(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 from the sewage enforcement officer, which permit shall indicate that the site and the plans and specifications of such system are in compliance with the provisions of the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1 et seq.) and the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq.) and the regulations adopted pursuant to those Acts.
(B) No system or structure designed to provide individual or community sewage disposal shall be covered from view until approval to cover the same has been given by the sewage enforcement officer. If 72 hours have elapsed, excepting Sundays and holidays, since the sewage enforcement officer issuing the permit received notification of completion of construction, the applicant may cover said system or structure unless permission has been specifically refused by the sewage enforcement officer.
(C) Applicants for sewage permits may be required to notify the 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 the Sewage Facilities Act (35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq.) may be scheduled and performed by a sewage enforcement officer.
(D) No building or occupancy permit shall be issued for a new building which will contain sewage generating facilities until a valid sewage permit has been obtained from a 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 either the structure’s owner receives a permit for alteration or replacement of the existing sewage disposal system or until the structure’s owner and the appropriate officials of the township receive written notification from a sewage enforcement officer that such a permit will not be required. The 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 sewage enforcement officer employed by the township. The Department of Environmental Resources shall be notified as to the identity of each sewage enforcement officer employed by the township.
(1987 Code, § 105-20) (Ord. 3-93, passed 6-8-1993)