1. All persons owning any occupied building now erected within the township’s service area which premises meets the definition under § 18-301 shall, at his or her own expense, make connection with the public sanitary sewage system in accordance with the applicable connection ordinance in effect in the township’s service area, if they are not presently so connected and if any portion of the occupied building is within 150 lineal feet of the public sanitary sewage system; and, further provided, that the connection shall be made only if sufficient capacity to adequately convey and treat the wastewater from the proposed connection exists. Any presently unoccupied building shall be connected before occupancy will be permitted.
2. All connections to the public sanitary sewage system shall be made in accordance with Part 4 of this Chapter.
3. No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall presently or at any time hereafter be connected with the public sanitary sewage system.
4. All persons owning a building meeting the requirements under division 1. above, except that the principal building is in excess of 150 lineal feet from the public sanitary sewage system, may petition the township to extend the public sanitary sewage system to within 150 lineal feet of the principal dwelling. The township shall review each such request on its individual merits and the decision of the township shall be final. In the event the township determines that it will extend the public sanitary sewage system, only the cost associated with extending the public sanitary sewage system to within 150 lineal feet of the principal dwelling shall be borne by the township, with the owner remaining financially responsible for all costs associated with connecting the principal dwelling to the public sanitary sewage system. In the event the township determines that it will not extend the public sanitary sewage system to within 150 lineal feet of the principal dwelling, the owner may request permission from the township to extend said line the entire distance from the public sanitary sewage system to the principal building at the expense of the owner. All extensions made pursuant to this provision by either the township or the owner shall be treated as a formal extension of the sewer line, designed by an engineer licensed in the state and in accordance with specifications to be provided by the township and the line permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection. Upon completion of the extension, said extension, with the exception of only that portion of the extension that is outside of a township right-of-way and located on private property, shall become the property of the township. The township may, at any time and of its own accord, extend the public sanitary sewage system to within 150 lineal feet of the principal building and, therefore, require connection to the system pursuant to the township’s connection ordinance (Part 4 of this Chapter).
5. Any person that is not required to connect with the public sanitary sewage system pursuant to this provision, but that nonetheless desires to connect, may do so at his or her own expense.
6. Unless an exception to immunity is present pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 8541 et seq., neither the township nor its employees shall be liable for any injury or damage caused to person or property that is in any way associated with a person’s utilization of the public sanitary sewage system.
(Ord. 2013-05-02, passed 5-13-2013) (A.O.)