[Adopted 7-21-1938 by Ord. No. 356
(Ch. XIX, Part 1, Secs. 1 through 3 of the 1970 Code)]
All owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or alley
in which is laid a sanitary sewer be and are hereby required to make connections
with such sanitary sewer for the purpose of discharge of all drainage consisting
of all household waste liquids and human excreta, as customary in a system
of sanitary sewers. This does not include the discharge of oils, grease, tar,
gasoline or any other liquids that are not of the usual household nature.
This does not include stormwater or drainage due to rain or snow.
After July 1, 1939, all owners shall be given 45 days' notice of
the ordinance requiring the sewer connection, and upon his, her, its, or their
failure to make such connection, the Borough may make the connection to the
sewer and collect the cost thereof from the owner by a municipal claim or
lien or in an action of assumpsit.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
article shall for each offense and each separate violation be subject to a
penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $50 and in default of payment of
said fine and costs shall be confined to the County Jail for a period of not
less than 10 days nor more than 30 days. Each daily act of violation shall
be considered a separate offense.
