Mandatory Sewer Tap-In • Failure to Comply
Jeff. Twp. Sewer Auth. v. Hyland, PICS Case No. 16-1197 (C.P. Lackawanna Sept. 7, 2016) Nealon, J. (7 pages).
Despite initial notice in 2002 that the Sewer Authority was requiring mandatory sewer connections to the township sewer system and repeated notices of increased rates for late connections, one pair of property owners held out and refused to comply. The township filed a complaint seeking authorization to enter the property and make the connection, and to collect the costs of doing so. Property owners filed preliminary objections and moved to strike for lack of sufficient specificity in the pleading. The court overruled the objections and directed the owners to file a response to the complaint.
