[Adopted 2-1-1944 by Ord. No. 3 (Ch. 18, Part 4, of the
1999 Code of Ordinances)]
Whenever a public sanitary sewer has been or shall be constructed
on any road, street, highway or alley in the Borough of West Mifflin,
each separate building used or intended to be used as a dwelling,
office, building, storeroom, public hall, church, schoolhouse and
every tenement fronting or abutting or adjacent to such street, road,
highway or alley and not previously connected with a public sewer
shall be connected with said public sewer by a separate private sewer
within 30 days after written or printed notice shall be given or mailed
to the last known address of the owner or owners of any such building
by the Health Officer of the Borough of West Mifflin, and, upon the
failure of any such owner or owners to make such sewer connection
within 30 days, the said sewer connection may be made by the Borough
of West Mifflin, and the cost thereof, together with a penalty of
20% additional, shall be collected from said owner or owners; provided,
however, that more than one separate building may be connected with
the public sewer by a single private sewer, provided the capacity
of the latter, in the sole judgment of the Borough Engineer, shall
be sufficient.
The construction of every private sewer shall be under the supervision
and direction of the employees, agents, or Engineer of the Borough
of West Mifflin, or such person or persons as the Borough of West
Mifflin shall designate, and each such private sewer shall have a
diameter of not less than six inches and not greater than the diameter
of the public sewer and shall be of either cast iron, having all joints
thoroughly caulked with lead, or of salt-glazed terra-cotta sewer
pipe, having all joints completely sealed with portland cement mortar.
Any owner or owners of property discharging, through a private
sewer or otherwise, any surface drainage or roof water from said property
into any public sewer other than one constructed and used as a storm
sewer, or one constructed and used as a combination sewer, shall disconnect
the same from said public sewer, upon receiving 15 days' notice in
writing to do so. Said notice may be mailed to the last known address
of the owner or owners. In case said owner or owners neglect or refuse
to do so, such owner or owners shall be liable to the penalty provided
hereinafter, and the Borough of West Mifflin may proceed to have the
same disconnected, and the cost thereof, with penalty of 20% additional
thereto, shall be collected from such owner or owners in the manner
provided by law.
[Amended 12-28-1978 by Ord. No. 837; 3-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1094]
No private sewer to be connected with the public sewer shall
be laid unless the owner shall first obtain a permit from the Borough
Building Inspector authorizing the laying thereof and shall pay the
Borough of West Mifflin a fee as established from time to time by
resolution of Borough Council for such permit, and said owner or owners
shall, in addition thereto, pay to the said Borough an amount determined
by the Borough Engineer at the time of construction of the public
sewer, which amount shall be in payment for the connection. Branch
sewers from the public sewer to the curbline shall be constructed
by the Borough of West Mifflin and the cost thereof paid from the
amount collected from the owner or owners for connection; provided,
however, that before any private sewers are connected with any public
sewers at points where branch sewers have already been constructed
by the Borough of West Mifflin from the main sewer to the curbline,
the Borough Engineer shall certify to the Borough Secretary that the
actual cost of construction of said branch sewer, which amount, together
with the permit fee above established, shall be paid by the owner
or owners before any permit shall be issued for the connection of
any private sewer therewith. In the event of the improvement of any
street, road, highway, or alley, after a public sewer has been constructed
therein, the Borough of West Mifflin shall have the right to construct
sewer lines from the public sewer to the curbline of any such road,
street, highway or alley, and the Borough Secretary shall notify each
property owner affected of the amount of cost of such construction
of said sewer lines, payment of which amount shall be made within
the period of 30 days from the date of said notice. In the event that
a property owner fails or neglects to pay for said construction within
30 days from the date of said notice, the Borough Secretary shall
proceed to collect the amount thereof, together with costs, in such
manner as provided by law. The Borough retains the right at the option
of the Council of the Borough of West Mifflin to assess the cost of
said construction, together with the cost of filing any liens to the
properties benefited, in any manner as provided by law.
The Borough of West Mifflin shall have the right to require
any additional private sewer to be laid in any case in which the private
sewer previously laid shall become inadequate, either by an increase
in the size of the building or additional use being made of the private
sewer.
[Amended 3-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1094]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article 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 shall constitute
a separate offense.
