[Ord. 5/8/1945, § 1]
The discharge into the sanitary sewerage system of the Borough
of Phoenixville through any drain, public or private, of any substance
or substances which may injure said sewerage system or any part thereof
or which impairs or may impair the treatment of plant is hereby prohibited.
[Ord. 5/8/1945, § 2]
The Borough Manager of the Borough of Phoenixville is hereby
given the authority and is directed, in his discretion, to examine
the content and character of all waste, commercial, industrial and
other waste, prior to the discharge thereof into the Borough sewerage
system.
[Ord. 5/8/1945, § 3]
1.
Before any permit will be issued by the Borough of Phoenixville for
a connection to and use of its sanitary sewer by any manufacturing
plant, bleachery, laundry, slaughterhouse or other industrial or commercial
property, excepting the ordinary store property, the owner or owners
of said property or properties shall enter into a written agreement
with the Borough of Phoenixville wherein the connection charge shall
be fixed and the character, quantity and rate of discharge of industrial
wastes into said sanitary sewerage system from said property shall
be particularly set forth. All manufacturing plants, bleacheries,
laundries, slaughterhouses and all other industrial or commercial
properties excepting the ordinary store properties which have heretofore
received connection permits for the discharge of sanitary sewage into
the Borough sewerage system, but which now or hereafter also discharge
industrial wastes, shall be subject to the requirements of this Part
and shall be required to secure permits and execute agreements in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
2.
All connection permits for industrial or commercial waste shall be
provisional in nature and conditioned upon the character and quantity
of waste proposed to be discharged, and the said Borough reserves
unto itself the right to refuse to permit industrial, commercial or
other waste to be discharged into said sanitary sewer system, if,
in the opinion of Borough Council, such industrial, commercial or
other waste would be injurious to or destructive of the physical property
of the said sewerage and disposal system, including also unusual burdens
on the process of disposal.
3.
If, after permission to connect and discharge into the sewerage system,
in the opinion of the Borough Council the waste should prove to be
injurious to or destructive of the physical property of said system
or the processes of disposal, the Borough reserves the right for immediate
refusal to permit further discharge of said industrial waste into
the sewerage system and to require the industry to make whatever preliminary
or further treatment is necessary before again allowing such industrial
waste to be discharged into the system.
4.
The Borough shall have the right to inspect treatment plants and
require reports on operation of such plants and analyses of effluent
from time to time as may be deemed necessary.
[Ord. 5/8/1945, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1238, 8/10/1976,
§ 1; and by Ord. 1607, 11/14/1989, § 3]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who or which shall
violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution
or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days. Each day that a violation shall be permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided
in this Section may be in addition to disconnection of sewer service.
