Any person owning an improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer shall, at his own expense, cause such property to be connected with such sewer within 60 days from the date when notice shall be given by the Borough Council to make such connection. The notice requiring such connection shall be served personally upon the owner of such property if such owner shall reside in or can be found personally in the Borough. If the owner of any such property shall not reside in the Borough, the notice shall be served upon the tenant in possession of the property, and a copy of such notice shall be sent by certified mail, duly addressed to the owner at the last known address of such owner. Such notice shall contain a certified copy of Article II of this chapter and a certified copy of the order of Council requiring notice to be given, except that the copy of the order shall not contain the name of the owner of any other property than that designated in the notice, and such notice shall expressly direct such owner to connect the property designated therein within 60 days and shall state that, in default thereof, such connection shall be made by the Borough at the cost and expense of such owner.
Every individual improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer shall be connected separately and independently to such sewer by a service connection designated in each case by the Borough. Grouping of buildings, owned by two or more different owners or situate on separate lots of record, upon one service connection to a sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or for other good cause shown, with special permission granted by the Borough Council.
Every connection to a sewer shall be made at the place designated by the Borough Council (or its agent) which shall be, if possible, where the lateral or service connection in such sewer is provided. All joints shall be sealed, shall be made airtight and shall be made smooth and clean inside so as to permit the free flow of sewage without obstruction. Work shall be done by and at the expense of the property owner and according to specifications adopted or approved from time to time by the Borough Council and shall be under the supervision of the Borough Superintendent. No connection to a sewer shall be made without a permit first having been obtained by the owner of the property to which the connection is to be made. Every such permit shall be issued in the same manner as building permits. No work shall be covered until the same shall have been inspected and approved by the Borough Superintendent or by an authorized agent of the Borough Council. All sewer connections shall be made and shall be used and maintained subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth in Article VI of this chapter or set forth in any other ordinance of the Borough regulating connections or regulating the disposal of waste or prohibiting the same.
If the owner of any improved property shall fail to connect his property to the sewer within the time limit of any notice given him under this article,[1] the Borough shall have authority to make such connection or to cause the same to be made and to collect the cost thereof from the owner by a municipal claim or in an appropriate legal action.
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Note: See § 185-2 of this chapter.
All sewage from any improved property, after connection of such property to a sewer, shall be conducted into such sewer, subject to such rules, regulations, limitations and restrictions as may be established by the Borough from time to time.[1]
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Note: See Article VI of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning an improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after expiration of the time specified on the notice,[1] to connect such property to a sewer, to erect, construct, use or maintain upon such property, or to cause to be erected, constructed, used or maintained thereon, any privy, privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle for the disposal of sewage or to connect any such receptacle to the sewer. Every such receptacle shall be abandoned, cleansed and filled, at the expense of the owner of such improved property, under the direction and supervision of the person designated by the Borough Council for the purpose. Any such receptacle not so abandoned, cleansed and filled shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the Borough as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
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Note: See § 185-2 of this chapter.
The use of portable self-contained toilet facilities is permitted for a temporary and limited period, provided that prior permission is obtained from the Borough Council or from its agent, and provided further that the conditions for the use of such portable self-contained toilet facilities as set forth in the provision granted are strictly complied with. In making application to the Borough Council or to its agent, the applicant shall fully disclose the event or activity that the temporary facilities are designed to accommodate, the general placement of the facilities, the number of the facilities, the times when the facilities will be in use (the dates and the hours during the day) and who is responsible for servicing the facilities while they are in use and for removing them when the event or activity is over and such other information as the Borough Council or its agent may request at the time such application is made. The Council, by motion, shall designate its agent and, in the absence of such agent, a Deputy to act as agent of the Council for this purpose.