[Adopted 4-18-1960 by Ord. No. 346 (Part 11, Ch. 1, Art.
C, of the 1994 Code of Ordinances)]
No person shall discharge, or permit to be discharged, into
the sewer system of the Borough any sewage or industrial waste containing
chemicals or other matter:
A.
Having a temperature higher than 100° F.
B.
Containing more than 120 parts per million by weight of tar, oil
or grease.
C.
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naptha, fuel oil or other inflammable
or explosive liquids, solids or gases.
D.
Containing any garbage which has not been ground up by household-type
or other suitable garbage grinders.
E.
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, cotton,
wool, plastics or other fibers, or any other solid or viscous substances
capable of causing interference with proper operation of the sewer
system.
F.
Having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewer system.
G.
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity
to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute
hazards to humans, or create any hazard in sewer system operation.
Toxic wastes shall include, but not by way of limitation, wastes containing
cyanide, chromium and/or copper ions.
H.
Containing noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating
a public nuisance.
[Amended 12-15-1992 by Ord. No. 535]
The provisions of this article are declared to be for the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough. Any person violating
any of the terms, provisions or requirements of this article, or who
shall refuse, neglect or fail to comply with any notice given to that
person by a duly authorized representative of the Borough in conformity
with or pursuant to the provisions of this article, or who shall obstruct
or interfere with any person in the execution of this article, shall,
upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, severally
for each and every such violation or noncompliance, respectively,
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of fine and costs, shall undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days; provided that each thirty-day period in
which a violation or noncompliance continues shall be considered a
separate offense and punishable as such.
Should any person refuse, neglect or fail to comply with any
provision of this article, then the appropriate official of the Borough
is empowered and directed to supply all labor and material required
of that negligent or delinquent person, and the cost and expense thereof
together with an additional amount of 10% shall be certified to the
Borough Solicitor, who shall enter the same as a lien against the
property from which the unlawful discharge has emanated in the Court
of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, and proceed to collect the same
in like manner as other municipal claims are by law collectible; or
an action in assumpsit may be brought to recover the same in the name
of the Borough from that owner or owners.
