No person, firm or corporation shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any industrial or commercial wastewater into the system
unless and until a special permit has been obtained therefor as hereinafter
provided. The permit shall be prominently displayed at the permittee's
facility.
Any changes in the quantity, character, chemical content or
in the physical or chemical properties of the industrial or commercial
wastewater of any holder of a special permit granted under this article
which occur after a permit has been granted or which occur in the
interval between the filing of the application for a permit and the
issuance of same shall be forthwith reported in writing to the Mayor
and Council.
Any person, firm or corporation which is already depositing
industrial or commercial wastewater into the system shall, within
90 days following written request from the Mayor and Council, file
with the Borough Clerk a written application for special permission
to continue to do so, which application shall contain the matters
and things specified in this article.
The granting of special permission by the Mayor and Council
to discharge industrial or commercial wastewater into the system in
any one or more instances shall not be construed in such way as to
establish a precedent binding upon said Mayor and Council which will
compel it to grant future applications for special permission to discharge
the same or similar industrial or commercial wastewater into the system.
Moreover, such special permission, when granted, shall not be deemed
to be a continuing right to discharge industrial or commercial wastewater
into said sewer system, but instead such special permission may be
modified or revoked at any time by the Mayor and Council when it is
determined by it that the terms and conditions of said special permission
have been violated, or that the special permission was improvidently
or unwisely granted, or that the licensee's deposits in said
sewer system will overburden its capacity or impair its operation
to the detriment of other users of the system, in addition to other
causes for modification or revocation contained herein. In addition,
such special permission may be modified or revoked for any other cause
deemed good and sufficient therefor by said Mayor and Council.
The discharge of industrial or commercial wastewater into the
system when specially permitted by the Mayor and Council as herein
provided shall be by a connection separate from that used for the
discharge of domestic wastewater. Plants in existence as of February
3, 1998, may be required hereunder to separate domestic and industrial
or commercial wastewaters if a single connection is in use, if determined
by the Mayor and Council to be in the best interests of the Borough.
Grease traps or other appliances as may be necessary to protect
the system from stoppage shall be installed by the owner at the owner's
expense when notified by the Mayor and Council in writing to make
such installation. Upon failure of the owner to comply with such notice
or to properly operate and maintain such devices, in addition to the
penalties hereinafter provided for violation of this article, the
special permission of such person to discharge industrial or commercial
wastewaters into the system may be revoked by the Mayor and Council.