[Adopted 5-3-1965 by Ord. No. 519 (Ch. XVIII, Part 1A, of
the 1980 Code of Ordinances)]
Every property in the Borough of Mount Union located within
a distance of 250 feet from a sanitary sewer shall be connected with
such sewer in such 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 premises.
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 connection branch directly opposite the
building or nearest in a downstream direction. Groupings of buildings
upon one house sewer shall not be permitted, except under special
circumstances and, for good sanitary reasons, with special permission
granted by the Borough Council upon recommendation of the Borough
Engineer.
If the owner of any property, after 45 days' notice from
the Borough to make connection of such property with a Borough sewer,
shall fail 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 of assumpsit, as is provided by law.
[Amended 11-8-1982 by Ord. No. 968; 5-1-1995 by Ord. No. 1035]
No person shall make or cause to be made any connection of his property with any of the Borough sewers until he shall have notified the Borough Council of his desire and intention to make such connection and shall have paid to the Borough Secretary, for the use of the Borough, a sewer connection fee in such amount as is, from time to time, established by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount Union. Further, he shall have applied for and obtained a permit to excavate in the street (See Chapter 288.), in accordance with the Borough ordinances regulating the same, and shall have given the Borough Secretary at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be made, in order that a representative of the Borough can be present to supervise the work of connection.
All work of making connections to any of the Borough sewers
shall be done under the personal supervision of the Borough Engineer
or such other agent as shall be appointed by Borough Council.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement
shall, at any time now or hereafter, be connected with any of the
Borough sewers.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement
shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises from which connection
with any of the Borough sewers shall have been made. Every such privy
vault, cesspool or other receptacle shall, within 30 days after final
enactment of this article in the case of premises now connected with
a sewer, and within 30 days after connection with a sewer in the case
of premises hereafter so connected, be abandoned, cleansed and filled
under the direction and supervision of the Health Officer of the Borough.
Any such privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle not abandoned,
cleaned or filled as required by this section shall constitute a nuisance,
and such nuisance may be abated by order of the Borough as provided
by law at the expense of the owner of such property.
In all cases where a sanitary sewer is not available within
250 feet, it shall be permissible for the property owner to provide
for the disposal of sewage through a septic system, which system must
first be approved by the Borough Council or its designated agent,
and by no other means. The installation of a septic system without
same being approved as herein provided shall constitute a violation
of this article.
Any person who shall violate or fail to conform to any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $50, and costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days, provided that each day's continuance of
a violation, after notice thereof by the Borough Council, shall constitute
a separate offense.
