Privies shall be used in lieu of other methods of sewage disposal only when the following conditions are met:
(A) The applicable official plan or the revision thereto indicates the use of privies for that lot and documents that soil and site suitability testing of that lot under 25 Pa. Code §§ 73.11 – 73.16 has been conducted, and the site meets the requirements for ultimate sewage disposal by one of the systems described under 25 Pa. Code §§ 73.51 – 73.55 and 73.167 (relating to construction of absorption areas, and spray fields) to ensure that adequate sewage facilities will be available to that lot in the future.
(B) The township shall be responsible for ensuring that the property owner removes a privy and installs an approved on lot sewage disposal system when water under pressure or piped water is available to the lot, or when the property owner installs water under pressure or piped water or plumbing to move wastewater from the structure to the privy vault or to an unpermitted disposal system on that lot.
(Ord. 2019-5, passed 11-26-2019)