[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
This Part is enacted by Borough Council pursuant to the police power of the Borough to protect the health, safety and welfare of all Borough residents and to insure proper operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewage collection and conveyance system of the Strasburg, Lancaster County, Borough Authority. Connection to sump pumps, gutters, down spouts and similar connections greatly increase the wastewater collected and conveyed by the sewer system for treatment and ultimate disposal. Such connections contribute to the hydraulic overload of the sewer system and must be eliminated in order to insure the proper functioning of the sewer system and to minimize the need for construction and/or acquisition of treatment facilities. Through this Part, Borough Council prohibits such connections and provides the methods, including the authorization of an inspection program, to eliminate such connections.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
AUTHORITY
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Borough Authority.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Strasburg or the Borough Council of Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
CITY
City of Lancaster.
CITY AUTHORITY
The City of Lancaster Sewer Authority.
GROUND WATER
Subsoil or subsurface water; water in the part of the ground that is saturated and/or subsurface water which upon saturation rises to surface level.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity and their representatives, agents or assigns.
SEWER SYSTEM
The collection and conveyance system for wastewater and/or sanitary sewage owned by the Authority and operated by the Borough which conveys such wastewater and/or sanitary sewage to the system or systems of SLSA, the City, the City Authority or any other entity which provides conveyance, treatment and/or disposal service for ultimate treatment and disposal.
SLSA
Suburban Lancaster Sewer Authority or any entity successor thereto which accepts wastewater from the collection system of the Authority operated by the Borough.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural, where indicated by context.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharge or enable the discharge of any stormwater, surface drainage, ground water, ground drainage, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, building foundation drainage, cooling water or unpolluted process waters into the sewer system. No person shall connect or enable the connection of any sump pump, floor drain or similar device to the sewer system.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
Stormwater, industrial cooling water, unpolluted process waters and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, if available, or to a natural outlet approved by the Borough Engineer. All discharge of stormwater and similar waters shall comply with all applicable Borough ordinances and State and Federal laws and regulations.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or enable to be discharged, any wastewater or sewage into the sewer system which shall contain any substances or possess characteristics in violation of any rules and regulation promulgated by the Borough or SLSA.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
The admission into the sewer system of any polluted water, sanitary sewage or industrial waste containing any of the substances or possessing the characteristics referred to in § 305 shall be subject to the provisions of the Borough's industrial waste regulations or other relevant Federal, State, SLSA, City or City Authority regulations as well as the review and approval of the Borough Engineer and/or SLSA. Where necessary, the owner of the property or premises producing such waters or wastes shall provide, at his own expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to or below the maximum limitations provided for in the rules and regulation of the Borough, SLSA, the City or the City Authority and to control the quantities or rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Construction drawings, specifications and other pertinent information relating to the proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be prepared by the owner, at his expense, and shall be submitted for the approval of the Borough Engineer, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided, the same shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operating condition by the owner, at his expense, in lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated polluted waters or industrial waste into the sewer system, the owner of the premises producing such waste may construct and operate at his expense private waste treatment facilities with the effluent discharged to a natural outlet, provided that such facilities are constructed and operated in compliance with all requirements of SLSA, the City, the City Authority, the Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Where private waste treatment facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operating condition by the owner, at his expense.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
The Borough Engineer and other duly authorized representatives or employees of the Borough, the Authority, SLSA, the City or the City Authority bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted, at all reasonable times, to enter upon any premises connected or about to be connected or required to be connected to the sewer system for the purpose of inspection, examination of the connections to the sewer system, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
A. 
The Borough Manager, the President of Borough Council or the Vice President of Borough Council are hereby authorized to institute procedures necessary to determine compliance with this Part, including, but not limited to, conducting systematic inspections of properties connected to the sewer system. In connection with any program of systematic inspections of properties, the Borough Manager, the President of Borough Council or the Vice President of Borough Council are hereby authorized to execute affidavits and applications for search warrants should the owner or occupant of the property connected to the sewer system refuse to permit inspection of the property.
B. 
In addition to the authorization to obtain a search warrant, the Borough Manager, the President of Borough Council or the Vice President of Borough Council are authorized to impose upon the owner of each improved property connected to the sewer system who will not permit an inspection to determine compliance with the requirements of this Part such additional charge or charges for improper connections as may be established by Part 2 of this Chapter. If any person shall refuse to permit inspection of connections to the sewer system, it shall be presumed that a connection in violation of this Part exists, and such person shall be charged the penalty rate for an improper connection as set forth in Part 2 of this Chapter.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1995, § 1]
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently damage, destroy, deface, block or otherwise tamper with any sewer or any other structure or equipment which is part of the sewer system.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any plumber or other person to install or permit to be installed any device or system designed to discharge any substance other than sanitary sewage or allowable industrial waste into the sewer system.
2. 
Without limiting the foregoing, it shall be unlawful for any plumber or other person to connect or reconnect a sump pump, gutter, down spout or other device to conduct stormwater, surface drainage, ground water, ground drainage, roof run off, subsurface drainage, building foundation drainage, cooling water or unpolluted process waters into the sewer system.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
1. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part, other than § 308 or other than subsequent violations of a provision of this Part of which notice as provided herein was previously given, shall be served with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit, not to exceed 15 days, for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender, within the period of time stated in such notice, shall permanently cease all violations.
2. 
Any person who shall continue such violation beyond the time limit set forth in the written notice or who shall make any connection or reconnection of a prohibited discharge or otherwise violate this Part shall be liable, upon conviction, for a first offense to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 plus costs for each violation and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
A. 
Each act of connecting or reconnecting a prohibited discharge to the sewer system shall constitute a separate violation of this Part.
B. 
The maintenance or continuation of any improper connection for any part of any calendar week shall be considered a separate violation of this Part.
3. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part, other than § 308, for a second or subsequent time including, but not limited to, any person who shall make any connection or reconnection of a prohibited discharge whether at a single location or at multiple location, shall be liable, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 plus costs for each such violation and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
Any person who shall violate any provision of § 308 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 plus costs for each violation and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
Fines and costs imposed under the provisions of this Part shall be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part, in addition to becoming liable for a fine, imprisonment and costs of prosecution, shall be liable to the Borough for any expense, loss or damage incurred by the Borough as a result of such violation.
[Ord. 1994-4, 7/12/1994, § 1]
In the event that a person shall discharge items prohibited in § 303 hereof and, after notice as provided in § 310 hereof, refuses to eliminate such prohibited discharge, the Borough may, after reasonable notice, disconnect such property from the public water system owned and operated by the Borough.