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Lamar Township, PA Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES of the TOWNSHIP OF LAMAR
OFFICIALS of the TOWNSHIP OF LAMAR
FEE SCHEDULE
CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 3 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 4 BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 5 CODE ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 6 CONDUCT
CHAPTER 7 FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 8 FLOODPLAINS
CHAPTER 9 GRADING AND EXCAVATING
CHAPTER 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 HOUSING
CHAPTER 12 LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 14 MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 15 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 16 PARKS AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 17 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 18 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 19 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
CHAPTER 20 SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 21 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 22 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 23 SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 24 TAXATION, SPECIAL
CHAPTER 25 TREES
CHAPTER 26 WATER
CHAPTER 27 ZONING
APPENDIX
KEY TO THE DISPOSITION OF ALL ORDINANCES
KEY TO SIGNIFICANT RESOLUTIONS
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§ 18-209. Penalties.
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)
§ 18-210. Abatement of Nuisances.
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
§ 18-301. Purposes.
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)
§ 18-302. Definitions.
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)
§ 18-303. Right and Privileges Granted.
The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake within the Township the control and methods of privy use, sewage disposal and sewage collection and transportation thereof.
(Ord. 55-5-98, 7/28/1998, § 3)
§ 18-304. Rules and Regulations.
The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations concerning sewage which it may deem necessary from time to time to effect the purposes herein.
(Ord. 55-5-98, 7/28/1998, § 4)
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