[Adopted 5-27-1968 by Ord. No. 223, approved 5-27-1968]
[Amended 8-10-2021, approved 8-10-2021]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Masontown service
area whose property abuts upon any public sanitary sewer presently
in existence or to be constructed in the future shall connect, at
his own cost, the house, building or other structures located on said
property with the aforementioned public sanitary sewers for the purpose
of disposing of all acceptable sanitary sewage emanating from said
property.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property in the Borough of Masontown abutting upon any public sanitary
sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool, privy
vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of acceptable sanitary
sewage other than into and through said public sanitary sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the Borough abutting
upon any public sanitary sewer is now or hereafter may be using any
method for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than through
said public sanitary sewers, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary,
or such other person as shall be authorized by the Borough Council,
to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure in writing,
either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to
disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge and
disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through the said public
sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after receipt
of such notice.
A. No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at the present time or at any time hereafter
be connected with the aforesaid public sanitary sewers.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected
to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers to connect any roof drain
thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto or to
permit, allow or cause to enter into said public sanitary sewer any
stormwater, foundation drain water, springwater or surface water or
to permit or allow to enter into said public sanitary sewers any sewage
or industrial waste from any property other than that for which a
permit is issued.
C. The above prohibited connections provisions shall apply to all past,
present and future persons, firms or corporations connected to the
aforementioned public sanitary sewers.
[Added 8-12-1997, approved 8-12-1997]
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made
any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers
until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A. He shall make application to the Borough upon a permit form to be
formulated and supplied by the Borough for permission to connect to
the aforementioned public sanitary sewers. Among other things, the
applicant must state the character and use of each structure located
upon his property.
B. Tap-in fee; approved connections;
[Amended 6-26-1979, approved 6-27-1979; 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987; 5-28-2002, approved 5-28-2002; 8-10-2021 approved 8-10-2021]
(1) He shall pay the required tap-in fee in effect and set by regulations
adopted by the Borough to the Borough or its designated agent at the
time of making application for permission to make a connection.
Tap Fee Schedule
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Size of Sewer Connection
(inches)
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Tap Fee
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6
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$1,250
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Other
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TBD
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(2) The connection to the Borough's sewage system shall be made
by Borough personnel using approved tapping saddle or wye connections
in accordance with the specifications, plans and procedures established
by the Borough. Said connection will be extended to the owner's
property line. Should the cost of physically making the connection
exceed the tap-in fee, the property owner shall be responsible for
paying the additional costs.
C. No work shall commence before the payment of the aforesaid tap-in
fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
D. He shall give the designated inspector of the Borough at least 24
hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be made in order
that said inspector can be present to inspect and approve the work
of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the connection
by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned
connection permit in the possession of the permittee.
E. 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.
The construction of all building sewer lines or house service
sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans
and procedures established by the Borough, as the same may be from
time to time published and amended, copies of which shall be placed
on file with the Borough Secretary.
[Added 6-26-1979, approved 6-27-1979; amended 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987]
The expense of the laying of any new public sewer line or the
extension of any existing sewer line shall be borne by the abutting
property owners on a front-foot basis. The Borough reserves the right
to waive the above assessment as to any property owner who, at the
time of any extension, is currently connected to the existing sewer
system and who shall not receive any actual or potential benefits
from the extension of the existing sewer line.
Unless written permission is obtained from the Borough, separate
connections and tap-in 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 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. The Borough, however, does not assure any obligation or
responsibility for damages caused by or resulting from any permitted
single connection for multiple units as aforementioned.
If the owner or owners of any occupied house, building or structure in the Borough shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in §
115-9 hereof, the Borough may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Borough as debts are by law collectible, or the said Borough may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
The term "acceptable sanitary sewage" is defined as that sewage
or industrial waste which shall not:
A. Have a temperature higher than 100° F.
B. Contain more than 120 parts per million by weight of tar, oil or
grease.
C. Contain any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquids, solids or gases.
D. Contain any garbage which has not been ground up by household-type
or other suitable garbage grinders.
E. Contain any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, cotton, wool or
other fibers or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing
interference with the proper operation of the public utility system.
F. Have a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 8.5 or have any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment
or personnel of the public utility system.
G. Contain any toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to
damage or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute
hazards to humans or create any hazard in the operation of the public
utility system. "Toxic wastes," by definition, shall include but not
be limited to wastes containing cyanide, chromium and/or copper ions.
H. Contain noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating
a public nuisance.
The Borough reserves the right to refuse permission to connect,
to compel discontinuance of use or to compel pretreatment of industrial
wastes or unacceptable sanitary sewage at the expense of the owner
in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful or to have a deleterious
effect upon any portion of the public utility system. The Borough
also reserves the right to require users having large variations in
rates of waste discharge to install acceptable regulating devices
for equalizing waste flows at the users' expense. The Borough's representatives
shall have access at all reasonable time to all premises in the Borough
to inspect and test any privately owned meters used for establishing
or determining water consumption, water excluded from the public utility
system and sewage or wastewaters discharged to the public utility
system from said premises.
[Amended 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment of
such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term
of not more than 30 days; provided, however, that if the District
Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial means
to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance,
such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments
and over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be
just.