No person other than a person authorized by the Borough shall uncover,
make any connection with or opening into, use, repair, alter or disturb any
public sewer or building sewer lateral and the appurtenances thereof.
If no building sewer lateral is available, the property
owner shall, prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, apply to
the Borough Clerk to have a building sewer lateral installed.
Each application shall be accompanied by payment of a fee as provided in Chapter 138, Fees, which is hereby fixed as a minimum charge. If, because of the nature and extent of the work to be done or the pavement or terrain to be penetrated, or the width of the road, or any like circumstances, the said sum as provided in Chapter 138, Fees, shall not be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of the Borough, the Borough Engineer or such other official or department as the Borough may designate shall fix the fee at a higher figure to cover fully all the costs and expenses of such installation. Any cost or expense in excess of the sum paid with the application shall constitute a lien against the property until paid.[1]
Each person performing work on public property of the
Borough for the purpose of installing or making connections to building sewer
laterals shall cause the work to be adequately guarded with barricades, lights
and other measures for protection of the public.
Streets, sidewalks, parkways, curbs and other public
property disturbed in the course of such work shall be restored or replaced
in a manner satisfactory to the Borough.
Maintenance of the public sewer and building sewer laterals,
all connections to the public sewer, and all work performed on the sewer system
between the main and the property line, including the installation of building
sewer laterals, shall be performed by the Department of Public Works, or by
some other person authorized by the Borough.
Any person so authorized, other than a Borough employee,
shall be required to post a performance guaranty in the amount of one hundred
twenty-five percent (125%) of the Sewer Engineer's estimate of the cost. Said
performance guaranty shall be in such form as the Borough shall prescribe.