No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereto without applying for and obtaining a written permit from the
Borough Council or its designee, the form of which shall be determined
by a resolution of the Borough Council.
[Amended 5-24-2012 by Ord. No. 1359]
A permit fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough
Council will be required with each application, a portion of which
shall be returned on demand to any applicant who connects into the
sanitary sewers after installation but before they are covered. The
Borough Superintendent or his agent shall note each connection inspection
that was made while the sanitary sewer was exposed, as above provided.
All work is to be done in accordance with this article. Notice
must be given the Borough Superintendent by the owner or his agent
when the work is ready for inspection, and no part of the work shall
be covered until it has been examined, tested and approved by the
Borough Superintendent or his representative.
The Borough Superintendent or his representative, in the discharge
of his duties and the enforcement of these regulations and for the
purpose of inspection, may enter lawfully upon the properties and
the buildings thereon within the Borough of Sharon Hill or connected
to the Borough of Sharon Hill sewer system.
House sewers installed on and after the effective date of this
part of this chapter must be at least six inches in diameter.
No opening shall be made into the sewer system except in the
presence of the Borough Superintendent or his designee.
No water which shall gather in house-sewer excavations shall
be discharged into the sewer system.
Drainage of roof and stormwater into the sewer system is prohibited.
Cellar drains may not be connected with the sewer system except
in special circumstances.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Borough Superintendent,
to meet all the requirements of this part of this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of
a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, except
where specifically set forth in this article, shall be governed by
the regulations of the Borough Superintendent in effect at the time
the permit for a sewer connection is issued, provided such connection
occurs within one year of the issuance of the permit. In the absence
of such regulations, or in amplification thereof, the materials and
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and
WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which a building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
All excavations for building-sewer installations shall be adequately
shielded and guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the
public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the Borough Council. In the event such public
properties are not restored in a manner satisfactory to the Borough
Council, written notice specifying the corrective steps required will
be issued to the owner of the property for which the connection was
made, and if within 10 days such steps have not been taken by the
property owner, they will be undertaken by the Borough of Sharon Hill.
The cost of such corrective steps to the Borough of Sharon Hill shall
be added to the sewer rent charged to the property owners.
