As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any industrial waste having a suspended solid content or
BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal sewage.
For the purposes of these regulations, any industrial waste containing
more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or having a
BOD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered an abnormal
industrial waste, regardless of whether or not it contains other substances
in concentrations differing appreciably from those normally found
in municipal sewage.
Shall designate its biochemical oxygen demand and shall mean
the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of the
organic matter in said sewage or industrial waste under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. (under aerobic conditions), expressed
in milligrams per liter by weight. It shall be determined by one of
the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, cited above.
The Borough of Canonsburg, situated in Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
The elected members of the Borough Council of the Borough
of Canonsburg, as now or hereafter constituted, and its duly authorized
agents or representatives.
A sewer designed to receive both sewage and stormwater runoff
which has been approved for such purpose.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial
processes or commercial establishments, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes or either thereof
is or may be discharged.
Includes natural persons, partnerships, associations and
corporations, public or private.
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined
by one of the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
Any real estate abutting on or adjoining or having access
to any street, alley or right-of-way in which a sewer is located,
which ultimately connects to the public sanitary sewage system.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have
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.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage treatment works and all other sewerage facilities
owned or leased and operated by the Borough solely or with others
for the collection, transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage
and industrial wastes, together with their appurtenances and any additions,
extensions or improvements thereto. The term shall also include sewers
within the Borough's service area which serve one or more persons
and discharge into the public sanitary sewerage system even though
those sewers may not have been constructed by the Borough and are
not owned or maintained by the Borough. The term does not include
separate storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed for
the sole purpose of carrying storm and surface runoff, the discharge
from which is not and does not become tributary to the sewage treatment
facilities.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial and commercial establishments,
together with such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may
be present.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The term "shall" is mandatory; the term "may" is permissive.
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
waters, groundwater drainage, etc., but which is not intended to carry
any sanitary sewage or polluted industrial waste.
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
sewer or sink.
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of suspended solids
shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, cited above.
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0;
phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving
waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state
or solution; and obnoxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not
more than 750 milligrams per liter, by weight, of dissolved solids
of which not more than 250 milligrams per liter shall be as chloride
and not more than 10 milligrams per liter each of suspended solids
and BOD. The color shall not exceed five color units. Analyses for
any of the above-mentioned substances shall be made in accordance
with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater, cited above.
Any publicly or privately owned duly authorized agency, corporation
or organization which is the approved purveyor of the public water
supply within the limits of the Borough's service area.
A.
Connection required at own expense when sewer is accessible. All
persons owning property within the Borough's service area accessible
to the public sanitary sewage system and whose existing occupied building
is accessible to such sewer system shall, at their own expense, make
connection with the public sanitary sewage system in accordance with
the applicable connection ordinance in effect in the Borough's service
area if they are not presently so connected.
B.
Future construction to be connected. All persons owning property
within the Borough's service area accessible to the public sanitary
sewage system, upon which an occupied building is subsequently erected
and is accessible to such sewer system, shall, at their own expense,
make connection with the public sanitary sewage system in accordance
with the applicable connection ordinance in effect in the Borough's
service area.
C.
Connection to be made when sewer becomes accessible. Persons owning
any occupied building within the Borough's service area upon premises
which subsequently become accessible to such sewer system, and, if
said building is accessible to such sewer system, shall, at their
own expense, make connection with the public sanitary sewage system
within the time period stipulated after proper notice to do so has
been given in accordance with applicable law.
D.
All connections to the public sanitary sewage system shall be made in accordance with § 139-34 hereof.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall presently or at any time hereafter be connected
with the public sanitary sewage system.
[Amended 11-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1167]
A.
The owner or owners of all occupied buildings located on premises
now accessible to existing public sanitary sewer facilities and/or
in the process of connecting or causing to be connected to said building
or buildings with any or all public sanitary sewer facilities to which
said property or properties are accessible shall abide by the terms
and content of this article and the manner hereinafter provided.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewage
system any stormwater runoff, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage or any unpolluted industrial process water, and
any connections permitting such discharges shall be eliminated after
timely notice to take such action as issued by the appropriate Canonsburg-Houston
Joint Authority or its authorized representatives in the manner hereinafter
provided.
C.
All persons connected to the public sanitary sewage system shall
provide adequate means for excluding stormwater runoff in the event
the connection is made to a sanitary sewer.
D.
No person connected to a sanitary sewer shall connect any roof drain,
foundation drain or cellar drain thereto or permit any such drains
remaining connected thereto, nor shall be permit any such drains remaining
connected thereto, nor shall be permit, allow or cause to enter into
any sanitary sewer any springwater or surface water from any other
source.
E.
The owner or owners of such property or properties which are or shall be in violation of Subsections C or D herein shall forthwith cease, abandon or otherwise discontinue any discharge into the aforesaid public sanitary sewage facility of any stormwater runoff, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water.
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons as aforesaid to maintain existing systems and/or service lines or to subsequently construct any said system or service line which would constitute a violation of Subsections B, C and D, and any connections permitting such discharges which constitute violations of Subsection C and/or D and/or E shall be eliminated within 60 days after timely notice to take such action as issued by the appropriate Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized representative.
G.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this article and/or failing to abide by the directive(s) of the appropriate
Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized representative
after issuance of timely notice so to do shall, upon conviction thereof
before the Magisterial District Judge of proper jurisdiction and venue,
be fined not less than $100 for each and every day such violation(s)
continues, and in default thereof, any such person shall be sentenced
to undergo an imprisonment of not less than five days nor greater
than 30 days in the county jail.
H.
The appropriate Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized
representative, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all such aforesaid properties for the purposes
of inspection, observation, sampling, testing and retesting in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
I.
The provisions of these rules and regulations do not prohibit the
present or future discharge of stormwater runoff to combined sewers
or storm sewers or to natural watercourses within the Borough's service
area.
A.
There is imposed upon the owners of or the users of water in or on all properties served by the public sanitary sewage system, sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges for the use of said system, payable in the amounts and as provided in Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges, of this chapter, heretofore adopted by the Borough, and as it is hereinafter from time to time amended and modified. Said owners and users will be jointly and severally liable for the payment of said sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges and the penalties therein prescribed for delinquent payments thereof.
B.
All bills for sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges shall be due when rendered and shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges. Owners and, where adequate arrangements have been made with the Borough, users will be billed periodically for the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges in accordance with the billing practices of the Borough.
C.
The Borough's initial sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges shall be on a water usage rate basis in accordance with Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges. The Borough may, if it deems it advisable, elect at some time in the future to impose, in whole or in part, the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges on such other basis as it may determine. When water usage is used as the basis for said charges, the volume of water to be used for billing purposes shall be based upon water meter readings of the Water Authority or, in the absence of such readings, upon estimates made by the Borough or flat rate charges.
D.
When water usage is used as the basis of charges, then if an owner or user obtains part or all of the water used in or on a property from sources other than the Water Authority, such owner or user may, after written approval from the Borough, at no expense to the Borough or the Water Authority, install and maintain a water meter or meters satisfactory to the Borough and the Water Authority for measuring all water used other than that obtained from the Water Authority, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges shall be the quantity of water measured by all such meters, plus the quantity of water obtained from the Water Authority. In lieu of such additional meters, the Borough may establish, under Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges, a flat rate charge which shall be applicable to such nonmetered water usage.
E.
When water usage is used as the basis of charges, then if it is established
to the satisfaction of the Borough that a portion of the water used
in or on any property served by the public sanitary sewage system
does not and cannot enter said system, and in the event that the total
water used in or on said property exceeds 100,000 gallons per quarter,
the Borough may determine, in such manner and by such method as it
may deem practical, the percentage of the water entering the public
sanitary sewage system, or the Borough may require or permit the installation
of additional meters in such manner as to determine either the quantity
of water excluded from the public sanitary sewage system or the quantity
of water, sewage or industrial waste actually entering the public
sanitary sewage system, exclusive of stormwater runoff. In such case,
the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charge shall be
based upon the quantity of water estimated, measured or computed by
the Borough to be actually entering the public sanitary sewage system,
exclusive of stormwater runoff.
F.
When water usage is used as the basis of charges, then any person
requesting consideration for a reduction of the amount of the sewage
collection, transportation and treatment charges because of water
not entering the public sanitary sewage system shall make written
application to the Borough for such consideration, giving the name
of such person and his address and setting forth supporting data fully
describing other sources of water, if any, as well as the disposition
of water alleged not to be entering the public sanitary sewage system.
The application shall be accompanied by a sketch to approximate scale
showing the plan of the property, the water distribution system, sewer
layout, existing meters and proposed meters in the scheme to determine
the quantity of flow entering or not entering the public sanitary
sewage system. The cost of furnishing, installing and maintaining
any meters other than those utilized to measure water purchased from
the Water Authority shall be borne by the applicant. The type, size,
location, arrangement and maintenance of such meters shall be subject
to the approval of the Borough and the Water Authority.
Bills and notices relating to the sewage collection, transportation
and treatment charges and surcharges will be mailed or delivered to
the property owner's last address or, where proper arrangements have
been made with the Borough, to the user's last address, as shown on
the billing books of the Borough.
A.
Application for connection to the public sanitary sewage system shall
be made to the Borough upon the permit form to be formulated and furnished
by the Borough.
B.
All information requested on said form shall be furnished by the
applicant, including the character and use of each structure located
upon the property.
C.
Any required tap connection and inspection fee shall be paid at the
time of making application for permission to make a connection.
D.
No work shall commence before the payment of any aforementioned tap
connection and inspection fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection
permit.
E.
Unless written permission is obtained from the Borough, separate
connections, and corresponding tap connection and inspection fees
will be required for each individual occupied building, whether constructed
as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, but a single connection
with payment of the tapping fees for the appropriate number of actual
units served will be permitted to serve a school, factory, apartment
house or other permanent multiple unit structure whose individual
apartments or units may not be subject to separate ownership.
F.
Connections to sanitary and combined sewers shall be completed within
60 calendar days after receipt of proper notice.
G.
All connections to the sanitary or combined sewers shall be subject to certain restrictions as to unacceptable sanitary sewage which are set forth in Article I of this chapter.
H.
The sewage treatment plant operator or his assistant shall act as
the duly authorized Inspector for all connections to the system. The
designated Inspector shall be given at least 24 hours' notice before
any connection is made to the system so that the Inspector can be
present to inspect and approve the work of building the sewer and
connection. The Inspector shall signify his approval to the connection
by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned
connection permit in the possession of the permittee. The Inspector
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties receiving sewer service
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing, such entries to be made only during reasonable daylight
hours with prior notification to the customer.
I.
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners
of properties shall permit the Inspector full and complete access
to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building
and in and about all parts of the property. No building sewer line
shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until after it is
inspected and approved by said Inspector.
J.
It is the intention of these rules and regulations that the entire
connection be inspected at one time; however, if the property owner
feels that special conditions warrant more than one inspection, he
may request the same subject to such additional inspection fees as
the Borough shall determine.
K.
Piping.
(1)
All piping installed shall be either:
(a)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic sewer pipe, having either a
rubber ring or a solvent cemented joint (ASTM D-3033 or 3034);
(b)
Asbestos cement pipe with rubber ring joint (ASTM C-428);
(c)
Cast iron soil pipe with leaded or rubber ring joint (ASA-A40.1);
or
(d)
Vitrified clay pipe with rubber joint (ASTM C-200).
(2)
All pipe installed shall be at least six inches in diameter. Each
section of pipe shall be stamped with the manufacturer's certification.
L.
All sewer pipe shall be installed in strict accord with the manufacturer's
recommendations. Where rock trench foundation exists, a four-inch
gravel cradle shall be provided under the pipe.
M.
All pipe shall be installed with a minimum slope of 1/8 inch per
foot and a minimum cover of 2 1/2 feet, unless otherwise approved.
All pipe shall be laid to an even grade and straight alignment to
the public sanitary sewer. All pipe shall be laid with full and even
bearing, and no block supports will be allowed. Bell holes shall be
dug to allow sufficient space to properly make each joint. Backfill
shall be tamped uniformly around the pipe. All work shall be done
in a workmanlike manner and shall provide a durable installation.
N.
A six-inch trap with a four-inch vent shall be installed a maximum
of five feet from the building. The vent shall be so situated as not
to allow the discharge of any surface water to the sanitary sewer.
O.
Commercial installations must also comply with all local construction
regulations.
P.
Maintenance and repair of all building sewers shall be the responsibility
of the property owner.
Q.
Old building sewers may be used to connect existing buildings to
the sewer system only when the Borough's representative determines
that the old sewer is in an acceptable condition. The condition of
the existing building sewer will be determined in the following manner.
A six-inch diameter vertical riser shall be constructed by the property
owner at his expense. The riser shall be located at the point where
the existing sewer connects to the public sewer system. Flow in the
existing line will be observed in the riser and determination of the
condition of the existing line made. If flow observed is excessive,
indicating infiltration, the line will be rejected. Otherwise it will
be accepted. If rejected, the owner of the property shall install
a new building sewer to comply with these rules and regulations.
A.
Construction of sewers will not be permitted until the proper state
permits have been obtained.
B.
Prior to final acceptance of any sewer extensions by the Borough,
it will be necessary for the developer to furnish to the Borough as-built
plans showing the angle and distance between manholes, the top and
invert elevation of each manhole and the exact location of all house
sewer connections relative to the nearest manhole both downstream
and up stream.
C.
Easements shall be recorded in the name of the Borough for all sewers
to be constructed outside of dedicated street rights-of-way.
D.
All sewer pipe shall be extra-strength vitrified clay pipe conforming
to ASTM Specification C-200 or Class 2400 asbestos-cement pipe conforming
to ASTM Specification C-428, unless otherwise specified for extraordinary
ground conditions by the Borough.
E.
All sewer pipe shall be a minimum of eight inches in diameter and
have a minimum of laying length of not less than five feet.
F.
Jointing connections for clay pipe shall be the factory-fabricated
type conforming to ASTM Specification C-425, Type III. Both the bell
and the spigot of the pipe shall be especially prepared for the jointing
connection selected. The details of any jointing connection which
is proposed for use must be submitted to the Borough for prior approval.
G.
The installation of sewers shall start at the lower end of the line
and proceed upstream so that the spigot ends point in the direction
of flow. The pipe shall be carefully laid to line and grade. The handling,
placing and jointing of pipe shall be in strict accordance with the
pipe manufacturer's recommendations.
H.
All manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the standards
established by the Borough. Frames and covers for all manholes shall
be fabricated of cast iron and shall conform to the standards established
by the Borough. Vented covers shall be furnished at the ends of lines.
I.
Sewers shall be hydrostatically, pneumatically and/or smoke tested
for leakage at the discretion of and in the manner required by the
Borough.
J.
The developer shall file all necessary connection permits and pay
the applicable tap connection and inspection fee for each house or
building to the Borough, which shall become due and payable prior
to inspection and approval by the Inspector for each respective house
service sewer.
K.
The developer shall also reimburse the Borough in full for all costs
of inspection of construction of all sanitary sewers. The amount and
type of inspection required shall be determined by the Borough during
construction.
L.
No sewer extensions constructed by a developer will be approved for
use and acceptance by the Borough until said sewers are formally approved
by the Borough, all building tap connection and inspection fees have
been paid for each building connected to the system and the Borough
has been reimbursed in full for all inspection costs incurred by the
Inspector during construction, testing and approval.
A.
Each sewage collection, transportation and treatment charge, surcharge and penalty imposed by Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges, shall be a debt due the Borough and shall be a lien on the property served and, if not paid within the period prescribed in Article III, Connections, Rates and Charges, after the date of the bill shall be deemed delinquent. In such event, the Borough shall proceed to file a lien in the office of the Prothonotary of Washington County and collect the same in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection of municipal claims. In the event of failure to pay the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charge or surcharge or penalty after they become delinquent, the Borough may also authorize the appropriate personnel to shut off water service to said property or to remove to close the sewer connection and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish such shut off or removal or closing. The expense of such shutoff or removal or closing, as well as the expense of restoring any such service, shall likewise be a debt due the Borough and a lien on the property served and may be filed and collected as hereinabove provided. Such sewage service shall not be restored until all sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges, surcharges and penalties, including the expense of removal, closing and restoration, shall have been paid or adequate provisions for their payment shall have been made.
B.
Any person found to be violating any provisions of these regulations
shall be served by 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.
C.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in § 139-36B shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in accordance with the applicable connection ordinance in effect in the Borough's service area. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
D.
Any person violating any of the provisions of these rules and regulations
shall become liable to the Borough for any expense, loss or damage
occasioned by the reason of such violation.
