[Adopted 12-12-1960 by Ord. No. 15-1960 (Ch. 18, Part 1, of
the 1993 Code)]
[Amended 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
As used in this article, "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive;
and the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
section:
The Borough of Irwin, Pennsylvania.
The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the sewage or discharge from soil, waste and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to
the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of
the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The person appointed by the Borough Council to inspect sewage
works, including both public and semipublic sewers, and including
also inspection of building sewers and all other connections between
occupied homes and other buildings and the public sewers.
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, and from
which structure, sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either
thereof, is or may be discharged.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
Any real estate which adjoins, abuts or is adjacent to the
public sanitary sewerage system or any real estate which might be
connected to that system by construction of a private sewer of not
more than 150 feet in length.
A sanitary sewer which has been constructed or is owned by
the Borough or has been constructed by private parties and has been
accepted by the Borough of Irwin as a sanitary sewer.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface
waters, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
and commercial buildings, apartments, institutions and industrial
establishments together with such groundwater, surface water, or stormwater
as may be present.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other waste liquids.
All separate sanitary sewers, all combined sewers, all sewage
pumping stations, all sewage treatment works, and all other facilities
provided and owned by the Borough for the collection, transportation
and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, with their
appurtenances and any additions, extensions or improvements thereto
that may be made by the Borough Council. It shall also include sewers
within or outside the Borough limits which serve two or more persons
and discharge into the Borough sanitary sewerage system, even though
those sewers may not have been constructed by Borough funds. It does
not include separate storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed
for the sole purpose of carrying stormwater and surface water runoff,
the discharge from which is not and does not become tributary to the
Borough's sewage treatment facilities.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
A.
Within 90 days after the passage of this article, the owner or owners
of all occupied buildings located on premises now accessible to the
public sanitary sewer shall connect, or cause to be connected, the
said building or buildings with the sanitary sewer to which the property
is accessible in the manner hereinafter provided.
B.
Hereinafter, as public sanitary sewers are provided in areas of the
Borough, the owners of all occupied buildings accessible to such public
sanitary sewers so laid and provided shall, within 90 days, connect
or cause to be connected the said occupied buildings with the sanitary
sewer to which the property is accessible in the manner hereinafter
provided.
When connection has been made with the public sanitary sewer,
the owner or owners of such property shall forthwith abandon any and
all privies, privy vaults, cesspools and septic tanks then existing
on said premises and shall use them no longer. Any and all connections
or connection with the occupied building which has been served shall
be broken or destroyed in such a manner that sanitary sewage can no
longer enter therein.
From and after the passage of this article it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to connect any privy, privy vault,
cesspool, septic tank or any other type of disposal receptacle or
structure to any public sanitary sewer in the Borough.
From and after the passage of this article it shall be unlawful
in areas where public sanitary sewers have been provided and where
the owner or owners of premises have connected with the public sanitary
sewer, or are by this article duty-bound so to do, to connect the
occupied buildings with a privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank
or any other type of disposal receptacle or structure.
[Amended 7-9-1979 by Ord. No. 687; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
A.
In all cases where a sanitary sewer connection is made from an occupied
building to the sanitary sewer system, either cast iron, ductile iron,
vitrified clay, asbestos-cement (transite), ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene)
or PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe of the kind and quality hereinafter
specified, of at least four-inch inside diameter, shall be used, and
the house sewer shall be laid to an even grade and straight alignment
to the public sanitary sewer. Where the ground is of sufficient solidity
for a proper foundation, vitrified clay, asbestos-cement, ABS or PVC
pipe may be used. On filled ground, cast or ductile iron pipe shall
be used.
B.
Pipe to be used shall meet the following specifications and minimum
strength classification or wall thickness, as applicable:
|
Type
|
Specifications
|
Minimum Strength Classification
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Vitrified clay
|
ASTM C-700
|
Extra strength
| |
|
Vitrified clay
|
ASTM C-425
|
Extra strength
| |
|
Asbestos-cement
|
ASTM C-644
|
Class 2400
| |
|
Asbestos-cement
|
ASTM D-1869
|
Class 2400
| |
|
ABS
|
ASTM D-2751
|
SDR 23.5
| |
|
PVC
|
ASTM D-3034
|
SDR 35
| |
|
Ductile iron
|
ANSI 12.50
|
Class 50
| |
|
Ductile iron
|
ANSI 12.51
|
Class 50
| |
|
Ductile iron
|
ANSI 12.11
|
Class 50
| |
|
Cast iron
|
ASTM A-74
|
Extra heavy
| |
|
Cast iron
|
ASTM C-564
|
Extra heavy
|
C.
All pipe shall be laid with full and even bearing and all joints
are to be completely tight. Joint ends shall be of neoprene rubber
or plastisol in accordance with the above-noted specification or be
of the chemically welded type, where applicable. All joints must receive
prior approval by the Borough before construction may commence.
D.
Where pipes of different material are to be joined or where a section
of pipe is cut to make connection with another pipe, the connection
shall be made by means of a flexible coupling (Fernco or equal) and
two stainless steel bands. Plain cement joints or slip-seal joints
are prohibited.
E.
The bottom of all trenches shall be undercut a minimum of six inches
below the invert grade of the proposed pipe. Where, in the opinion
of the Borough's representative, the bottom of the trench is unsuitable
for foundation subgrade, such material shall be removed to a depth
satisfactory to the Borough's representative. The undercut area shall
then be filled with sand, granulated slag or pea gravel conforming
to the requirements for "small" concrete aggregate. The bedding material
shall further be placed along the sides and above the pipe a minimum
of 12 inches. The material shall be adequately and compactly tamped
in place, taking care not to heave, misalign, crack or otherwise injure
the pipe or joints. All work is to be done in a workmanlike manner.
[Amended 11-13-1961 by Ord. No. 8-1961; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No.
791]
A.
The property owners shall install the building sewers at their own
expense from the building drain to the wye connection supplied in
the public sewer. Maintenance and repair of the building sewer is
the responsibility of the property owner from the occupied building
to the wye in the public sewer. Connections to public sewers in rights-of-way
shall, in all respects, meet the same specifications as when the sewer
is in a public street. The property owner shall make application to
the Borough for permission to connect to the public sewer on forms
supplied by the Borough.
B.
Unless written permission is obtained from an authorized Borough
representative, separate connection will be required for each individual
occupied building, whether constructed as a detached unit or as one
of a pair or row, but a single connection will be permitted to serve
a school, factory, apartment house or other permanent multiple-unit
structure whose individual apartments or units may not be subject
to separate ownership.
C.
A single connection will be permitted to serve a double house in
which the internal plumbing waste system is common to both units or
is not readily separable. In such case, a tap-in application shall
state and show, by an eight-and-one-half-inch by eleven-inch sketch,
the specific conditions of the house to be tapped-in. The Borough
assumes no obligation or responsibility caused by or resulting from
such a single connection.
D.
No connection less than four inches in diameter will be permitted
to the main sewer lines, and the construction of the property owner's
connection shall be in accordance with the general requirements of
sewers, except that a grade of not less than 1/8 inch per foot shall
be allowed. The applicant will also be required to conform to all
other requirements of the Borough as regards charges for sewage transportation,
collection, etc., as outlined under the Borough's rules and regulations
and as necessary to establish, to meet the management, overhead, operation
and fixed charges to retire the capital cost of the system. House
sewers shall be installed by competent, skilled pipelayers in accordance
with approved standards, plans and specifications of the Borough.
No basement seepage or groundwater drainage or any other uncontaminated
source of water shall be discharged to the sanitary sewerage system,
and all applicants desiring connection to the sewerage system shall
certify that no groundwater or seepage drains are or shall be connected
to their system. After connection to the sewer is made, the applicant
shall maintain his house system in such a manner that no such seepage
or drainage enters his sanitary sewage system.
[Amended 5-12-1975 by Ord. No. 616]
No downspouts, roof drainage or surface or areaway drainage
shall be connected into the sanitary sewerage system, and before attachment
to the sewer system, the property owner or applicant for service shall
remove such connections and adequately and properly plug his system
to prevent the entrance of any downspout, roof, surface or areaway
drainage.
Each user of the system before connections are made thereon
shall provide in his house sewer system, just outside the building
wall, a trap with a fresh-air vent in the house side in accordance
with the standards approved by the Borough.
No cross-connections shall be made between the sanitary sewerage
system and the potable water system whereby vacuums or backsiphonage
could permit sanitary wastes to enter the potable water system. No
cross-connection shall be made between the sanitary sewerage system
and storm drains or storm sewers.
[Amended 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
A.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected with any of the
public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly, any substance
detrimental to the sewers or to the operation of the Borough sewerage
system as more explicitly listed in the following subsections:
(1)
The Borough reserves the right to refuse connection to its public
sanitary sewerage system or to compel discontinuance of the use of
such system for deleterious industrial wastes or to require pretreatment
of such wastes in order to prevent harmful or adverse effect upon
the system. The design, construction and operation of such pretreatment
facilities shall be subject to the approval of the Borough Council.
(2)
In general, any industrial waste will be considered harmful to the
public sanitary sewerage system that may cause any of the following
damaging effects:
(a)
Chemical reaction either directly or indirectly with the materials
of construction of the public sewerage system in such a manner as
to impair the strength or durability of the sewer structures.
(b)
Mechanical action that will destroy the sewer structures.
(c)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of the sewer structures.
(d)
Restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance of the sewer
structures.
(e)
Danger to public health and safety.
(f)
Obnoxious conditions inimical to public interest.
(3)
When required by the Borough Council, any person discharging to the
public sanitary sewerage system industrial wastes or industrial wastes
and sanitary sewage together in excess of 100,000 gallons per quarter
shall install a suitable manhole or manholes on his connecting sewer
or sewers to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the
combined flow of wastes from his premises. Such manhole or manholes
shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Borough Council. The manhole
or manholes shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall
be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible to the Borough
Council or its authorized representatives at all times. The construction
and maintenance of such manholes shall be mandatory for the producers
of normal industrial wastes.
(4)
The discharge of excessive amounts of unpolluted water or waste to
a separate sanitary sewer is expressly prohibited. However, such discharges
to combined sewers or storm sewers will be permitted wherever such
sewers are of adequate capacity. The Borough Council reserves the
right to define the amount it deems excessive in each particular instance.
(5)
The discharge of garbage to the public sanitary sewerage system is
expressly prohibited unless said garbage is first properly shredded.
(6)
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge any industrial
waste having any of the following characteristics to the public sanitary
sewerage system:
(a)
Wastes containing liquids, solids or gases which by reason of
their nature or quality may cause fire, explosion or be in any other
way injurious to persons, the structures of the sewerage system or
its operation.
(b)
Wastes having a temperature in excess of 150° F. or less
than 32° F.
(c)
Wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than nine, or having
any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures,
equipment or personnel of the public sanitary sewerage system. Where
the Borough Council deems it advisable, it may require any person
discharging industrial wastes to install and maintain, in an approved
manner, a suitable device to continuously measure and record the pH
of the wastes so discharged.
(d)
Wastes containing any noxious or malodorous gas or substance
which either singly or by interaction with sewage or other wastes
is, in the opinion of the Borough Council, likely to create a public
nuisance or hazard to life, or prevent entry into sewers for their
maintenance and repair.
(e)
Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, hair, chemical
or paint residues, greases, lime slurry or viscous material of such
character or in such quantity that, in the opinion of the Borough
Council, they may cause an obstruction to the flow in sewers or otherwise
interfere with the proper operation of the public sanitary sewerage
system. Attention is called to the fact that the maximum permissible
concentration will vary throughout the system, depending upon the
size of the particular receiving sewer and the flows therein.
(f)
Wastes containing insoluble, nonflocculent substances having
a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
(g)
Wastes containing soluble substances in such concentrations
as to cause the specific gravity of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
(h)
Wastes containing any of the following substances in solution
in concentrations exceeding those shown in the following table:
|
Substance
|
Maximum Permissible Concentration
(ppm)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Phenolic compounds as C6H5OH
|
1
| |
|
Cyanides as CN
|
1
| |
|
Cyanates as CNO
|
10
| |
|
Iron as Fe
|
15
| |
|
Trivalent chromium as Cr
|
3
| |
|
Hexavalent chromium as Cr
|
0.5
| |
|
Nickel as Ni
|
3
| |
|
Copper as Cu
|
2
| |
|
Lead as Pb
|
2
| |
|
Tin as Sn
|
2
| |
|
Zinc as Zn
|
2
| |
|
Cadmium as Cd
|
2
|
(i)
Wastes containing more than 100 parts per million (ppm) by weight
of fat, oil or grease.
(j)
Wastes containing more than 10 parts per million of any of the
following gases: hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide,
or any of the halogens.
(k)
Wastes containing gases or vapors, either free or occluded,
in concentrations toxic or dangerous to humans or animals.
(l)
Any waste containing toxic substances in quantities sufficient
to interfere with the biochemical processes of the sewage treatment
works or that will pass through the sewage treatment works and exceed
the state or interstate requirements for the WWMA treatment plan.
(m)
Any toxic radioactive isotopes without a special permit.
B.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
any special agreement or arrangement between the Borough and any person
whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may
be admitted to the public sanitary sewerage system either before or
after pretreatment by the producer of such industrial waste.
C.
Grease traps and interceptors. The purpose of this subsection is
to reduce the amounts of fats, oils and grease (collectively "grease")
entering the Borough of Irwin separate sanitary sewer system. This
subsection provides for the regulation of food-processing and service
establishments that contribute grease to the separate sanitary sewer
system, through inspections, sampling, and the enforcement of these
requirements. The requirements of this subsection shall be applied
to, but not limited to, all food facilities within the Borough that
discharge wastewater into the separate sanitary sewer system.
[Added 5-10-2017 by Ord.
No. 950]
(1)
FOOD FACILITY
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
GREASE TRAP
Definitions. As used in this subsection, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any food establishment in any building, room or place or
any portion thereof or appurtenance thereto, where human food or drink
is mixed, cooked, made or otherwise prepared, offered for sale, sold,
served or given with or without charge to patrons, customers or guests,
whether said food is consumed on site or off site, including, without
limitations, any and all restaurants, taverns, social clubs, soup
kitchens, and bars, with the exception of the mixing, cooking, or
other preparation of food in a residential dwelling unit for consumption
by the residents or their guests.
An interceptor whose flow rate exceeds 35 gpm and which is
located underground outside the building.
An interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minute (gpm)
or less and which is located inside the building. Grease traps shall
be rated for a minimum of 22.5 gpm.
(2)
Plumbing in good repair. Every building or room occupied or used
as a food facility shall be well drained. All soil pipes, waste pipes,
drains and other plumbing fixtures shall be of adequate size to enable
a passage of any waste intended to pass through it to the separate
sanitary sewer system. All drains, sewers, waste and oil pipes, traps
and water in gas pipes shall, at all times, be kept in good repair
in order so that no gases or odor shall escape therefrom and so that
the same shall not leak, and all vent pipes shall be kept in good
order and repair and free from obstruction.
(3)
Fats, oils and grease limitation. No food facility may discharge
into the separate sanitary sewer system any waste containing more
than 100 milligrams per liter by weight of fat, oil or grease. Any
single discharge in excess of this limitation shall be a single violation
of this subsection. More than one violation may occur in a single
day, depending upon the amount and frequency of the grease discharge.
The Borough may compel discontinuance of the use of the separate sanitary
sewer system, or require pretreatment and/or equalization facilities,
grease traps and/or interceptors, for any discharges in excess of
the within limitation. The design and construction of any required
improvements will be made at the sole expense of the food facility.
(4)
Installation of grease interceptors and traps.
(a)
Every food facility, whether new or existing, shall install
or cause to be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap. The
type of installation shall be determined by the total fixture flow-through
rate of potential grease-laden fixtures discharging through the building
sewage lines as determined by the Borough or its designated representative.
For flow-through rates 35 gallons per minute or less, an internal
grease trap may be installed in certain existing structures used as
food facilities. For flow-through rates exceeding 35 gallons per minute,
as well as all new structures or changes in use concerning a food
facility, an external, underground grease interceptor must be installed.
In any case, the grease trap or grease interceptor shall be designed
to and shall actually accomplish the limitation of grease as required
by this subsection.
(b)
Said grease trap or grease interceptor shall be installed at
an appropriate location along the sewer connection line between the
food facility and the entry of the line into the main separate sanitary
sewer system. An inspection site tee shall be installed between the
interceptor discharge and shall connect to the separate sanitary sewer
system.
(c)
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc., shall discharge through the grease trap or grease interceptor.
Only potentially grease-laden fixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
(d)
In any existing food facility where there is a change of use or change of ownership, the property owner shall be required to provide updated information on the ownership and use to the Borough. In such case, the current grease trap or grease interceptor on the property shall be inspected to ensure that it meets the requirements of this subsection. To the extent that it may be necessary to meet ordinance compliance, the property owner may be required to modify the existing or install a new grease trap or grease interceptor as may be appropriate and in accordance with § 200-16C(2) above.
(e)
All grease traps or grease interceptors shall meet and shall
be installed in accordance with all applicable laws, including, but
not limited to, the Uniform Construction Code.
(5)
Maintenance of grease traps and interceptors.
(a)
All grease traps and grease interceptors shall be maintained
and kept in good working order at all times. The grease traps and
grease interceptor shall limit the amount of grease discharged into
the sewer system to levels not exceeding those permitted by Irwin
Borough. Grease discharges shall not exceed 100 parts per million
downstream of the grease interceptor or grease trap.
(b)
It shall be the duty and responsibility of any property owner,
lessee or agent of any food-processing facility to clean and, at a
minimum annually, inspect the grease interceptor or grease trap. Such
efforts shall be accomplished with a duly qualified business or company.
A written record shall be kept of all inspections and grease removal.
The inspection report shall, at a minimum, list the company name,
company representative, address and phone number of the company, the
method and frequency of cleaning schedule and the date of cleaning/inspection.
Such records shall be presented to the Borough upon request. A more
frequent cleaning/inspection schedule shall be performed at the property
when it is determined by the Borough that the food facility is discharging
excessive amounts of grease to the sewer system.
(6)
Costs. Following the installation of the grease trap and/or grease interceptor, and/or any other required improvements, the food facility shall authorize the Borough to test a sample of the wastewater downstream the grease trap and/or grease interceptor, to ensure compliance with this § 200-16C. The cost to test the sample shall be paid by the food facility. Payment shall be made to the Borough of Irwin at the time of sampling, in the amount of 105% of the cost of the testing to the Borough, which shall be used to pay the testing facility and cover administrative fees in the securing and transporting of the sample and the reviewing of the results. A fee schedule and/or invoice shall be provided to the food processing facility if so demanded. The food facility shall be provided with a copy of the test results.
(7)
Penalties. Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this § 200-16C shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $1,000. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Each discharge in excess of the limitation in § 200-16C(3) shall be deemed a separate offense.
(8)
Right of entry. In the discharge of their duties, the Code Enforcement
Officer or authorized representative shall have the authority to enter,
at any reasonable hour, any food facility in the jurisdiction to enforce
the provisions herein.
(9)
Modifications. The requirements of this § 200-16C may be modified upon written request of the operator of a food facility, if such modification meets the requirements and intent of this section. No modification will be permitting from the requirement of § 200-16C(2) and (3).
The inspector and other duly authorized employees of the Borough,
bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted
to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation,
sampling, testing and retesting in accordance with provisions of this
article.
[Amended 5-6-1967 by Ord. No. 13-1967; 2-19-1968 by Ord. No.
2-1968; 5-12-1975 by Ord. No. 616; 7-9-1979 by Ord. No. 686; 3-7-1988 by Ord. No. 754; 8-25-1989 by Ord. No. 768; 10-9-1989 by Ord. No.
769; 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 782; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791; 7-10-1996 by Ord. No. 804]
A.
No person shall make or cause to be made any connection of his property
with any public sanitary sewer until he has fulfilled all of the following
conditions:
(1)
He shall obtain written permission from the Borough of Irwin Authority
to connect to the public sewer system.
(2)
He shall make application to the Manager for a permit to connect
to the public sewer system and shall submit to the Manager the written
permission obtained from the Borough of Irwin Authority at the time
of such application.
(4)
No work shall commence before the issuance of a connection permit
by the Manager.
(5)
He shall have given the Director of Public Works at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection shall be made in order that
the Director of Public Works can be present to supervise and inspect
the work of connection.
(6)
At the time of inspection, the owner of property shall allow and
permit the full and complete inspection of all sanitary and drainage
arrangements and facilities in his building and in and about all parts
of his property.
B.
All work contemplated by this article shall be under the direct supervision
and inspection of the Sewer Inspector appointed by the Borough, and
no building sewer line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed
until after it is inspected, tested and approved by said Sewer Inspector.
C.
Schedule of fees for tap-in. The schedule for fees for tap-in shall
be set by Council by way of resolution.
[Amended 7-14-2021 by Ord. No. 995]
D.
Liability for payment of tapping fees.
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this article is to amend the existing tap-in
fee ordinance as it applies to subsequent tap-ins for all areas served
by or hereinafter served by the sewer lines of the Borough and to
establish a comprehensive policy of liability for tapping fees.
(2)
Liability for payment of tapping fees. All bills for tapping fees
shall be due and owing upon connection by any owner of real estate
of any sanitary facilities on said real estate to a public sanitary
sewer.
(a)
Building or structure razed or destroyed. Subject to the provisions of Subsection D(2)(b) herein, in the event that an owner of real estate had connected sanitary facilities to a public sanitary sewer and the building or structure containing the sanitary facilities is razed or destroyed, the owner thereof, in reestablishing service, shall be entitled to receive a credit equal to the number of equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) for which a tapping fee was previously paid, provided that the owner had in fact paid the applicable tapping fees in full which were due at the time of the initial connection, that the owner pay a reinspection fee and that the sanitary facilities are reestablished within one year of the date on which the building or structure was razed or destroyed. Credits for tapping fees shall be made on a tap-for-tap basis consistent with Subsection D(2)(b) hereof. In determining credits herein, tapping fees previously paid for any particular number of EDUs shall be credited as full payment for tapping fees for a corresponding number of EDUs subsequently established. An owner shall not be entitled to a refund of tapping fees for any subsequent reduction in the number of EDUs.
(b)
Change in use; razed or destroyed building or structure. In the event that a building or structure is razed or destroyed and the owner thereof desires to construct a new building(s) or structure(s) upon said real estate, the owner shall first be required to obtain all applicable permits from the Borough, including, but not limited to, building, occupancy and/or zoning permits before reestablishing connections with the public sanitary sewer system. Prior to reestablishing such connections and service, the owner shall also be required to obtain a sewer permit from the Borough at a cost of $50. In reviewing the application for a sewer permit, if the Borough determines that the proposed use of the building or structure will result in additional EDUs on the real estate, the owner shall be entitled to receive a tapping fee credit as provided in Subsection D(2)(a), but the owner shall be liable to pay additional tapping fees for the additional EDUs pursuant to the fees established in § 200-26 and the fee resolution schedule. The owner shall also be required to pay a fifty-dollar reinspection fee.
Hereafter, when sanitary sewers have become available to any
property and the property owner or owners have failed to connect or
cause to be connected his or their property to the sanitary sewer,
the Borough may give or cause to be given written notice to the said
owner or owners to connect or cause to be connected his, her or their
property to the sanitary sewer within 60 days from the date thereof,
and failure to comply with the said notice shall subject the property
owner or owners to the penalties of this article.
If the owner or owners of any occupied building or buildings
shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article,
the Borough of Irwin may serve a written notice upon said owner or
owners or upon the tenants or party in possession of the premises
if said owner or owners cannot be found on the said premises, requiring
said owner or owners to comply with the provisions of this article
in every respect within 60 days after the service of such notice,
and if said owner or owners shall neglect or refuse to comply with
said notice, the Borough may perform or cause to be performed such
work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material
as may be necessary to comply with the provision of this article at
the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional
thereof, and all charges and expenses incident thereto, which sum
shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Borough
as debts are by law collectable; or the said Borough may, by its proper
officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises
as provided by the Acts of Assembly in such cases made and provided.
[Amended 5-12-1975 by Ord. No. 616; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions
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,
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that a
violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
