CHAPTER 18
SEWERS

PART 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS

   § 18-101.   Definitions

   § 18-102.   Use of Public Sewers Required

   § 18-103.   Privy Vaults, Cesspools, Sink Holes, Septic Tanks

   § 18-104.   Duty to Notify Township

   § 18-105.   Measuring Devices, Meter Readings and Access

   § 18-106.   Refusal of Service

   § 18-107.   No Liability for Failure of Service

   § 18-108.   Access

   § 18-109.   Adoption of Addition Rules and Regulations

   § 18-110.   Fines and Costs

   § 18-111.   Penalties

PART 2
BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS

   § 18-201.   Independent Connections Through a Building Sewer

   § 18-202.   Excavations - Protection

   § 18-203.   House Sewer Lines

   § 18-204.   Level of Building Sewer and Drain

   § 18-205.   Inspection and approval of Building Sewer Required

   § 18-206.   Testing of Building Sewers

   § 18-207.   Failure to Cure Defects in Building Sewer

   § 18-208.   Owner’s Duty of Maintenance

   § 18-209.   Permit Requirements

   § 18-210.   Application for Permit

   § 18-211.   Notice to Make Connection

   § 18-212.   Prerequisites to Connection

   § 18-213.   Connection to Lateral

   § 18-214.   Costs and Expenses Borne by Owner

   § 18-215.   Indemnification of Township

   § 18-216.   Failure to Install a Necessary Building Sewer

   § 18-217.   Failure to Connect to Sewer System

   § 18-218.   Adoption of Additional Rules and Regulations

   § 18-219.   Allocation of Reserved Treatment Capacity and Recovery of Capital Costs

   § 18-220.   Private Extension of Sewer Lines

   § 18-221.   Penalties

PART 3
SEWER RATES, RENTS AND CHARGES

   § 18-301.   Imposed Upon Owner

   § 18-302.   Connection Fees

   § 18-303.   Billing Rates; Metered Customers

   § 18-304.   [Reserved]

   § 18-305.   Modification of Charges at Township Discretion

   § 18-306.   Special Arrangements

   § 18-307.   Billings and Payment

   § 18-308.   Penalties for Delinquent Payment

   § 18-309.   Enforcement of Payment

   § 18-310.   Annual Sewer Study

   § 18-311.   Meters

   § 18-312.   Testing of Meters

   § 18-313.   Penalties

PART 4
SEWER DISTRICTS

   § 18-400.   Sewer District Map

   § 18-401.   Catasauqua Sewer District

   § 18-402.   Allentown Sewer District

   § 18-403.   Bethlehem Sewer District

   § 18-404.   Exception

PART 5
HOLDING OR RETENTION TANKS

   § 18-501.   Short Title

   § 18-502.   Purposes

   § 18-503.   Definitions

   § 18-504.   The Unlawful Use of Holding or Retention Tanks

   § 18-505.   General Requirements for all Holding or Retention Tanks

   § 18-506.   Disposal of Contents

   § 18-507.   Permits

   § 18-508.   Term of Permits

   § 18-509.   Security for Compliance by Owner

   § 18-510.   Violations

PART 6
ALLENTOWN TRIBUTARIES

A.   Sewage and Industrial Waste

   § 18-601.   General Provisions

   § 18-602.   General Sewer Use Requirements

   § 18-603.   Pretreatment of Wastewater

   § 18-604.   Wastewater Discharge Permit Application

   § 18-605.   Issuance of Wastewater Discharge Permit

   § 18-606.   Reporting Requirements

   § 18-607.   Compliance Monitoring

   § 18-608.   Confidential Information

   § 18-609.   Publication of Users in Significant Noncompliance

   § 18-610.   Administrative Enforcement Remedies

   § 18-611.   Judicial Enforcement Remedies

   § 18-612.   Supplemental Enforcement Action

   § 18-613.   Affirmative Defenses to Discharge Violations

   § 18-614.   Hearing Board

   § 18-615.   Miscellaneous Provisions

B.   Industrial Cost Recovery Systems

   § 18-621.   Purpose and Scope

   § 18-622.   Effective Date

   § 18-623.   Definitions

   § 18-624.   Application

   § 18-625.   Industrial User Classification and Monitoring

   § 18-626.   Computation of Industrial Cost Recovery Payments

   § 18-627.   Industrial Cost Recovery Charge Formula

   § 18-628.   Administration

   § 18-629.   Industrial Cost Recovering Billing

   § 18-630.   Appeals

   § 18-631.   Reserved Capacity Agreements

   § 18-632.   Disposition of Industrial Cost Recovery

   § 18-633.   Partial Invalidity

PART 7
BETHLEHEM TRIBUTARIES

A.   Sanitary Sewer Regulations

   § 18-701.   Definitions

   § 18-702.   Use of Sanitary Sewers and Admission of Industrial Waste

   § 18-703.   Permits

   § 18-704.   Drainage of Swimming Pools

   § 18-705.   Hearing Board

   § 18-706.   Penalty

B.   Disposal and Discharge of Industrial Waste Regulations

   § 18-711.   Definitions

   § 18-712.   General Discharge Regulations

   § 18-713.   Fees

   § 18-714.   Permits

   § 18-715.   Enforcement

   § 18-716.   Penalties

PART 8
CATASAUQUA TRIBUTARIES

   § 18-850.   [Reserved]

   § 18-851.   Definitions and Abbreviations

   § 18-852.   [Reserved]

   § 18-853.   Prohibitions and Limitations on Wastewater Discharges

   § 18-854.   Control of Prohibited Wastes

   § 18-855.   Compliance Monitoring and Reporting

   § 18-856.   Wastewater Applications and Permits

   § 18-857.   Enforcement

   § 18-858.   Affirmative Defenses to Discharge Violations

   § 18-859.   Miscellaneous Provisions

   § 18-860.   Civil Penalties for Violation of Pretreatment Permits

   § 18-861.   Definitions

   § 18-862.   Civil Penalty

   § 18-863.   Separate Violations

   § 18-864.   Willfulness Not Required

   § 18-865.   Notice

   § 18-866.   Policy on Assessment

   § 18-867.   Chart for Assessment

   § 18-868.   Use of Civil Penalties

   § 18-869.   Other Remedies

   § 18-870.   Appeal

   § 18-871.   Address

   § 18-872.   Costs of Damage to the Public Owned Treatment Works

   § 18-873.   Costs of Damage to the Township System

PART 9
FATS, OILS AND GREASE

   § 18-901.   Short Title

   § 18-902.   Scope and Purpose

   § 18-903.   Definitions

   § 18-904.   Food Service Establishment Permit Requirements

   § 18-905.   Food Service Establishment Requirements

   § 18-906.   Non-Cooking Establishment Requirements

   § 18-907.   Wastewater Discharge Limitations

   § 18-908.   Grease Interceptor Requirements

   § 18-909.   Grease Trap Requirements

   § 18-910.   Appeals

   § 18-911.   Grease Trap/Interceptor Maintenance, Grease Removal

   § 18-912.   Record Keeping

   § 18-913.   Inspections

   § 18-914.   Sampling

   § 18-915.   Oil and Grease Disposal

   § 18-916.   Clean Up Costs

   § 18-917.   Penalties

PART 10
STORM WATER SYSTEM

   § 18-1001.   Definitions

   § 18-1002.   Prohibited Discharge

   § 18-1003.   Exceptions

   § 18-1004.   Penalties