[Adopted 4-6-1982 as Ch. 174, Art.
I, of the 1981 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes the conduits from main or lateral sewers into and
upon the private premises on either side of the highway or alley and
all plumbing and interior conduits within the private premises through
which flow discharges into borough sewers.
Includes the main conduit with its appurtenant lateral conduits
to the curbline and necessary accessories.
The sewers of the borough are of the following
four (4) classes:
A.
Sanitary sewers, exclusively for liquid house wastes,
including cellar overflows.
B.
Storm sewers, for highway, alley, gutter and rainwater
drainage exclusively.
C.
Combination sewers, combining the functions of both
of the preceding classes.
D.
Trunk sewers, for conveying the discharge of sanitary
sewers to the sewage treatment plant.
Records and drawings of the location of main
sewers, branches, Y's or laterals located within the highways or alleys
shall be prepared by the Borough Engineer and kept on file in his
office.
The house sewer shall be constructed so as to
meet the sewer at the position of the Y-branch as located on the plans
and drawings of the Borough Engineer. The cover of the Y-branch on
the sewer shall be carefully removed so as not to injure the socket.
The pipe shall be laid on an even grade of not less than one-fourth
( 1/4) of an inch to the foot, except by special permission from
the Borough Engineer, in which case provision shall be made for regular
and efficient flushing. Curved pipe shall be used for deflection from
a straight line of more than six (6) inches in two (2) feet. All connections
with any sewer, drain, soil pipe, waste pipe, water service pipe or
any other pipe connected thereto shall be made under the supervision
of a plumber who shall be registered in the office of the Plumbing
Inspector.
[Amended 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11]
A.
Before any private drain or sewer shall be connected
with the sewer system, the owner of the private drain or sewer shall
satisfy the Borough that such private drain or sewer conforms to all
rules and regulations of the Borough. No open gutters shall be connected
with any sanitary sewer, nor shall cesspools or privy vaults be connected
with any sewer or drain. Rainwater conductors shall not be connected
with the sanitary sewer system.
B.
The Borough shall have the power to stop and prevent
from discharging into the sewer system any private sewer or drain
through which substances are discharged which are liable to injure
any part of the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or that
will obstruct the flow of sewage or be detrimental thereto. The Borough
shall make such rules and regulations and enforce the same as are
necessary to dispose of its wastes.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 258-6,
Trunk sewer connections; fee was repealed 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 258-7,
Sanitary sewer connections, ws repealed 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11.
A.
Any owner of property abutting on or adjoining any
street or alley in which a sewer is located shall make a connection
with such sewer for the purposes of discharging all household drainage
and waste matter.
B.
Such owner shall be given forty-five (45) days' notice
of the provisions of this section requiring such sewer connection,
and, upon failure to make such connection, the borough may make the
same and collect the cost thereof from the owner by a municipal claim
or in an action of assumpsit.
No person shall injure, break or remove any
portion of any manhole, lamp hole, flush tank or catch basin or any
other part of the sewer system.
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to
be thrown or deposited in any sewer opening or receptacle connecting
with the sewer system any garbage, offal, dead animals, vegetable
parings, ashes, cinders, oil, rages or any other matter whatsoever,
except feces, urine, the necessary water closet paper, liquid house
or mill slops and water, nor place or suffer to be placed any bulky
substance in any sewer opening or in the house connection or private
drains connecting with any main or lateral sewer or any substance
having a tendency to obstruct free flowage in such sewer or to damage
it in any way.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 258-11,
Strainer required, was repealed 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11.
The Borough Council or its authorized agents,
such as the Borough Engineer, the Board of Health and the Plumbing
Inspector, and each or all of them, shall have the power to stop and
prevent from discharging into the sewer system any private sewer or
drain through which substances are discharged which are liable to
injure any part of the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant
or that will obstruct the flow of sewage or be detrimental thereto.
