[Amended 8-8-2011 by Ord. No. 373]
Every property in the Borough, adjoining or abutting upon any street, alley or easement in which a public sewer is now or shall hereafter be located, shall comply with Article
XIV, entitled Sewage Disposal Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny County Health Department, mandating the connection with such sewer in such a manner and within such time as the Borough may order, for the purpose of the discharge of all fecal matter, human excrement, kitchen and laundry waste and other sewage from such property. All such sewage shall, after such connection, be conducted into such sewer. Every such property shall be connected separately and independently with the sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite the building or nearest to the building in a downstream direction. The groupings of buildings on one house sewer is not permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons with special permission granted by Council upon the recommendation of the Borough Engineer.
If the owner of any property, after 45 days' notice from the
Borough to make a connection of such property with a sewer, fails
to make such connection, the Borough may make such connection and
may collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal claim
or in an action in assumpsit, as is provided by law.
No person shall make or cause to be made any connection of his
or her property with any of the Borough sewers until he or she has
fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A. Such person shall notify the Borough Secretary of his or her wish
and intention to make such connection and shall submit such application
as the Borough may require
B. In the event it is necessary to excavate a Borough street, such person shall have first applied for and obtained a permit to excavate in the street, in accordance with Chapter
158 of the Borough's codified ordinances.
C. Such person shall have given the Borough Secretary at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection shall be made, in order that
the Borough Engineer, or his or her authorized agent, can be present
to supervise the work of such connection. All connections are to be
made between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time,
Monday through Friday.
D. Such person shall pay a sewer connection fee to the Secretary, for
the use of the Borough, based on use and occupancy, in accordance
with the following schedule:
(1) Every single-family dwelling unit will be charged a sewer connection
fee of $200.
(2) Multifamily dwelling units will be charged a sewer connection fee
of $200 for each unit in the dwelling.
(3) For all uses other than residential, such person shall pay a minimum
sewer connection fee of $200, which shall entitle the person to two
water closets or urinals. An additional fee of $50 shall be charged
for each additional water closet or urinal in the building or structure
over the first two water closets or urinals.
All work of making connections to any of the Borough sewers
shall be done under the personal supervision of the Borough Engineer,
or his or her authorized agent, and shall conform to the following
requirements:
A. All sewer connections shall be made at the place where the "Y" in
the Borough sewer is provided, but if no "Y" is provided in the Borough
sewer, the property owner making such connection shall, at his or
her own expense, put in the "Y" in making such a connection.
B. All joints shall be sealed and airtight, smooth and clean inside,
with all sewers in straight alignment and of proper grade so as to
provide for the free flow of sewage without any obstruction, and made
in accordance with the specifications of the Borough for its sanitary
sewers.
In all cases where the Borough is required to pay ALCOSAN for
a delinquent account incurred by a resident of the Borough, the resident
who incurred such delinquency and is responsible therefor shall reimburse
the Borough in full for all sums that were required to be paid by
the Borough through ALCOSAN as a result of such delinquency for failure
to pay the charges assessed by ALCOSAN.
The Borough Secretary is hereby directed to notify the person
responsible for a delinquent account, in writing, setting forth the
total amount that the Borough was required to pay to ALCOSAN on behalf
of such person and request that reimbursement be made forthwith.
Upon failure to receive the requested sum, as set forth in §§
148-29 and
148-30 above, within 30 days from the date of notice of a delinquent account, the Borough Secretary, at the discretion of Council, is hereby authorized to shut off the water supply to the property involved or to proceed to collect the sum involved in the manner provided by law for the collection of such accounts, whichever in the Secretary's discretion is deemed advisable.