[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Clarion as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-1-1981 as Ch. 60, Part
2, of the 1981 Code]
The word "person," as used in this article,
shall mean any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
Every property in the Borough of Clarion adjoining
or abutting upon any street or alley in which a public storm sewer
is now or shall hereafter be located shall be connected with such
sewer for the discharge of surface water from said property, or adequate
provision be made that such water will flow directly into the storm
sewer system of the Borough of Clarion and not into the sanitary system
of the Borough of Clarion.
If the owner of any such property, after 45
days' notice from the Borough, fails to make connection of such property
with the Borough storm sewer system or make other adequate provision
for the flowage of such surface water, the Borough may make the connection
or may make such other adequate provision, and may collect the cost
thereof from such owner by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit
as is provided by law. All work pertaining to the connection with
the Borough sewer system or with such other adequate provisions for
the flowage of surface water shall be, financially and otherwise,
the responsibility of the owner of the property with which connection
is made, subject to the right of supervision hereby reserved by the
Borough.
[Amended 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798]
Any person who shall violate or fail to conform
to any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
[Adopted 9-1-1981 as Ch. 60, Part
1, of the 1981 Code]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Clarion
whose property is benefited, improved or accommodated by any public
sanitary sewer shall connect, upon due notification, at his own cost,
the building, buildings or other structures located on said property
with the aforementioned sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing
of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes as is customarily disposed
of in such a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any owner,
lessee or occupier of any property in the Borough benefited, improved
or accommodated by any public sanitary sewer to employ any means,
either by septic tank, cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise,
for the disposal of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, other than
into and through said sanitary sewer.
Where any such structure in the Borough is now
or hereafter using any method for the disposal of sanitary sewage
or industrial wastes other than through said sanitary sewer, it shall
be the duty of the Borough Secretary or Pennsylvania American Water
or its successor, as agent for the Borough, to notify the owner, lessee
or occupier of such structure in writing, either by personal service,
certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make
proper connections for the discharge and disposal of acceptable sewage
and industrial wastes through said sanitary sewer as herein provided
within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine
hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at any time,
now or hereafter, be connected with any public sanitary sewer.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation connected to any public sanitary sewer to connect any
roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto
or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said sanitary sewer any
stormwater, foundation drain water, spring water, surface water, or
any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than that for
which a permit is issued.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause
to be made any connection with any public sanitary sewer until he
has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
(1)
He shall make application to Pennsylvania American
Water or its successor upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied
by Pennsylvania American Water or its successor for permission to
connect to said sanitary sewer. Among other things, the applicant
must state the character and use of each structure located upon the
property.
(2)
He shall pay the tapping fee in the amount imposed
by Pennsylvania American Water or its successor at the time of making
application for permission to make a connection.
(3)
No work shall commence before the payment of the tapping
fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
(4)
He shall give the designated inspector of Pennsylvania
American Water or its successor at least 24 hours' notice of the time
when such connection shall be made in order that said inspector can
be present to inspect and approve the work of connection. The inspector
shall signify his approval of the connection by endorsing his name
and date of approval on the aforementioned connection permit in the
possession of the permittee.
(5)
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner
or owners of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete
access to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in
each building and in and about all parts of the property. No building
sewer line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until
after it is inspected and approved by said inspector.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall disconnect any
sewer tap from any public sanitary sewer until he has fulfilled all
of the following conditions:
(1)
He shall make application to Pennsylvania American
Water or its successor upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied
by Pennsylvania American Water or its successor for permission to
disconnect from the said sanitary sewer. Among other things, the applicant
must state the location of the said connection and the date when he
desires to disconnect.
(2)
He shall pay the fee imposed by Pennsylvania American
Water or its successor to Pennsylvania American Water or its designated
agent at the time of making application for permission to disconnect.
(3)
No work shall commence before the payment of the fee
and issuance of the aforementioned permit.
(4)
He shall give the designated inspector of Pennsylvania
American Water or its successor at least 24 hours' notice of the time
when the disconnection shall be made in order that the said inspector
can be present to inspect and approve the work.
(5)
After making disconnection, the sanitary sewer shall
be properly capped in accordance with requirements of the inspector
so that there will be no possibility of any water or other foreign
material entering the said sanitary sewer at the point of disconnection
at any future date. The capped sanitary sewer shall not be covered
up until the inspector approves the said work. The inspector shall
signify his approval of the said work by endorsing his name and the
date of approval upon the permit in possession of the permittee.
The construction of all building sewer lines
or house service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications,
plans and procedures established by Pennsylvania American Water or
its successor, as the same may from time to time be published and
amended, copies of which, upon adoption by Pennsylvania American Water
or its successor, shall be maintained on file with the Borough Secretary.
Unless written permission is obtained from Pennsylvania
American Water or its successor, separate connections and tapping
fees will be required for each individual occupied building, whether
constructed as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, but a single
connection will be permitted to serve a school, factory, apartment
house or other permanent multiple-unit structure whose individual
apartments or units may not be subject to separate ownership. Pennsylvania
American Water or its successor, however, does not assume any obligation
or responsibility for damages caused by or resulting from any permitted
single connection for multiple units as aforementioned.
All sanitary sewage discharged in any public
sanitary sewer shall meet requirements of the rules and regulations
to be established by Pennsylvania American Water or its successor.
The discharge of industrial wastes into any public sanitary sewer
without the prior written consent of Pennsylvania American Water or
its successor is hereby prohibited. Any industrial establishment desiring
to discharge industrial wastes into any public sanitary sewer shall
make application to Pennsylvania American Water or its successor with
such information as is required for the purpose of determining whether
the proposed discharge of industrial wastes will conform with the
requirements of the rules and regulations of Pennsylvania American
Water or its successor. The granting of such permit may be made contingent
upon the applicant providing and maintaining, at the expense of the
applicant, apparatus for regulating the rate of discharge and/or pretreating
such wastes prior to discharge and for the proper sampling thereof,
from time to time, as Pennsylvania American Water or its successor
may deem necessary.
If the owner or owners of any occupied building or buildings in the Borough shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 175-7 hereof, the Borough or Pennsylvania American Water or its successor, as the Borough's agent, may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor, and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof, and all charges and expenses incident thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Borough as debts are by law collectible, or the said Borough may, by its proper officer or agent, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
[Amended 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798]
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed,
any person, firm or corporation who or which makes a connection or
a disconnection without obtaining a permit therefor and any person,
firm or corporation who or which fails to make a proper connection
or fails to make a proper disconnection shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
and costs of prosecution or, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to undergo imprisonment for not less than five days nor more
than 30 days.
