This article shall be known and cited as the "Sewer System Rules
and Regulations Ordinance of the Borough of Hellertown."
There hereby is adopted, by and under the authority of the Council
of the Borough of Hellertown, for the purpose of providing rules and
regulations governing the use of the Hellertown Sewer System, as owned,
operated and controlled by the Hellertown Borough Authority, the "Rules
and Regulations of the Hellertown Borough Authority for Use of Sewer
System," on May 13, 1987, as amended from time to time. The aforesaid
rules and regulations hereby are adopted and incorporated as fully
as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this article
shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling upon
all users of the Hellertown sewer system.
The legal and/or equitable owner(s) of the real estate to which
the sewer service is being provided shall be responsible to pay and
shall pay the fees, fines and penalties as may be imposed properly
pursuant to the terms of this article.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
or any resolutions or rules and regulations made by the Council of
the Borough of Hellertown or by the Hellertown Borough Authority in
pursuance thereof, or aiding or assisting therein, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
or each section of this article which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
In addition to the foregoing penalties, the Borough of Hellertown,
either itself or acting through the Hellertown Borough Authority as
its agency, shall require the owner of any property to which sewer
service is being provided to correct any illegal, improper or unauthorized
connections to or uses of the sewer system, and should said owner(s)
fail or refuse to make such required corrections no later than 10
days following the receipt of a written notice to do so, the Borough
or the Authority may cause the connections to be made, with the costs
thereof being charged to the owner(s) of the property in a manner
provided by law.
The imposition of penalties and/or remedies herein prescribed
shall not preclude the Borough of Hellertown or the Hellertown Borough
Authority from instituting appropriate actions or proceedings to prevent
the violation of this article, to restrain or correct to abate any
such violation or to prevent any act, conduct or activity constituting
a violation of the provisions hereof.