[Adopted 7-12-1951]
[Amended 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 800]
The following words and terms, as used in this
Part 1, shall be construed or defined as follows, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
And refers to the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Morrisville,
as presently or hereafter constituted, to which has been referred,
by said Borough, the specific project of sewers.
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Morrisville,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
And refers to the pipe line or pipe lines from the curb of
any public highway, street, lane or alley or the collecting sewer
pipe (where such line is closer to an occupied building than the curb
line) and the exterior wall of any occupied building.
And refers to any liquid, gaseous or solid substance resulting
from any manufacture or industrial processes.
And refers to any structure erected and intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals
and from which structure sewage is or may be discharged.
Includes natural person, partnerships, organizations and
corporations.
And refers to real estate which adjoins, abuts on or is adjacent
to the sewer system.
And refers to household waste, liquids, human or animal excretion,
and all substances commonly known as sewage, but shall not include
roof or surface waters, exhaust steam, oils, tar, grease, gasoline,
benzine or other combustible gases and liquids and offal, or insoluble
solids, industrial waste or substances which would impair, impede,
affect, interfere with or endanger the sewer system or any part thereof
in any manner whatsoever, or the functioning of the process of sewage
treatment.
And refers to any person who may, from time to time, be placed
in general charge of the sewer system by the Authority.
And refers to the sewerage collection system and sewage treatment
plant as constructed and operated by the said Authority, and all additions,
extensions and improvements thereto.
All persons owning any occupied building on
premises accessible to the sewer system shall, at their own expense,
connect with the sewer system within 90 days after public or written
notice to do so.
After the expiration of the period specified in § 345-2, it shall be unlawful for any person owning any occupied buildings on premises accessible to the sewer system to erect, construct, use or maintain or cause to be erected, constructed, used or maintained any privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle on such premises for receiving sewage or to maintain any connection, pipe or conduit to public or private drains for the discharge of sewage except into the sewer system.
After the expiration of the period specified in § 345-2, it shall be unlawful for any person owning a building connected with the sewer system to discharge or permit to be discharged into any part thereof, roof or surface water, exhaust water, exhaust steam, oils, tar, grease, gasoline, benzine or other combustible gases and liquids or insoluble solids or substances which would impair, impede, affect, interfere with or endanger the sewer system or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever or the function of the processes of sewage treatment.
The regulations for treatment of industrial wastes are located in Part 2, Sewage Treatment, of this chapter.
No connection shall be made to the sewer system
except by a plumber duly registered and licensed by the Borough and
in a manner and of such materials as are approved of by Sewer Manager
or his duly appointed deputy or assistant and in compliance with the
rules and regulations prescribed by existing ordinances or as may
otherwise be required by law. Where the building to be connected to
the sewer system is used, in whole or in part, for the preparation
or serving of food to the public, including but not limited to eating
houses, restaurants, hotels, drug stores, bars and saloons, there
shall be installed in each connection a grease interceptor or trap
of design and make approved by the said Sewer Manager.
After the effective date of this Part 1, whenever
any occupied building is to be connected to the sewer system, the
owner of such building shall make written application therefor in
person, or through plumber duly licensed and registered by the Borough,
acting as agent for such property owner, upon a form to be supplied
by the Sewer Manager which shall set forth, inter alia, the nature
and character of the connection or connections to be made, and the
time within which the same is to be completed. Upon the approval of
such application, a permit to make such connection shall be issued
to the applicant. The fee for each permit is hereby fixed at $1, which
fee is payable in advance to the Borough Treasurer.
Each separate occupied building shall be provided
with an independent connection with the sewer system and two or more
occupied buildings shall not be permitted to discharge into the same
building lateral connecting any property with the sewer system, except
with the consent of the Authority.
Any person who erects, constructs or maintains
a privy, cesspool, sinkhole or septic tank on any property accessible
to the sewer system shall be deemed, and shall be declared to be erecting,
constructing and maintaining a nuisance, which nuisance the Borough
may abate in the manner provided by law.
[Amended 11-3-1960 by Ord. No. 489; 5-14-1985 by Ord. No.
800]
A.
Any person who shall make any connection to the sewer system without being a plumber duly registered and licensed by the Borough as required in § 345-6, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any other provision of this Part 1 shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, together with costs
of prosecution, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Provided: each ninety-day period in which such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 11-3-1960 by Ord. No. 489; 5-14-1985 by Ord. No.
800]
All prosecutions for violations of this Part
2 shall be by summary proceedings, brought in the name of and for
the use of the Borough, before any District Justice of the Borough.
All fines and penalties shall be paid to the Borough Treasurer to
apply to the General Fund.
