[Adopted 5-11-1994 as Ord. No. 1153, approved 5-11-1994]
A.
The Borough of Prospect Park will furnish sewer service
only in accordance with the currently prevailing and as hereafter
revised rates, rules and regulations of the Borough which are made
a part of every application, agreement or license entered into between
the property owner or customer and the Borough.
B.
The Borough reserves the right, so often as it may
deem necessary, to alter, amend and/or repeal the rates and/or rules
and regulations or any part and, in whole or in part, to substitute
new rates, rules and regulations which shall forthwith, without notice,
become and be part of every application, agreement or license for
sewerage service in effect at the time of adoption.
C.
The furnishing of sewerage service to premises may
be refused if the sewage flow therefrom is found or estimated to be
excessive and/or the character of the wastes being or to be discharged
therefrom is determined by the Borough Council to be unacceptable
for the usual methods of transmission and/or treatment in a conventional
wastewater treatment plant.
D.
The maintenance, repair or replacement of sewerage
service lines leading from the property to the sewers of the Borough
shall be the responsibility of the user and shall in no way affect
the payment of sewer rents due to the Borough.
E.
Any customer making any material change in the size,
character or extent of equipment or operations utilizing sewerage
service or whose change in operations results in a substantial change
in the quantity or characteristics of flow of sewage or industrial
waste shall immediately give the Borough Council written notice of
said change.
F.
The Borough of Prospect Park will furnish sewerage
service, subject to there being an existing main of adequate size
and/or capacity abutting or in reasonable proximity to the premises
to be served.
G.
Any authorized agent of the Borough Council shall
have the right of access to the premises for any purposes which the
Borough Council deems necessary for the conduct of its business.
H.
In emergencies, the Borough shall have the right to
temporarily interrupt service to the premises and shall not be held
liable for any claim for damages or inconveniences suffered by the
user and/or owner.
I.
If any residential customer shall fail or refuse,
upon receipt of written notice from the Borough Council, to remedy
any unsatisfactory condition within a reasonable length of time established
by the Borough, then the Borough shall have the right to impose a
fine and, through the Borough Solicitor, to file a lien against the
property in the office of the Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and such liens, together with
penalty and costs accrued thereon, shall be filed and collected in
accordance with law.
J.
If any industrial or commercial customer shall fail
or refuse, upon receipt of written notice from the Borough Council,
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition within a reasonable length
of time established by the Borough, then the Borough shall have the
right to deny water supply service until the requirements of the Borough
have been met. The Borough shall also have the right to physically
disconnect the property, and the costs of such disconnection shall
be paid by the customer.
K.
The Borough will presume service as being rendered
until the customer gives written notice to the Borough Council of
his desire to discontinue said service.
L.
At no time under any conditions shall free service
be offered to any existing or proposed user of the system.
A.
Application of sewerage service must be made by the
customer, in writing, on a form provided by the Borough.
B.
Application for service to establishments such as
but not limited to public buildings, churches, apartments and commercial
establishments must also be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications,
including a list of the number and type of fixtures served and estimated
flow data.
C.
Application for the discharge of industrial wastes
shall be made in accordance with the applicable sections of this article.
D.
No application for service will be accepted by the
Borough from any applicant who is in arrears for changes due on any
property presently or heretofore chargeable to him.
E.
Applications accepted by the Borough shall constitute
a contract between the Borough Council and the applicant and shall
obligate the applicant to adhere to the rates, rules and regulations
established by the Borough.
F.
A connection charge as established by the Borough
Council shall be required and collected for each and every connection
to be made to the existing Borough of Prospect Park sewerage system
and for each and every connection made to any new sewer line of any
subdivision which eventually connects to the Borough sewerage system.
A.
The applicant desiring service shall pay to the Borough
all actual costs incurred by the Borough to make such connections
or, under the direction of the Borough, can have the sewer service
lateral constructed by himself or others at his expense. Every connection
must be inspected and approved by the Borough before the trench is
backfilled. Such inspection shall be performed by the Borough Plumbing
Inspector or his authorized representative, who shall be present at
the time of the connection.
B.
All sewer service laterals from the Borough's sewer,
regardless of location, are the property of the customer and/or owner
and shall be maintained by him in good condition and repair.
C.
Notification required by the Borough Council of proposed
construction and/or repair by parties engaged by the customer is the
responsibility of the customer.
D.
Connections to the Borough's sewers must be in compliance
with the requirements of the Plumbing Code[1] or other appropriate codes adopted by the Borough and
the rules and regulations adopted by the Borough. Attention must be
paid to the separation of the public water supply from the sewage
system.
E.
No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted
to make a connection to or work upon any part of the Borough sewer
system unless he is licensed to do plumbing work by the Borough. Any
connection made by unlicensed parties will be thoroughly examined
by a representative of the Borough, and any deficiencies will be corrected.
Both the examination and the correction work will be at the expense
of the customer and the person, firm or corporation performing the
unlicensed work.
F.
It is the intention of the Borough Council to require
a separate and distinct permit and sewer connection for each individual
building, whether constructed as a single detached unit or as one
of a pair of a row of houses, but a single connection may be permitted
to serve a school, factory, apartment house or other permanent multiple-unit
structure whose individual apartments or units are not separately
owned.
G.
Sewer service laterals shall be built according to
the following specifications:
(1)
Sewer laterals shall be cast iron with lead joints.
Other methods and materials reflecting new technology may be used
as approved by the Borough Council. The minimum pipe size is four
inches on a 1/4 inch per foot grade.
(2)
Where groundwater is normally above invert of house connection pipe, cast-iron pipe is to be encased in concrete for thickness of at least two inches over the outside edge of the bell and over its entire surface. Prior to the pouring of concrete, the pipe shall be supported at an adequate height from the bottom of the trench to allow complete encasement in concrete. Placing of the concrete shall be done only in the presence of Borough inspectors. Vitrified clay or cast-iron pipes with tight joints need not be encased in concrete except at the connection to the sewer. All pipes will be inspected by the Borough for resistance to infiltration under the provisions of Subsection A above.
(3)
Under wet conditions, the house connection, as well
as any pipe disturbed in the sewer, shall be fully encased in concrete.
(4)
No infiltration will be allowed in house connections.
H.
Where an existing sewer lateral is available for reuse
subsequent to the demolition or removal of a previously existing building,
the lateral may be reused, provided that it is inspected by the Borough
Engineer and is found to be adequate in terms of infiltration/inflow
and general conditions.
Should any section or provision of this article
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of this article as a whole
or of any other part thereof.
Any ordinance or part of the ordinance to the
extent that is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
The provisions of this article shall be effective
immediately.
