53 P.S. § 57401 Power to Establish and Construct Sewers and Drains; Require Connections; Sewer Rentals

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-21
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 53 P.S. § 57401

Townships may establish and construct a system of sanitary sewers and drainage, locating the same, as far as practicable, in the center of the street or on either side of the cartway or of the curb lines thereof in any street and may be for the service and use of properties on both sides of the street or on only one side of the street in which they are laid, as seems advisable to the commissioners. The township commissioners may permit, and, where necessary for the public health by ordinance, require any owner of property benefited, improved or accommodated by sanitary sewers, to make connections with such sewer or drainage in such manner as the commissioners may order for the purpose of discharge of such drainage or waste matter as the commissioners may specify. The township commissioners may by penalties enforce any regulation they may ordain with reference to any sanitary sewer or drainage connections. All connections required shall be uniform. All persons so connected may be required to pay, in addition to the cost of making such connections, a monthly or annual rate prescribed by ordinance. Such monthly or annual rate shall constitute a lien, until paid, against the property so connecting with such system, and the amount thereof may be recovered by due process of law. All water utilities supplying water to users within the boundaries of any township shall, at the request of the township c...