[Adopted 6-14-1976 by Ord.
No. 267]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Bradford Woods whose property
abuts upon any line of the sanitary sewers of the McCandless Township Sanitary
Authority shall connect, at his own cost, the building, buildings or other
structure located on said property with the sanitary sewers of the Authority
for the purpose of disposing of all drainage as is customarily disposed of
in a system of sanitary sewers. In the case of a sanitary sewer line constructed
in a public street or highway shall be considered as abutting the sewer line.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property
abutting on any line of the sanitary sewer system of said Authority to employ
any means, either by septic tank, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal
of sanitary sewage, other than into and through the sanitary sewers of said
Authority.
Where any structure on abutting property as aforesaid is now or hereafter
may be connected to any septic tank or using any method by which sanitary
sewage is disposed of or eliminated other than through the sanitary sewer
system of said Authority, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or
other person 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 connections
for the discharge and disposal of sewage through the sanitary sewer system
of the Authority as hereinafter provided, within 60 days after receipt of
such notice; provided, however, notwithstanding anything herein or hereafter
contained to the contrary, no owner, lessee, or occupier of such structure
shall be required to tap where his sewage would not by natural gravity flow
into the sanitary sewer.
In case any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to such sewer shall
neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers for such period of 60
days after notice to do so had been served upon him, either by personal service,
certified mail or by registered mail, as aforesaid, the Borough or its agents
or the Authority or its agents may enter upon such property and construct
such connection. In such case, the Borough Secretary or the Authority Secretary,
or other authorized person, shall forthwith upon completion of the work send
an itemized bill of the cost of construction of such connection to the owner
of the property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be
payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such property
to pay said bill, a municipal lien for said construction shall be filed within
six months of the date of completion of the construction of said connection,
the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the
filing and recovery of municipal liens.
Any person required to connect with the sewer system of the Authority
shall make application for tapping permit on forms furnished by the Authority,
and shall set forth in said application the character of structure and use,
the lot number and location, and the name of the person who is to make the
connection, and shall pay the required tap fee for such permit.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected with
the sanitary sewers of the Authority.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises from which
connection with any of the Authority sewers shall have been made. The Borough
may, at its discretion, require every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank,
mine hole or other receptacle within 30 days after final enactment of this
article, in the case of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30
days after connection with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so connected,
to be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of
the Authority. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or other
receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this section
shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated on order of the
Borough or the Authority as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of
such property.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected to
the Authority sewer system to connect any roof drain thereto or to permit,
allow or cause to enter into said sewer system any stormwater or surface water
or any sewage from any property other than that for which the permit was issued,
or any other substance, liquid, gas or solid which is prohibited by the terms
of any other rule, regulation or ordinance adopted by the Borough or the Authority
for the operation of the sewer system.
The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their connections
with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance with the plans
and specifications established by the Borough and the Authority as the same
may be from time to time amended, copies of which are on file at the Borough
Secretary's' office, and shall be inspected by the Borough or Authority engineers
before being covered.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction before the District Justice having jurisdiction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, be subject to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
