It shall be unlawful for any person owning any property accessible to the sewer system to erect, construct, use or maintain or cause to be erected, constructed, used or maintained any privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle on such property for receiving sewage, after the expiration of the particular period specified in §
90-2 hereof, or at any time to erect, construct, use or maintain any pipe, conduit, drain or other facility for the discharge of sanitary sewage except into the sewer system. It shall be unlawful for any person to make a connection to the sewer system from any cesspool, privy, vault, cistern or other depository.
Any person who erects, constructs, uses or maintains
a privy, cesspool, sinkhole or septic tank on any property accessible
to the sewer system in violation of this article shall be deemed and
shall be declared to be erecting, constructing and maintaining a nuisance,
which nuisance the Borough is hereby authorized and directed to abate
in the manner provided by law.
No connection or discharge shall be made to
or into the sewer system except in compliance with all federal, state
and local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations now
in force and effect as well as such federal, state and local laws,
ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations as may, from time
to time, be enacted, adopted, approved, or promulgated by any federal,
state or local authority, or may be otherwise provided by law.
The required fees as provided for in Article
VII, §
90-95, shall accompany the application referred to in §
90-7. An application is not considered complete unless accompanied by payment of all applicable fees.
Upon receipt of a properly executed application
to connect, which application and review of pertinent information
demonstrates (in the determination of the Borough and the City) that
the connection can comply with the requirements of the Borough and
the City, and payment of all required fees; the Borough shall issue
a connection permit to the property owner.
The connection permit shall be kept on the property
owner's premises and shall be made available for review, upon request,
from the time the work begins until the final inspection has been
made and the work has been approved.
Refer to Article
VI, Industrial Waste Pretreatment, §
90-45.
If a property which is connected to the sewer
system is sold, or otherwise conveyed, the purchaser and/or seller
shall promptly notify the Borough of such sale or conveyance.