As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
SEWAGE
Any and all liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter
in suspension or solution and the water carrying waste from the discharge
of toilets, laundry tubs, washing machines, sinks and dishwashers
or any other source of water carrying bodily waste of human beings
or waste containing putrescible material.
[Amended 9-25-1997 by Ord. No. 97-20]
The owner of any house, building or structure located in a street
in the Borough of Wallington along the line of any sewer which is
now in operation, or is constructed in the future in the Borough,
shall connect the drainage of all sources of sewerage in his house,
building or structure to the sewer at the owner's sole cost and expense.
Each house shall have a separate connection to the sewer system, which
connection shall be maintained by the homeowner at the homeowner's
sole expense.
Connections shall be made within 30 days after the service of notice as provided in §
296-4.
All buildings or structures in the Borough used by human beings
as dwellings or for eating, sleeping, working, recreation or entertainment
purposes shall be provided with toilets of the flush or water-closet
type, which shall be maintained in a sanitary and proper working order
at all times. All such buildings or structures which do not have toilets
or in which the toilets are not in sanitary and proper working order
are declared to be a nuisance and unfit for human habitation, and
the Sanitary Inspector may order them to be vacated until the terms
of this section have been complied with.
[Added 12-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-19]
Any violation of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Wallington.