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Borough of Catasauqua, PA
Lehigh County
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[Adopted 7-6-1992 by Ord. No. 987 (Ch. XVIII, Part 4, of the 1962 Code)]
A. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CONNECTION
The attachment of any person's water system for any residential or nonresidential water facility to the Borough of Catasauqua's water supply system.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, company, corporation, municipality, municipal authority or political subdivision, or any agency of the federal or state government. The term includes officers, employees and agents of any partnership, association, company, corporation, municipality, municipal authority or political subdivision or of any agency of the federal or state government.
B. 
All definitions found in the Plumbing System Lead Ban and Notification Act or amendments thereto shall be applied to this article.
No person shall connect any residential or nonresidential facility to the Borough of Catasauqua's public water supply system without first obtaining a permit for the same.
A permit for connection to the Borough of Catasauqua's water supply system shall require that the person applying for the same certify in writing that the materials used in the construction of the plumbing system to be connected are lead free.
[Amended 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 1288]
Any connection to the Catasauqua public water system without a permit shall constitute a violation of this article with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail. Any person found guilty of violating an ordinance shall be assessed court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings.
Any person making a false statement or false certification on the said permit application shall constitute a violation of this article and shall subject the violator to a fine of up to $1,000 and/or 90 days' imprisonment.
Each day that the party is in violation of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Whenever the requirements of this article are in conflict with other requirements of the codified ordinances of the Borough of Catasauqua, the most restrictive, or those imposing the higher standards, shall govern.