall be enforced by an action brought before a District Justice in the same
manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. The Municipal Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without
the consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa. R. Crim. P. No. 83(c) (relating to
trial in summary cases). Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article, shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or
by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days.
B. This article also may be enforced by the Township of Antrim through an action in equity
brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
C. For the purpose of this article, each day or portion thereof that such violation continues, or is
permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, a violation of each
section of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
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§ 110-54. Severability.
The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
validity of any of the remaining provisions of this article.
§ 110-55. Liability.
No responsibility or liability for the construction of any well/water supply shall be deemed to be
assumed or accepted by the Township of Antrim or its officers, agents or employees by virtue of the
terms of this article or otherwise.
Article VI. Privy Regulations
[Adopted 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 251]
§ 110-56. Purpose.
It is hereby declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and
preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this municipality.
§ 110-57. Definitions.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this
article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Supervisors of Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sewage shall or may be discharged.
MUNICIPALITY
Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the
Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation or other group or entity.
PRIVY
A watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary, which receives and retains sewage where
water under pressure or piped wastewater is not available and is designed and constructed to
facilitate the ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the
bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or
inimical to the public health or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water
supply or for recreation or any substance which constitutes pollution under the Clean Streams Law
(35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.).
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§ 110-58. Rights and privileges granted.
The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake within the Township the control of
privy use and methods of sewage collection, transportation and disposal therefrom.
§ 110-59. Approval required.
The collection and transportation of all sewage from any improved property utilizing a privy shall be
done solely by or under the direction and control of the Authority, and the disposal thereof shall be
made only at such site or sites as may be approved by the Department of Environmental Protection of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
§ 110-60. Permit required.
From and after the effective date of this article, no person shall set up, place, install, locate, have or
make available for use any privy, as herein defined, except in accordance with this article and unless a
permit shall be obtained and maintained for the same as herein provided.
§ 110-61. Adoption of rules and regulations.
The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt by resolution such rules and regulations
concerning sewage as it shall deem necessary from time to time to effectuate the purposes herein. All
such rules and regulations adopted by the Authority shall be in conformity with the provisions herein,
all other ordinances of the Township and all applicable laws and applicable rules and regulations of
administrative agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
§ 110-62. Procedure for permit application.
Application for a privy permit shall be made in writing to the Township on forms supplied by the
Township, which shall set forth, at a minimum, the name and address of the owner and site location.
§ 110-63. Establishment of rates and charges.
The Authority shall have the right and power to fix, charge and set rates and assessments and collect
said charges in the Township in accordance with a schedule of charges to be adopted by resolution
from time to time.
§ 110-64. Conditions applicable to permit.
A. The property owner must show that site and soil suitability testing of the lot has been
conducted by the Sewage Enforcement Officer and that the site meets all Title 25, Chapter 73
(Standards for Sewage Disposal Facilities), requirements for the ultimate sewage disposal by
an approved on-lot system if water under pressure or piped wastewater becomes available to
the lot.
B. At such time as water under pressure becomes available, the property owner must remove the
privy and replace the privy with an approved on-lot system.
C. The conditions of use described in Subsection A above do not apply to:
(1) A privy to be used on an isolated lot which is one acre or larger and is not nor likely to be
served by water under pressure in the future.
(2) Temporary use of portable retention tanks where their use is proposed at construction sites
or at the site of public gatherings and entertainment.
D. Other specific conditions for use of privies may be incorporated in the application and permit
for the proposed use of a privy.
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E. The Authority shall have the right of inspection at all reasonable times for property operation,
maintenance and content disposal.
§ 110-65. Duties of improved property owner.
The owner of an improved property that utilizes a privy shall:
A. Maintain the privy in conformance with this article or any ordinance of this Township, the
provisions of any applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Authority and any
administrative agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. Permit only the Authority or its agent to collect, transport and dispose of the contents therein.
C. Abandon the privy consistent with applicable public health and environmental standards and
obtain a permit for and install an approved on-lot system meeting Chapter 73 standards in the
event that water under pressure or piped wastewater becomes available to the property.
D. Permit the Authority to enter upon lands to inspect the privy for proper operation,
maintenance and contents of disposal.
§ 110-66. Enforcement; violations and penalties.
A. This article shall be enforced by an action brought before a District Justice in the same
manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. The Municipal Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without
the consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa. R. Crim. P. No. 83(c) (Relating to
Trial in Summary Cases). Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or
by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days.
B. This article also may be enforced by the Township of Antrim through an action in equity
brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
C. For the purpose of this article, each day or portion thereof that such violation continues, or is
permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, a violation of each
section of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
§ 110-67. Abatement of nuisances.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any use of a privy in a manner inconsistent
with this article shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the municipality or the Authority
and other appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction may be obtained
by the Authority.
Article VII. Municipal Management of On-Lot Subsurface Sewage Disposal
[Adopted 5-26-1998 by Ord. No. 253]
§ 110-68. Short title; introduction; purpose.
A. This article shall be known and may be cited as "Municipal Management of On-Lot
Subsurface Sewage Disposal Facilities."
B. The purpose of this article is to provide for the inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of
on-lot sewage disposal systems; to further permit the municipality to intervene in situations
which are public nuisances or hazards to the public health; and to establish penalties and
appeal procedures necessary for the proper administration of a sewage management program.
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§ 110-69. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT 537
The Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., known as the
"Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act."
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A certified sewage enforcement officer, code enforcement officer, professional engineer, plumbing
inspector, municipal secretary or any other qualified or licensed person who is delegated by the
municipality to function within specified limits as the agent of the municipality to carry out the
provisions of this article.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
CODES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (CEO)
An individual employed by the municipality to administer and enforce other ordinances in the
municipality.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage from two or more
lots, and the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on one or more lots or at any other site.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (DEP).
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single lot and collecting and disposing of
sewage in whole or in part into the soil or into any waters of this commonwealth.
MALFUNCTION
A condition which occurs when an on-lot sewage disposal system discharges sewage onto the
surface of the ground, into groundwaters of this commonwealth, into surface waters of this
commonwealth, backs up into the building connected to the system or otherwise causes a nuisance
hazard to the public health or pollution of groundwater or surface water or contamination of public
or private drinking water wells.
MUNICIPALITY
Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system for disposal of sewage involving pretreatment and subsequent disposal of the clarified
sewage into the soil for final treatment disposal; including both individual sewage systems and
community sewage systems.
PERSON
Any individual, association, public or private corporation for profit or not for profit, partnership,
firm, trust, estate, department, board, bureau or agency of the commonwealth, political subdivision,
municipality, district, authority or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty or
imposing a fine or imprisonment, the term "person" shall include the members of an association,
partnership or firm and the officers of any local agency or municipal, public or private corporation
for profit or not for profit.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge or replace an existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
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REPLACEMENT AREA
A portion of a lot or a developed property, sized to allow the installation of a subsurface sewage
disposal area, which is reserved to allow that installation in the event of the malfunction of the
originally installed on-lot sewage disposal system.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the
bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or
inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of water for domestic water
supply or for recreation or which constitutes pollution under the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987,
No. 394), known as the "Clean Streams Law," as amended.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
The official of the local agency who issues and reviews permit applications and conducts such
investigations and inspections as are necessary to implement Act 537 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Any area or areas of a municipality for which a sewage management program is recommended by
the municipality's adopted Plan.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
A comprehensive set of legal and administrative requirements encompassing the requirements of
this article and other administrative requirements adopted by the municipality to effectively enforce
and administer this article.
SEWAGE PLAN
A plan for the provision of adequate sewage disposal systems, adopted by the municipality and
approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, as described in, and
required by, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or other parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels
or other divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines. The enumerating of lots shall
include as a lot that portion of the original tract or tracts remaining after other lots have been
subdivided therefrom.
§ 110-70. Applicability.
From the effective date of this article, its provisions shall apply in any portion of the municipality
identified in the municipality's Act 537 Official Sewage Facilities Plan as a sewage management
district. Within such an area or areas, the provisions of this article shall apply to all persons owning
any property serviced by an on-lot sewage disposal system and to all persons installing or
rehabilitating on-lot sewage disposal systems. If necessary, the entire municipality may be identified as
a sewage management district.
§ 110-71. Permit requirements.
A. No person shall install, construct or request bid proposals for construction or alter an
individual sewage system or community sewage system or construct or request bid proposals
for construction or install or occupy any building or structure for which an individual sewage
system or community sewage system is to be installed without first obtaining a permit
indicating that the site and the plans and specifications of such system are in compliance with
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et
and the regulations adopted pursuant to that Act.
seq.
B. No system or structure designated to provide individual or community sewage disposal shall
be covered from view until approval to cover the same has been given by the municipal
sewage enforcement officer.
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C. The municipality may require applicants for sewage permits to notify the municipality's
certified sewage enforcement officer of the schedule for construction of the permitted on-lot
sewage disposal system so that inspection(s) in addition to the final inspection required by Act
537 may be scheduled and performed by the municipality's certified sewage enforcement
officer.
D. No building or occupancy permit shall be issued by the municipality or its codes enforcement
officer for a new building which will contain sewage-generating facilities until a valid sewage
permit has been obtained from the municipality's certified sewage enforcement officer.
E. No building or occupancy permit shall be issued and no work shall begin on any alteration or
conversion of any existing structure, if said alteration or conversion will result in the increase
or potential increase in sewage flows from the structure, until the municipality's codes
enforcement officer and the structure's owner receive from the municipality's sewage
enforcement officer either a permit for alteration or a replacement of the existing sewage
disposal system or written notification that such a permit will not be required. The certified
sewage enforcement officer shall determine whether the proposed alteration or conversion of
the structure will result in increased sewage flows.
F. Sewage permits may be issued only by a certified sewage enforcement officer employed by the
municipality for that express purpose. The Department of Environmental Protection shall be
notified by the municipality as to the identity of its currently employed certified sewage
enforcement officer.
G. No sewage permit may be issued unless proof is provided that the owner of record has owned
the lot since May 15, 1972, or that Act 537 planning for that lot has been provided by the
municipality.
H. No final Act 247 approval on a subdivision plan may begin until Act 537 planning is
approved by the municipality and DEP.
§ 110-72. Replacement areas.
A. Any revisions to the municipality's Official Sewage Facilities Plan, or exceptions thereto,
which are prepared pursuant to the applicable regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection for subdivision or development of land within an identified sewage
management district shall provide for the testing, identification and reservation of an area of
each lot or developed property suitable for the installation of a replacement on-lot sewage
disposal system. This requirement is in addition to the testing, identification and reservation of
an area for the primary sewage disposal system.
B. No permit shall be issued for any proposed new on-lot sewage disposal system on any newly
created or subdivided property in any sewage management district unless and until a
replacement area is tested, identified and reserved.
§ 110-73. Inspections.
A. Any on-lot sewage disposal system may be inspected by the municipality's authorized agent at
any reasonable time as of the effective date of this article.
B. The inspection may include a physical tour of the property, the taking of samples from surface
water, wells, other groundwater sources, the sampling of the contents of the sewage disposal
system itself and/or the introduction of a traceable substance into the interior plumbing of the
structure served to ascertain the path and ultimate destination of wastewater generated in the
structure.
C. The municipality's authorized agent shall have the right to enter upon land for the purpose of
inspections described above.
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D. The municipality and its authorized agent shall inspect systems known to be, or alleged to be,
malfunctioning. Should said inspections reveal that the system is indeed malfunctioning, the
municipality and its authorized agent shall take action to require the correction of the
malfunction. If total correction is not technically or financially feasible in the opinion of the
authorized agent and a representative of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, then action by the property owner to mitigate the malfunction shall be required.
E. There may arise geographic areas within the municipality where numerous on-lot sewage
disposal systems are malfunctioning. A resolution of these area-wide problems may
necessitate detailed planning and a municipally sponsored revision to that area's Act 537
Official Sewage Facilities Plan. When a DEP authorized Official Sewage Facilities Plan
revision has been undertaken by the municipality, mandatory repair or replacement of
individual malfunctioning sewage disposal systems within the study area may be delayed, at
the discretion of the municipality, pending the outcome of the plan revision process. However,
the municipality may compel immediate corrective action whenever a malfunction, as
determined by municipal officials and the Pennsylvania DEP, represents a serious public
health or environmental threat.
§ 110-74. Operation.
Only normal domestic wastes shall be discharged into any on-lot sewage disposal system. The
following shall not be discharged into the system:
A. Industrial waste.
B. Automobile oil and other nondomestic oil.
C. Toxic or hazardous substances or chemicals, including but not limited to pesticides,
disinfectants, acids, paints, paint thinners, herbicides, gasoline and other solvents.
D. Clean surface or ground water, including water from roof or cellar drains, springs, basement
sump pumps and French drains.
§ 110-75. Maintenance.
A. Any person owning a building served by an on-lot sewage disposal system which contains a
septic tank shall have the septic tank pumped by a qualified pumper/hauler within one year of
the effective date of this article. Receipts from the pumper/hauler shall be submitted to the
municipality within the prescribed one-year pumping period. The Antrim Township Municipal
Authority shall be considered a qualified pumper/hauler if it is providing such services. All
septic tank pumpers/haulers shall be licensed by the Township and shall submit written reports
to the Township on all pumping as to the condition of the tank.
B. After the initial one-year pumping period, all septic tanks shall be subject to inspection every
three years. At such time as the solid buildup reaches 1/3 to 1/2 of the tank, all tanks shall be
pumped. At no time shall the depth of the scum be below the depth of the outlet baffle. If this
condition should occur, then the tank shall immediately be pumped.
C. The required pumping frequency may be increased at the discretion of the authorized agent if
the septic tank is undersized, if solids build up in the tank is above average, if the hydraulic
load on the system increases significantly above average, if a garbage grinder is used in the
building, if the system malfunctions or for other good cause shown. If any person can prove
that their system tank had been pumped within three years of the one-year anniversary of the
effective date of this article, that person shall be exempt from the initial one-year pumping
requirement.
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§ 110-76. Systems rehabilitation.
A. No person shall operate and maintain an on-lot sewage disposal system in such a manner that
it malfunctions. All liquid wastes, including kitchen and laundry wastes and water softener
backwash, shall be discharged to a treatment tank. No sewage system shall discharge
untreated or partially treated sewage to the surface of the ground or into the waters of the
commonwealth unless a permit to discharge has been obtained from the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
B. The municipality shall issue a written notice of violation to any person who is the owner of a
property in the municipality which is found to be served by a malfunctioning on-lot sewage
disposal system or which is discharging raw or partially treated sewage without a permit.
C. Within seven days of notification by the municipality that a malfunction has been identified,
the property owner shall make application to the municipality's certified sewage enforcement
officer for a permit to repair or replace the malfunctioning system. Within 30 days of initial
notification by the municipality, construction of the permitted repair or replacement shall
commence. Within 60 days of the original notification by the municipality, the construction
shall be completed unless seasonal or unique conditions mandate a longer period, in which
case the municipality shall set an extended completion date.
D. The municipality's certified sewage enforcement officer shall have the authority to require the
repair of any malfunction by the following methods: cleaning, repair or replacement of
components of the existing system, adding capacity or otherwise altering or replacing the
system's treatment tank, expanding the existing disposal area, replacing the existing disposal
area, replacing a gravity distribution system with a pressurized system, replacing the system
with a holding tank, other alternatives as appropriate for the specific site.
E. In lieu of, or in combination with the remedies described in Subsection D above, the municipal
sewage enforcement officer may require the installation of water conservation equipment and
the institution of water conservation practices in structures served. Water-using devices and
appliances in the structure may be required to be retrofitted with water-saving appurtenances
or they may be required to be replaced by water-conserving devices and appliances.
Wastewater generation in the structure may also be reduced by requiring changes in water
usage patterns in the structure served. The use of laundry facilities may be limited to one load
per day or discontinued altogether, etc.
F. In the event that the rehabilitation measures in Subsections A through E are not feasible or do
not prove effective, the municipality may require the owner to apply to the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection for a permit to install an individual spray irrigation
treatment system or a single residence treatment and discharge system. Upon receipt of said
permit, the owner shall complete construction of the system within 30 days.
G. Should none of the remedies described above prove totally effective in eliminating the
malfunction of an existing on-lot sewage disposal system, the property owner is not absolved
of responsibility for that malfunction. The municipality may require whatever action is
necessary to lessen or mitigate the malfunction to the extent that it feels necessary.
§ 110-77. Liens.
The municipality, upon written notice from the municipal sewage enforcement officer that an
imminent health hazard exists due to failure of a property owner to maintain, repair or replace an on-
lot sewage disposal system as provided under the terms of this article, shall have the authority to
perform, or contract to have performed, the work required by the certified sewage enforcement officer.
The owner shall be charged for the work performed, and, if necessary, a lien shall be entered therefor
in accordance with law.
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§ 110-78. Disposal of septage.
A. All septage originating within the municipal sewage management district shall be disposed of
at sites or facilities approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Approved sites or facilities shall include the following: septage treatment facilities, wastewater
treatment plants, composting sites and approved farmlands.
B. Septage of pumpers/haulers operating within the municipal sewage management district shall
operate in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Solid Waste
Management Act (Act 97 of 1980, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 through 6018.1003).
§ 110-79. Administration.
The municipality shall establish all administrative procedures necessary to properly carry out the
provisions of this article. The municipality may establish a fee schedule, and subsequently collect fees,
to cover the costs to the municipality of administering this program.
§ 110-80. Appeals.
A. Appeals from decisions of the municipality or its authorized agents under this article shall be
made to the Board of Supervisors in writing within 30 days from the date of the decision in
question.
B. The appellant shall be entitled to a hearing before the Board of Supervisors at its next
regularly scheduled meeting, if the appeal is received at least 14 days prior to that meeting. If
the appeal is received within 14 days of the next regularly scheduled meeting, the appeal shall
be heard at the subsequent meeting. The municipality shall thereafter affirm, modify or
reverse the aforesaid decision. The hearing may be postponed for a good cause shown by the
appellant or the municipality. Additional evidence may be introduced at the hearing, provided
that it is submitted with the written notice of appeal.
C. A decision shall be rendered in writing 30 days of the date of the hearing. If a decision is not
rendered within 30 days, the release sought by the appellant shall be deemed granted.
§ 110-81. Enforcement; violations and penalties.
A. This article shall be enforced by an action brought before a District Justice in the same
manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. The Municipal Solicitor may assume charge of prosecution without the
consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa. R. Crim. P. No. 83(c) (Relating to Trial
in Summary Cases). Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon
conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 90 days.
B. This article also may be enforced by the Township of Antrim through an action in equity
brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
C. For the purpose of this article, each day of a continuing violation shall be considered a new
and additional violation of this article. In addition, a violation of each section of this article
shall constitute a separate offense.
§ 110-82. Repealer.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
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§ 110-83. Severability.
If any section or clause of this article shall be adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions, which shall be deemed severable therefrom.
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