[Adopted by Ch. 26, Art. II, Div. 1, of the 1974 Code]
The Borough Council shall have ultimate responsibility for management of the sewer system, and it shall issue such rules and regulations governing the use, operation and maintenance of the sewer system as, from time to time, shall be deemed necessary.
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Editor's Note: Former Sections 26-13 through 26-21, dealing with private sewage disposal systems, which immediately preceded this section, were deleted 8-31-1987 by Ord. No. 943.
[Amended 10-13-2008 by Ord. No. 1085]
Every owner of property in the Borough whose property abuts upon any public sanitary sewer easement or right-of-way or any public right-of-way containing a public sanitary sewer in existence as of July 1, 1963, or thereafter shall connect, at his own cost, the house, building or other structures located on such property, with the aforementioned public sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all acceptable sanitary sewage emanating from such property.
No person shall make or cause to be made any connection with any of the public sanitary sewers until he has made proper application for and received a permit from the Borough and paid the permit fee applicable thereto.
Where any house, building or structure in the Borough abutting any public sanitary sewer is using any method for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than through public sanitary sewers, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or such other person as shall be authorized by the Borough Council to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure, in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through said public sanitary sewers, as required by § 192-2, within 45 days after receipt of such notice.
In making assessments against properties for the cost of any public sewer, the properties abutting on the streets or alleys that are served by such sewer shall be assessed for the cost of the same by the front-foot rule as benefits to such properties, as provided by law. Where a property is located on the corner of two streets or the corner of a street and an alley or on the corner of two alleys, and sewers are constructed along two sides of the property, the property shall be assessed for its full frontage on the natural front of the same and for 1/3 of its actual frontage on the natural side of said property; unless the method herein prescribed would, on account of particular circumstances or situation, cause the assessment to be unequal and unjust, in which case the Council shall adjust the assessment in accordance with its judgment as to what will be a fair and equitable assessment.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Section 26-27, Tappage charge; payment prerequisite to issuance of connection permit, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 8-31-1987 by Ord. No. 943.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to tap or connect property or properties with any public sewer until after the assessment against such property or properties or the tappage charge for the cost of such sewer has been paid, unless the cost of the same is covered by a deposit with the Borough pending the completion of such assessment.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property in the Borough abutting upon any public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than into and through said public sanitary sewers.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall, at any time, be connected with the public sanitary sewers.
The construction of all building sewer lines or house service sewers, after notice to the consulting engineers for the Municipal Authority of the Borough, shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans and procedures established by the Borough, as the same may be, from time to time, published and amended, copies of which shall be placed on file with the Borough Secretary.
If the owner of any occupied houses, buildings or structures in the Borough shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 192-4, the Borough may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Borough as debts are, by law, collectible, or said Borough may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
[Added 8-31-1987 by Ord. No. 943]
Any person violating any provision of this Part 1, upon conviction before the District Justice, shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall be subject to pay a fine not to exceed the maximum fine of $300, plus costs of prosecution, or to undergo imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.