No person shall uncover, connect to, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb in any manner any lateral or any other part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit in writing from the Borough authorizing such connection and/or use. No permit shall be issued unless there is sufficient capacity in the sewer system to convey the wastewater to the treatment plant and sufficient capacity in the treatment plant to treat the wastewater.
Application for a permit shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served or by his duly authorized representative.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:
A. 
Such person shall have applied for, paid for and been issued a permit.
B. 
Such person shall have given the Borough at least 30 days' notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the Borough may supervise and inspect the work of connection and necessary testing.
The permit shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a lateral and until the connection has been inspected and approved by the Borough.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each dwelling unit on each improved property shall be connected separately and independently through a building sewer to a lateral. Grouping of more than one dwelling unit on one building sewer or lateral shall not be permitted except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown and then only after special permission of the Borough, in writing, shall have been secured.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and of a connection to a lateral shall be borne by the owner of the property to be connected; and in addition thereto, as a condition of the grant of a permit, such owner shall agree to indemnify and save harmless the Borough and Authority from all loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the connection to the lateral, including any damages to persons or property occasioned thereby.
In instances where no lateral exists, the person shall contact the Borough to determine the method of connection to the sewer. The Borough shall approve the location and method of connection to the sewer. The person, at a minimum, shall be required to install a lateral from the building sewer to the right-of-way line. The Borough has responsibility to the main sewer line. All work shall be done in accordance with the Borough's standards. In instances where, in the opinion of the Borough, a connection to the sewer may result in potential damage in the form of collapse, blockage or failure of the sewer, special requirements to perform the connection may be specified. These include but are not limited to the setup of bypass pumping equipment at the site capable of transporting flows equal to peak daily quantities and the posting of a bond equal to the maximum established cost of repair should damage occur.
[Amended 3-23-2015 by Ord. No. 623-2015]
The construction of building sewers and the connection thereof to a lateral shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.[1]
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Editor’s Note: See 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Borough. Every excavation requiring a road opening of a state or county highway requires a highway occupancy permit from the appropriate agency. The road restoration must be done in accordance with the specifications of the appropriate agency.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved property.
Whenever the Borough has reason to believe that any building sewer has become defective, such building sewer shall be subject to test and inspection. Defects found upon such test and inspection, if any, shall be corrected as required by the Borough, in writing, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property served through such building sewer and extending to and including the right-of-way line. The Borough has responsibility to the main sewer line.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, sump pumps, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater in any manner resulting in such surface runoff's or groundwater's being discharged directly or indirectly into the sewer system. Any person found to have a connection of this type shall be formally notified that he must remove the connection discharging such surface runoff or groundwater. Such person shall have 90 days from said notification in which to remove such connection or shall hereby be in violation of this Part 1; and such person shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties herein described, with each day such violation shall persist constituting a separate violation.
A. 
No person shall cause, permit or allow any discharge or flow of any flammable or explosive substance, solid, liquid or gas (such substances include but are not limited to acetone, benzene, fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene or naphtha) either directly or indirectly into the sewer system that could create any danger of fire or explosion or result in damage or injury to persons or to the structures, equipment or processes of the sewer system or treatment plant.
B. 
No person shall cause, permit or allow any discharge or flow of any corrosive substance, solid, liquid or gas either directly or indirectly into the sewer system that could create any danger of corrosive damage or injury to persons or to the equipment, structures or processes of the sewer system or treatment plant.
C. 
No person shall cause, permit or allow the discharge, flow or placement directly or indirectly into the sewer system of any substance, material or object that could cause or result in the obstruction of flow of wastewater in the sewer system or the interference with or damage to the equipment, structures or processes of the sewer system or treatment plant.
D. 
In addition to invoking the penalties provided for violation of this Part 1, the Borough shall be empowered to discontinue sewer service to any property from which objectionable discharges emanate, to direct the owner or person occupying the property to discontinue such discharge or make such repairs or changes to the property, including the removal of materials from the property, as to prevent such discharges of objectionable substances or to take such other measures as may be required to safeguard persons, equipment, structures or processes of the sewer system or treatment plant.