[Adopted 5-7-1956 by Ord. No. 935]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, throw or deposit
in any catch basin, sewer or drain any kitchen offal, garbage, dead
animals, ashes, shavings, straw, tanbark or solid refuse or to place
any solid obstruction so as to be carried into the sewer. No roof,
surface or stormwater shall drain into the sanitary sewer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 23.1, Cesspools as
nuisances, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed 8-1-1994
by Ord. No. 1433.
No person shall injure, break or remove any portion of any catch
basin, manhole cover or any part of the sewer or appurtenances or
obstruct in any manner the inlet of any sewer.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 23.4, Information
against violators of article, and 23.5, regarding certificates of
Borough indebtedness, which immediately followed this section, were
repealed 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
Whatsoever the cost, damages and expense of proposed sewer improvements
to be assessed upon the abutting property owners, contracts for such
work shall provide that the contract price therefor shall be paid
out of and from the assessments that may from time to time be levied
and collected from the properties benefited by such improvement, as
the same shall be determined in the manner provided by law and the
ordinances of the Borough relating thereto. Such contracts shall bear
lawful interest at the end of 60 days from the completion and acceptance
of the work. All assessments shall be collected by the Borough within
two years from the date of the completion and acceptance of the work.
All assessments for public sewer improvements shall bear interest
at the end of 30 days from the date of the assessment as ascertained
in the manner provided by law and this article and other ordinances
of the Borough. All sewer assessments shall be due and payable at
the end of 30 days from the date of such assessments.
No provision of this article shall preclude the Borough from
filing a municipal claim in order to preserve its lien as provided
by law.
Every owner of improved property within the Borough fronting
on streets on which municipal sewers are laid is hereby required to
connect with the municipal sewerage system within 90 days after service
of notice upon such owner.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
The Borough shall notify all owners of improved property not
connected with the municipal sewerage system to make connection therewith
in the manner provided by this article within 90 days after the service
of notice to connect upon them.
Any person who shall be the owner or lessee of premises desiring
to connect with any sewer of the Borough shall first make application
to the Borough Manager. Such application shall be in writing upon
a book prepared for that purpose.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
Upon the receipt of any application required by § 170-8 and the appropriate fee, as shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, it shall be the duty of the Borough Manager to issue a permit for the tapping of the sewer. Such permit shall be granted only upon the condition that the owner or lessee for whose benefit such connection is made and each succeeding tenant shall, in consideration of the privilege granted and enjoyed, save the Borough harmless from all or any loss or damage that may in any way result from or be occasioned by such sewer connection; and further, that they will not permit improper materials to be thrown into the sewer inlets or openings, such as grease, rags, sweepings, shavings or kitchen refuse or solid waste of any kind, and will at all times keep these openings or inlets properly protected with gratings or catch basins of the description and form approved by the Borough Engineer and shall use such pipe and make such connections as shall conform to the general regulations therefor made by the Borough Engineer. It shall moreover be a condition to the privilege granted that the part for whose use the attachment with the sewer is made shall not discharge therein any roof or stormwater nor connect with the sewer any spouts or pipes conveying roof or surface water.
It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to use a private
sewer or house drain connection with any of the public sewers without
providing an intervening catch basin to catch the silt and heavy substances
carried from the gutters or sink pools and without also providing
at all inlets suitable gratings to prevent the admission of rubbish
or solid matters that might find their way to them; and further, to
fix appliances to trap the sewer gases and to prevent their escape
into the building and areas.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
The work of making all connections for sewers for which permits
have been issued from the property line to the sewer main shall be
done under the supervision of the person designated by the Borough,
subject to such rules, regulations and restrictions as may be established
by the Borough Engineer. The Borough Engineer shall establish such
rules and regulations in reference to the construction of house connections,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, as in his or
her judgment may be necessary.
No person shall make connections with sewers in violation of
any provision of this article or shall use the same for purposes not
specified herein.
[Added 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,
plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough
in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by
summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the
payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant
may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility
for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists
shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article
that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition
to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce
this article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
