[Adopted 7-19-1967 by Ord. No. 258 Ch. 18, Part 1 of the 1996 Code]
As and when the connections with the Ephrata Sewage Treatment Plant are sufficiently completed to transfer sewage there and the sewage collection system or parts thereof are completed so that sewer service becomes available to property owners, each and every owner of improved property within the Borough on which sanitary sewage is generated and which is benefited, improved or accommodated by the sewer system shall, upon written notice from the Borough that sewer service is available and that connection is required, connect his property with the sewer system in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough without delay.
As from time to time sewer service becomes available to additional properties within the Borough limits by reason of the improvement of properties benefited, improved or accommodated by the sewer system, or by reason of the construction of extensions to the sewer system, each and every owner of such additional properties shall likewise upon receipt of written notice of the Borough ordering connection, be required to connect his property with the sewer system without delay.
If any owner of improved property within the Borough who is required to connect his property with the sewer system by §§ 152-1 or 152-2 of this article shall fail to connect therewith promptly after written notice from the Borough ordering connection, the Borough shall give such owner 45 days written notice of this article, and upon the failure of such owner to make the required connection within said forty-five-day period, the Borough may make such connection and collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 475]
Whenever the Borough shall have given notice to the owners of properties within the Borough limits to connect with the sewer system pursuant to §§ 152-1 or 152-2 it shall be unlawful for the property owner to operate or use within the Borough a privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage upon his property, or to connect any such privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle with the sewer system, or to discharge sewage into any storm sewer or other sewer or outlet other than the sewer system. No owner of any property which abuts on or adjoins any street, alley or other public highway in which a sewer of the sewer system shall at the time be located and ready for service, or which shall at the time be otherwise accessible to such sewer, shall construct or install any privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacles on his property.
[Amended 6-5-1989 by Ord. No. 436]
No property owner shall discharge, or permit to be discharged into the sewer system any exhaust steam or any oils, tars, grease, gas, benzene or other combustible gases or liquids, or any garbage (unless pretreated in an approved manner), offal, insoluble solids or other dangerous or harmful substances which would adversely affect the functioning of the sewage system or the process of sewage treatment. No person or property owner shall connect, cause to be connected or allow to remain connected any downspout, gutter, roof drain, sump pump or other similar device to the sanitary sewer system, and no person or property owner shall discharge or permit the discharge of any roof drainage, surface water, stormwater, ground water or waste from underground drainage fields into the sewer system.
[Amended 9-14-1970 by Ord. No. 291; 6-5-1989 by Ord. No. 436; 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 475; 7-29-2013 by Ord. No. 612]
If any owner of property within the Borough shall fail or refuse to connect to the sewer system within 45 days' written notice requiring such connection, such failure or refusal shall be a violation of this article, and such property owner shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a fine or penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution; and in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Upon summary conviction or in a civil action, the defendant may be assessed reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings in accordance with Section 3321(6) of the Borough Code.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. § 48321(6).
[Amended 9-14-1970 by Ord. No. 291; 6-5-1989 by Ord. No. 436; 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 475; 7-29-2013 by Ord. No. 612]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not less than $100 and not exceeding $1,000 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense. Upon summary conviction or in a civil action, the defendant may be assessed reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings in accordance with Section 3321(6) of the Borough Code.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. § 48321(6).
Notice of this article, as required in § 152-3, may be given to property owners either by personal service or by certified mail sent to the last known address of such owner.