[Adopted 7-8-1976 as Section 10-2 of the Revised General Ordinances of 1975]
A. 
No sewer connection shall be made without a permit therefor issued by the Department of Building Inspection of the borough. The Department may make any regulations governing the manner and method of making such connections. No connection shall be covered until the same has been inspected and approved by the Department.
[Amended 8-15-1995 by Ord. No. 1226]
B. 
Fee.
[Added 6-20-1995 by Ord. No. 1221; amended 3-21-1996 by Ord. No. 1235; 12-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1287; 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1316]
(1) 
The application for installation of new sewer connections or the alterations to existing sewer connections shall be accompanied by a diagram showing the relative elevation of the lowest plumbing fixture and the invert and diameter of the sanitary sewer where such connection is to be made.
(2) 
Upon approval of such diagram by the Building Department and prior to issuance of the permit for installation of the complete plumbing system including all plumbing fixtures, water supply piping, soil and waste lines and vents, traps and valves and all other plumbing fixtures and devices, the applicant shall pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule for each sanitary sewer connection:
(a) 
One thousand dollars per dwelling unit.
(b) 
All other structures: $2,000.
(c) 
All subsequent inspections, for all properties, in the event that a second or subsequent inspection is required: $200 for each subsequent inspection.
[Amended 8-15-1995 by Ord. No. 1226]
No person shall lay any private sewer in or through any street or portion thereof unless he shall first obtain written permission therefor from the Department of Building Inspection, which permission shall, in all cases, be subject to the following conditions, whether contained in such written permission or not:
A. 
Authority in the manner required by law shall be obtained from the Mayor and Council, designating the nature of the written permission and the conditions thereof, which shall be revocable by the Mayor and Council at any time.
B. 
The location, plan and character of the sewer and its connections shall be approved by the Mayor and Council, and the work shall be done under the supervision of the Borough Engineer at the cost of the owner or applicant, who shall deposit, before commencing the work, such sum with the Borough Clerk as the Mayor and Council may think adequate to cover the expense of supervision.
C. 
The Mayor and Council, at any time, may permit or direct the use of such pipeline to any property adjacent thereto under such terms and for such time as may be just and equitable.
D. 
The applicant or its successors, heirs or assigns will convey the sewer and all its appurtenances to the borough at any time when the sewer may be connected with the sewage disposal plant of the borough, and the applicant or its successors, heirs or assigns will at such time pay the reasonable sum which will equal its reasonable proportion of the cost of the construction of the mains and sewage disposal plant. After such conveyance to the Mayor and Council, the pipeline and all connections shall be regarded as a part of the sewerage system and thereafter subject to such charges for the use of such system as may be current in the borough, and the pipeline may make use of any part of the general sewerage system at any time. Persons or corporations using such private pipeline shall pay the same charges for such use as is the case of users directly of the general system of the borough. Whenever such right to lay a private sewer is provided, the Borough Clerk shall immediately notify the borough collector and the Superintendent of Public Works, who shall make a proper record thereof.