(a) No privy, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for human excrement shall be constructed, maintained or used:
(1) So that flies have or may have access to the material contained therein;
(2) Which directly or indirectly drains or discharges over or upon the surface of the ground or into any waters of the township or the commonwealth; or
(3) On premises where a sewer is accessible or which is part of a sewerage system.
(b) All privies, urinals, cesspools and other receptacles for human excrement shall be cleaned at sufficiently frequent intervals to prevent the contents from overflowing.
(c) The transportation of human excrement shall be effected in water-tight containers with tightly fitting covers. Containers shall be thoroughly cleaned after such use.
(d) No human excrement or material containing human excrement shall be placed on the surface of the ground, buried or otherwise disposed of where it is likely to gain access to any waters of the township.
(e) Sufficient and suitable free privy or toilet accommodations, well lighted and ventilated and separated for each sex, shall be provided at all public buildings, public markets, public playgrounds, public bathing beaches and bathing pools, camp meeting grounds and county fairs.
(f) The Township Board of Health Inspector and the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer shall be authorized and empowered to enforce this section and to take any and all actions necessary to abate the nuisance and to provide for the pumping and removal of waste from any private sewage disposal system in violation of this section.
(g) Whenever it is determined by the Board of Health, its inspectors, agents and/or by the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer that any person, property owner, landlord, occupant or user is in violation of this section, said agent shall immediately issue a written notice to the person, property owner, landlord, occupant or user requiring that he or she abate the nuisance within 48 hours by providing for the immediate removal and pumping of the private sewage disposal system. Upon the failure of the person, property owner, landlord, occupant or user to abate the nuisance, correct the violation and/or pump and remove the sewage from the private sewage disposal system that is in violation, the aforementioned agents shall abate the nuisance by directing the appropriate sewer authority to pump and remove the waste from the private sewage disposal system. Any and all costs incurred in the pumping, removing and disposal of the waste from the private sewage disposal system and any and all costs incurred in the abatement of the nuisance shall be collected by the township from the person, property owner, landlord, occupant or user in violation, by issuance of a citation, by filing a lien or in any other manner permitted by law, including assumpsit and equity.
(h) The township is hereby authorized to contract with the appropriate sewer authority to remove, pump and dispose of waste from the private sewage disposal system in violation, and further empowers and authorizes agents of the sewer authority to enter upon the premises for the purposes of removing and abating the nuisance.
(Ord. 330, passed 11-15-1967; Ord. 675, passed 3-20-1991)