[Amended 10-17-2016 by Ord. No. 1251]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The lowest section of the internal sewage drainage system
of a structure, which receives the discharge of sewage from other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the structure and conveys it to
the sewer lateral beginning at the exterior wall of said structure.
A building inspector, code enforcement officer, or any other
employee of the Borough charged with enforcing building and property
maintenance codes.
A form of trenchless pipe rehabilitation by which a resin
made of fiberglass, polyester, or a similar material is cured-in-place
to form a new seamless pipe that is located entirely within the host
pipe.
Any pipe or other sewer drainage infrastructure owned and
maintained by the Borough of Brentwood and lying within the limits
of a public right-of-way or public easement that receives sewage from
one or more sewer laterals at a sewer connection.
The building drain, sewer lateral, sewer connection, and
public sewer, inclusive.
Any combination of water and water-carried wastes discharged
from a structure for conveyance to a wastewater treatment facility.
A section of pipe that is physically affixed to both the
sewer lateral and the public sewer and that is designed to convey
sewage from the former to the latter.
The generally horizontal pipe of the sewage drainage system,
which receives discharge from the building drain at the exterior wall
of a structure and conveys it to the sewer connection at the public
sewer.
The sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Brentwood shall
be used only for the drainage of sewage, and no groundwater or surface
water shall be drained into the sanitary sewer system either directly
or indirectly. No rain spout, roof drain, area drain, driveway drain,
and no foundation drain or sump pump, shall be connected to or discharge
into the sanitary sewer system.
A.
No person, firm, or corporation shall damage, alter, or remove any
manhole, lamp hole, or any other portion of the public sewer. No person,
firm, or corporation shall deposit or discharge any ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, whole blood, manure, bentonite, lye, building materials, rubber,
hair, bones, leather, porcelain, china, ceramic wastes, or other solid
or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction or other interference
into the sanitary sewer system.
B.
The Code Department shall have the authority to prevent from discharging
into the sanitary sewer system any substances capable of causing obstruction
or other interference with the sanitary sewer system.
A.
No sewer connection shall be installed unless a permit has been obtained
from the Code Department. The fee for such permit shall be set annually
by resolution of Borough Council.
B.
No permit shall be issued for the installation of a sewer connection
by any person other than a master plumber licensed by the Allegheny
County Health Department.
A.
The sewer lateral shall be connected to the public sewer at such
place designated by the Borough.
B.
Except when the public sewer has been repaired with a pipe liner,
the sewer connection shall be in the form of a manufactured wye branch.
If no such wye branch is available, it shall be installed at the expense
of the person desiring the same.
C.
Except when otherwise prohibited by topographical conditions, any
connection between the sewer lateral and the wye branch shall be straight
with the line of the wye branch. Under no circumstances shall said
connection utilize curved pipe with an angle in excess of 45°.
D.
If the public sewer has been repaired with a pipe liner, the sewer
connection shall be in the form of a saddle sleeve, which shall be
installed at the expense of the person desiring the same.
(1)
To facilitate the installation of the saddle sleeve, a single hole
shall be core drilled into the public sewer.
(2)
All saddle sleeves shall include an internal pipe stop so as to prevent
intrusion of the sewer lateral into the public sewer.
(3)
The saddle sleeve shall be positioned at a 45° angle to the direction
of flow in the public sewer.
E.
No sewer connection shall be installed in an existing manhole unless
a sewer connection stub was provided for at the time that the public
sewer was constructed.
A.
No material excavated from a sewer lateral trench shall be placed
so as to obstruct a road, alley, or sidewalk. A barrier shall be maintained
on the banks of such trench.
B.
No backfill shall be placed over any sewer connection until such
pipe has been inspected and approved by the Borough. No backfill shall
be placed over any sewer lateral or sewer connection until such pipe
has been inspected and approved by the Allegheny County Health Department.
C.
Trenches shall be backfilled within 24 hours of the completion of
inspection.
D.
Trenches shall be carefully backfilled by tamping to a depth of six
inches above the crown of the pipe. No stone shall be used in filling
until there is a depth of two feet of fine earth or gravel placed
above the crown of the pipe.
The provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny County Health Department, Article XV, Plumbing and Building Drainage, Chapter 1 and Chapter 13, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with any other provision of this article, are incorporated into and made a part of this article as though fully set forth herein.
A.
Except when the sewer lateral is located beneath an improved roadway,
alleyway, or walkway owned and maintained by the Borough of Brentwood,
repair and maintenance of such sewer lateral is the responsibility
of the owner of the structure served by such sewer lateral.
B.
Repair and maintenance of any sewer lateral located beneath an improved
roadway, alleyway, or walkway owned and maintained by the Borough
of Brentwood shall be the responsibility of the Borough.
C.
Repair and maintenance of the sewer connection is the responsibility
of the Borough.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, plus
court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough in
the enforcement proceedings, and, in default of payment thereof, shall
be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that a violation
of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
