[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Edgeworth 10-12-1959 by Ord. No. 314. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, heretofore created by the Council of the Borough
of Leetsdale by Leetsdale Ordinance No. 276, ordained and enacted
the 19th day of December 1956.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the sewage or discharge from soil, waste and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to
the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of
the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer which carries a combination of sewage and intentionally
admitted storm, surface, ground waters and drainage.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
The person appointed by the Borough of Edgeworth and the
Authority, and mutually acceptable to both, to inspect sewage works,
including both public and semipublic sewers, and including also inspection
of building sewers and other connections between occupied homes and
other buildings and the public sewers and semipublic sewers.
Any outlet directly or indirectly into a watercourse, pond,
gutter, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A combined sewer which has been constructed and is owned
by the Borough of Edgeworth or which has been constructed and is owned
by the Authority or which has been constructed by private parties
and has been accepted by the Borough of Edgeworth or the Authority
as a combined sewer.
A sanitary sewer which has been constructed and is owned
by the Borough of Edgeworth or which has been constructed and is owned
by the Authority or which has been constructed by private parties
and has been accepted by the Borough of Edgeworth or the Authority
as a sanitary sewer.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Either a sanitary sewer or a combined sewer constructed and
laid by a developer pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Borough
of Edgeworth relating to sewers and with the intent that said sanitary
sewer or combined sewer shall eventually become a part of the public
sewer system, but the responsibility for laying, construction and
maintenance of said sanitary sewer or combined sewer and the disposal
of sewage therefrom still remains with the developer or other private
persons.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from the residences,
business and commercial buildings, apartments, institutions and industrial
establishments, together with such ground-, surface and stormwaters
and drainage as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating
and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
A.Â
From and after the date of the passage of this chapter,
the owners of all improved properties within the Borough of Edgeworth
abutting a public or semipublic sanitary sewer or a public or semipublic
combined sewer must connect the sewage facilities of each such property
to said public or semipublic sewers, and any other method or manner
of disposing of acceptable sewage wastes from such properties will
not hereafter be permitted.
B.Â
From and after the effective date of this chapter,
the owners of all new premises, at their own expense, shall provide
said premises with separate sanitary sewers and storm sewers. Said
sanitary sewers shall extend to a point or points of connection to
the public sanitary sewers. Said storm sewers shall be extended to
a point or points of connection to the public storm sewers, if available,
or to a natural outlet approved by the Borough or, in the absence
of either of these means, then through a separate connection or connections
to the public combined sewers.
C.Â
From and after the effective date of this chapter,
the developer or developers of all new plans of lots, at the expense
of others than the Borough of Edgeworth or the Authority, shall provide
said plans with separate sanitary sewerage and storm sewerage systems.
Said sanitary sewerage systems shall be connected to the public sanitary
sewers or combined sewers, and said storm sewerage systems shall be
connected to the public storm sewers, if available, or to a natural
outlet approved by the Borough or, in the absence of either of these
means, then through separate connection or connections to the public
combined sewers. All right, title and interest to such sewerage systems
shall be conveyed by the developer or developers to the Borough of
Edgeworth and, upon acceptance by the Borough of Edgeworth, the Borough
shall have the right to make further extensions beyond or laterally
from said systems.
D.Â
The construction of all sewers and sewerage systems
shall be in accordance with the Standards for Design and Construction
of Sanitary Sewers, as adopted by the Borough of Edgeworth.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the Standards for
Design and Construction of Sanitary Sewers is on file and available
for inspection in the Borough offices.
[Added 5-19-2015 by Ord.
No. 540]
A.Â
The following tap in fees are hereby adopted:
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Church Lane
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Edgeworth Lane
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Chestnut Road
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Hazel Lane
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Components
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Connection fee
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Small projects
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Equal to or less than $20k; $50 min. + $4 state fee
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Equal to or less than $20k; $50 min. + $4 state fee
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Equal to or less than $20k; $50 min. + $4 state fee
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Equal to or less than $20k; $50 min. + $4 state fee
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Large projects
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Greater than $20k; $2.50/$1k job cost
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Greater than $20k; $2.50/$1k job cost
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Greater than $20k; $2.50/$1k job cost
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Greater than $20k; $2.50/$1k job cost
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Customer facilities fee
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Tapping fee
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Capacity part*
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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Collection part**
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$500
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$1,900
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$800
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$6,000
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Special purpose part
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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Reimbursement part
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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NOTES
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*
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Capacity part charged by Leetsdale Municipal Authority for interceptor
and treatment plant capacity, and is not included in this chart.
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Calculated using hydraulic basis of 90 gpcd* census pph.
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A.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any sanitary sewer.
B.Â
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or combined sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Borough, subject, however to the provisions of § 103-2B of this chapter. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, upon approval of the Borough, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public or semipublic sewer:
A.Â
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B.Â
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
C.Â
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D.Â
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E.Â
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage
treatment plant where the sanitary effluent of the Borough is treated.
F.Â
Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
said sewage treatment plant.
G.Â
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of said sewage treatment plant.
H.Â
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at said sewage treatment plant.
I.Â
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
A.Â
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
by the owner at the owner's expense when, in the opinion of the inspector,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other
harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by said inspector and shall be
located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B.Â
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes
in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight
and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place,
shall be gastight and watertight.
C.Â
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner at the owner's expense in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
A.Â
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or waste having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 103-4 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sanitary sewage flow of the Borough shall be subject to the review and approval of said inspector.
B.Â
Preliminary treatment.
(1)Â
Where necessary, in the opinion of the inspector,
the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to:
(a)Â
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300
parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million
by weight;
(b)Â
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to be within the maximum limits provided for in § 103-4; or
(c)Â
Control the quantities and rates of discharge
of such waters or wastes.
(2)Â
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of the Borough of Edgeworth or its designated authority
and of the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said
approvals are obtained in writing.
A.Â
When required by said inspector, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Borough of Edgeworth
or its designated agent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at his expense and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be safe
and accessible at all times.
B.Â
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 103-4 and 103-6 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Subsection A or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
C.Â
In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of disorderly conduct.
The inspector and duly authorized employees
of the Borough of Edgeworth and the Authority, bearing proper credentials
and identification, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties
at reasonable times during the day for the purposes of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
A.Â
From and after the date of the passage of this chapter,
any sewer to be constructed by any person within the Borough of Edgeworth
to serve either presently improved properties or properties which
are to be developed must be constructed, installed, laid or used in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough of Edgeworth
which the Council of the Borough of Edgeworth shall from time to time,
by resolution, promulgate and put into force.
B.Â
The Council of the Borough of Edgeworth be and the
same is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time by resolution
to promulgate, establish and set forth in full the rules and regulations
relating to the construction and laying of sanitary sewers and setting
forth the general specifications for the construction of the same.
A.Â
Any person found to be violating any provision of
this chapter shall be served by the Borough of Edgeworth with written
notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable
time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall,
within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease
all violations.
B.Â
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided in Subsection A shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $100 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 454; 3-12-1996 by Ord. No.
455]
C.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall become liable to the Borough of Edgeworth for any expense,
loss or damage occasioned by the Borough of Edgeworth by reason of
such violation.
