[Adopted 8-4-1958 by Ord. No. 433]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All sewage or permitted industrial waste created within the
Borough in areas abutting or adjoining any street or alley in which
there is a sewer shall be discharged into the Borough sewer system
within 45 days after notice requiring the same.
The connections to the Borough sewage system shall be of such
type and the installation thereof shall be carried out in such manner
as is in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough
with respect thereto.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm, association or corporation failing to discharge
sewage or permitted industrial waste into the sewage system of the
Borough after 45 days' notice shall, upon conviction in a summary
proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be
guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon
judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings
by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed
and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the
Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or
to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30
days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County.
