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The owner of an improved property that utilizes a holding tank shall:
A. Maintain the holding tank in conformance with this Part or any ordinance of this Township, the provisions of any applicable law, and the rules and regulations of the Authority and any administrative agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. Permit only the Authority or its agent to inspect holding tanks on an annual basis.
C. Permit only the Authority or its agent to collect, transport and dispose of the contents therein.
(Ord. 37-7-90, 7/2/1990, § 8)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of § 18-208, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 37-7-90, 7/2/1990, § 9; as amended by Ord. 12/10/2001)
In addition to any other remedies provided in this Part, any violation of § 18-208 above shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by the municipality or the Authority by either seeking mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 37-7-90, 7/2/1990, § 10)
PART 3
PRIVIES FOR INSTITUTIONAL USES
PRIVIES FOR INSTITUTIONAL USES
The purpose of this Part is to establish procedures for the use and maintenance of existing and new privies designed to receive and retain sewage from institutional uses and it is hereby declared that the enactment of this Part is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this municipality.
(Ord. 55-5-98, 7/28/1998, § 1)
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY- the Supervisors of Lamar Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
IMPROVED PROPERTY - any property within the Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage shall or may be discharged.
MUNICIPALITY - Lamar Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
OWNER - any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the Township.
PERSON - any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation or other group or entity.
PRIVY - a watertight receptacle, whether permanent or temporary, which receives and retains sewage where water under pressure or piped waste water is not available and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site.
SEWAGE - any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
(Ord. 55-5-98, 7/28/1998, § 2)
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