The following public utilities, when required, shall meet the indicated standards below.
(A) Water.
(1) Where public water lines are required in a new subdivision, they shall be in conformity with the area-wide water plan for the county and any applicable water plans developed for the municipal authority or utility company providing the service in which the proposed subdivision is located. Whenever the municipality, authority or utility company providing the service has no standards, or has standards below those of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Standards of the Department of Environmental Protection shall apply.
(2) Public water lines should be located between the curbline and the property line within any street right-of-way.
(B) Sanitary sewer.
(1) Where public sewer lines are required in a new subdivision, they shall be in conformity with the area-wide sewer plan for the county and any applicable sewer plans developed for the municipality in which the proposed subdivision is located. The design specifications of all sewer lines installed in a new subdivision must meet the minimum standards set forth by the municipal authority or utility company providing the service in which the proposed subdivision is located. Whenever the municipality, authority or utility company providing the service has no standards, or has standards below those of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Standards of the Department of Environmental Protection shall apply.
(2) Public sewer lines shall be located as near to the centerline of any utility easement as is reasonably possible to accommodate practical installation, future maintenance and future replacement. All such sewer lines shall provide sewage connectors to the property lines of each and every lot and said sewage collection lines shall be properly capped. Manholes shall be provided at all changes in grades and direction and in no instance shall the distance between manholes exceed 400 feet. All sewer pipelines must be at least eight inches in diameter and sewer laterals must be at least four inches in diameter. Storm sewers or foundation underdrainage systems shall not be connected with the sanitary sewer system.
(C) On-lot sewage disposal. Where it is found necessary and feasible to rely upon on-lot systems for sewage disposal, the on-lot sewage disposal systems shall meet the minimum requirements and standards of the State Sewage Facilities Act 537, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq., as amended. Within the township, the provisions of Act 537 are administered by the township’s Sewage Enforcement Officer.
(D) Storm sewers. Where storm sewers are required in a new subdivision, they shall be in conformity with any applicable stormwater management, storm sewer plans developed for the township and/or the minimum standards set forth by the Township Engineer.
(Ord. 2-2011, passed 10-6-2011)