[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 1; as amended by Ord. 685,
5/11/1998; by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 744,
6/9/2003, § 8]
The part of the lowest horizontal piping of the 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.
Each dwelling unit within a house, in a double house, in
a row of connecting houses or in an apartment building. Any room,
group of rooms, house trailer, enclosure, etc., occupied or intended
for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group
of persons living together or by persons living alone shall be classified
as an EDU. For commercial and industrial establishments, each EDU
is equal to 300 gallons per day of water consumption as determined
by the water meter or, in the absence of a water meter, by estimates
made by the Borough. In the event the wastewater discharge is metered,
each EDU shall be equal to 300 gallons per day of wastewater discharged
to the authority's sewage conveyance and treatment facility.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The person appointed by the Borough of Jefferson Hills 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 outlet directly or indirectly into a watercourse, pond,
gutter, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The wastes from the preparing, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sanitary sewer which has been constructed and is owned
by the Borough of Jefferson Hills, or has been constructed by private
parties and has been accepted by the Borough of Jefferson Hills as
a sanitary sewer.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from the residences,
businesses and commercial buildings, apartments, institutions and
industrial establishments.
Any arrangement or devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating
and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuous
or intermittently.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 2; as amended by Ord. 741,
12/30/2002, § 1]
1.
Within 60 days after the passage of this Part, the owner or owners
of all occupied buildings located on premises now accessible to a
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.
2.
Further, that hereinafter as public sanitary sewers are provided
in areas of the Borough of Jefferson Hills, the owners of all occupied
buildings accessible to such public sanitary sewers so laid and provided
shall, within 60 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.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 3]
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.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 4; as amended by Ord. 741,
12/30/2002, § 1]
From and after the passage of this Part it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to erect or construct any privy,
privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or any other type of disposal receptacle
or structure in, on or under any premises accessible to any public
sanitary sewer in the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 5; as amended by Ord. 741,
12/30/2002, § 1]
From and after the passage of this Part 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 of Jefferson
Hills.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 6]
From and after the passage of this Part 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
sewers, or are by this Part duty bound so to do, to connect the occupied
building with a privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or any other
type of disposal receptacle or other structure.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 7; as amended by Ord. 363,
12/20/1976, § 1]
1.
In all cases where a sanitary sewer connection is made from an occupied
building to the sanitary sewer system either cast iron, terra cotta,
transite, ABS or PVC pipe of the kind and quality hereinafter specified,
of at least four inches inside diameter, shall be used and the house
sewer shall be laid to a reasonably even grade and alignment to the
public sanitary sewer. Where the ground is of sufficient solidity
for a proper foundation any of the above may be used. On filled ground,
cast iron pipe, transit pipe, ABS or PVC pipe shall be used. Terra
cotta pipe for house sewers shall be of the best quality salt glazed,
vitrified stone ware. It shall be thoroughly burned, glazed on both
sides, and be free of any cracks, blisters or other flaws. It shall
be of the bell and spigot type and when struck with a hammer it shall
produce a clear ringing sound. This pipe shall meet the requirements
of ASTM C-13 and all subsequent revisions.
2.
Terra cotta pipe shall be laid with full and even bearing. No blocking
will be allowed. Joints for terra cotta pipe must be premium type
conformity to ASTM Specifications C-425 and any subsequent revisions.
Pre-formed bituminous type joints, hot poured asphaltic compound joints
or mortar joints will not be permitted.
3.
When transit pipe is used for house sewers it shall conform to the
National Plumbing Code ASA 40.8 and any subsequent revisions. All
joints shall be composed of material which conform to the standards
of the manufacture of the pipe with which the couplings will be used.
4.
Where cast iron pipe is used the joints shall be caulked with oakum
and leaded. All work is to be done in a workmanlike manner.
5.
When ABS is used it shall be Schedule 40.
6.
When PVC pipe is used it shall be Schedule 40.
7.
All connections, in addition to complying with the requirements of
this Part, must comply with the requirements of the Allegheny County
Health Department in all respects.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 8; as amended by Ord. 363,
12/20/1976, § 2; by Ord. 455, 4/14/1980, § 1;
by Ord. 685, 5/11/1998; and by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
1.
The property owners shall install the building sewers at their own
expense from the building drain to the wye connection supplied to
the public sewer. Maintenance and repair of the building sewer is
the responsibility of the property owner from the house to the wye
in the public sewer.
2.
The property owner shall make application to both the Borough of
Jefferson Hills and the Allegheny County Health Department on forms
supplied, for permission to connect to the public sewer. The property
owner shall be required to pay the respective tap- in fees as established
by either party.
3.
Unless written permission is obtained from the Borough, a separate
connection will be required for each individual building or house
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 or factory.
4.
No connection less than six inches in diameter will be permitted
to the main sewer lines and the construction of the property owners'
connection shall be in accordance with the general requirements of
sewers, except that a grade of not less than 1/4 inch per foot shall
be allowed. The applicant will also be required to conform to all
other requirements of the Borough of Jefferson Hills as regards charges
for sewage transportation, collection, etc., as outlined under the
Borough of Jefferson Hills 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.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 9]
No basement seepage or ground water drainage or any other uncontaminated
source of water shall be discharged to the sanitary sewerage system
and all applicants desiring connections to the sewerage system shall
certify that no ground water 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.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 18-410, Downspout and Roof
Drainage, adopted 6/10/1996 by Ord. 229, as amended, was repealed
9/8/2014 by Ord. 844.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 11; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
Each user of the system before connections are made thereon
shall provide in his house sewering system, just outside the building
wall, a trap with a fresh air vent on the house side, in accordance
with the standards approved by the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 12; as amended by Ord.
744, 6/9/2003, § 9]
No cross-connections shall be made between the sanitary sewerage
system and the potable water system whereby vacuums or backsiphonage
could permit sanitary waters to enter the potable water system. No
cross-connections shall be made between the sanitary sewerage system
and storm drains or storm sewers.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 13; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
1.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected with any of the
public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly, any steam exhaust,
boiler blow off, sediment drip or any pipe carrying or constructed
to carry hot water or acid, germicide, grease, gasoline, naphtha,
benzene, oil or any other substance detrimental to the sewers or to
the operation of the Borough sewerage system or sewage disposal.
2.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected with any of the
public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly, any commercial
waste without first receiving the consent of the Borough of Jefferson
Hills and satisfactory arrangements are made with the Borough of Jefferson
Hills concerning said industrial or commercial waste.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 14]
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 purposes of inspection, observation,
sampling, testing and retesting in accordance with the provisions
of this Part.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 15; as amended by Ord.
363, 12/20/1976, § 3; and by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
1.
No person, firm or corporation 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:
A.
He shall apply to the Borough of Jefferson Hills and the County of
Allegheny for permission to connect to the public sewer system.
B.
He shall pay such tap-in or connection fees or expenses as are fixed
for such services by the Borough of Jefferson Hills and the County
of Allegheny.
C.
No work shall commence before the permits are obtained.
D.
He shall have given the Sewer Inspector at least 24 hours notice
of the time when such connection shall be made, in order that the
Sewer Inspector can be present to supervise and inspect the work of
connection.
E.
That at the time of inspection, the owner or owners of properties
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.
2.
All work contemplated by this Part shall be under the direct supervision
and inspection of the Sewer Inspector appointed by the Borough of
Jefferson Hills and the Allegheny County Inspector, and no building
sewer line shall be covered over, or in any manner concealed, until
after it is inspected and approved by said sewer inspectors.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 16; as amended by Ord.
363, 12/20/1976, § 4; and by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
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 of Jefferson Hills 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:
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 17; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
If the owner or owners of any occupied building or buildings
shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provision of this Part,
the Borough of Jefferson Hills may serve a written notice upon said
owner or owners, or upon the tenant 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
Part, in every aspect, 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 of Jefferson Hills 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 provisions of
this Part as 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 of Jefferson Hills as debts are by law collectible,
or the said Borough of Jefferson Hills may by its proper officers,
file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided
by the Act or Acts of Assembly in such cases made and provided.
[Ord. 229, 6/10/1966, § 18; as amended by Ord.
685, 5/11/1998; and by Ord. 844, 9/8/2014]
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person,
firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Part 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 6 of Ord. 823 provided that a copy
of the Gateway Engineers Tap-In Fee Study, dated January 2012, be
appended to that ordinance and Part 4B of this Chapter. Copies of
the Study are available from the Borough Secretary.
[Ord. 677, 8/11/1997, § 421; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 823, 2/13/2012]
Where the Borough of Jefferson Hills has accepted as a public facility a sanitary sewer which has been constructed by private parties, or where the Borough of Jefferson Hills shall erect, construct or build a sanitary sewer in the Borough of Jefferson Hills, either as a trunk sewer or a lateral sewer, and there has been no assessment for the construction of the same made against the property through, along or near which the sewer is constructed or erected, all persons, firms or corporations who have erected or caused to be erected dwellings or buildings on the said property, and desire or are required to make connection with and to the said sanitary sewer, shall pay the sum stipulated in § 18-422 to the Borough of Jefferson Hills, in addition to any regular Borough of Jefferson Hills fee resolution sewer inspection and permit fees as well as any other applicable non-Borough of Jefferson Hills tap-in fees.
[Ord. 677, 8/11/1997, § 422; as amended by Ord.
734, 11/12/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 823, 2/13/2012]
At the time the application is made for the permit to connect
any such building, there shall be paid to the proper authorities by
each person, firm or corporation desiring to connect a dwelling or
a building into the said sanitary sewer the sum of $1,325.40 per EDU.
An EDU is defined as follows:
Each dwelling within a house, in a double house, in a row
of connecting houses or in an apartment building. Any room, group
of rooms, house trailer, enclosure, etc., occupied or intended for
occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group of
persons living together or by persons living alone shall be classified
as an EDU. For commercial and industrial establishments, each EDU
is equal to 300 gallons per day of water consumption as determined
by the water meter or, in the absence of a water meter, by estimates
made by the Borough. In the event the wastewater discharge is metered,
each EDU shall be equal to 300 gallons per day of wastewater discharged
to the Authority's sewage conveyance and treatment facility.
[Ord. 677, 8/11/1997, § 423; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 823, 2/13/2012]
The manner, method of construction of sanitary sewers and/or
their connection to the sewer system of Jefferson Hills Borough shall
be in accordance with the rules, regulations, resolutions and ordinances
of the Borough of Jefferson Hills.
[Ord. 677, 8/11/1997, § 424; as amended by Ord.
741, 12/30/2002, § 1; by Ord. 762, 7/12/2004, § 1;
and by Ord. 823, 2/13/2012]
It is the intent of the Council of the Borough of Jefferson
Hills, by this Part 4B, to provide for a payment for the control of
direct entrance into the trunk and lateral sewers of the Borough of
Jefferson Hills where no assessment has been made, the said $1,325.40
per EDU being charged in lieu of an assessment for construction of
the same, said payment not to apply where an assessment has been made.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 5 of Ord. 823 provided as follows:
"Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act, the Borough
of Jefferson Hills sanitary sewer connection fee of $1,325.40 per
EDU is comprised of the following components: $935.46 (Capacity Component);
$389.94 (Collection Component); Special Purpose Component as applicable;
Reimbursement Component as applicable."
