(A) This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as “An Ordinance Providing for a Sewage Management Program for Antis Township”.
(B) In accordance with municipal codes, the Clean Streams Law (Act of June 27, 1937, Pub. L. No. 1987, No. 394, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1 to 691.1001) and the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (Act of January 24, 1966, Pub. L. No. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq., known as “Act 537”), it is the power and the duty of the township to provide for adequate sewage treatment facilities and for the protection of the public health by presenting the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage. The Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the township indicates that it is necessary to formulate and implement a sewage management program to effectively prevent and abate water pollution and hazards to the public health caused by improper treatment and disposal of sewage.
(C) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the regulation, inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of on-lot sewage disposal systems; to further permit intervention in situations which may constitute a public nuisance or hazard to the public health; and to establish penalties and appeal procedures necessary for the proper administration of a sewage management program.
(1987 Code, § 105-17) (Ord. 3-93, passed 6-8-1993)