[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 1; as amended by Ord. 1071, 7/6/2010]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
Emmaus Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
The extension from the sewer drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Borough of Emmaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania
municipal corporation, acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate
cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
Any property within this Borough upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage,
including such ground, surface or storm water as may be present.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there is no curb line, to the property line. The
Borough shall be responsible for any required maintenance or repair
of the lateral, unless the maintenance or repair is necessitated by
an illegal discharge from the building sewer or root growth or other
intrusion that enters the sewer system through the building sewer
or at the connection of the building sewer to the lateral, in which
instances the property owner shall be responsible for such maintenance
and repair.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Borough.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such ground, surface or storm water as
may be present.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough and owned by the Authority
and leased to this Borough for operation and use.
Any street, road, lane, court, alley and public square.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 2; as amended by Ord. 371, 5/2/1960, § 1]
1.
The owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street
in which is a sewer shall connect such improved property therewith,
in such manner as this Borough may require, within 60 days after notice
to such owner from this Borough to make such connection, for the purpose
of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such
improved property, subject to such limitations and restrictions as
shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this
Borough, from time to time.
2.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection 1, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough, from time to time.
3.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of subsection 1.
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of subsection 1, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Borough.
4.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
shall be used and maintained at any time for the disposal of sanitary
sewage or industrial wastes upon any improved property which has been
connected to a sewer.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned as a disposal for sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes and, at the discretion of this Borough,
shall be cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of
this Borough; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this
Borough, cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance and such
nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at the expense of the owner
of such improved property.
5.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
6.
The notice by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in subsection 1, shall consist of a copy of this Part, including any amendments at the time in effect, and a written or printed document requiring the connection, and may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 3; as amended by Ord. 1027, 7/2/2007]
1.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter, or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system with
out first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Borough. In addition,
any building floor drain shall have gravity or pump discharge completely
independent of the sanitary sewer system, except where the entire
finished floor is at an elevation above the finish grade around the
exterior of the building. No person shall make connection of roof
downspouts, exterior foundation drains, area drains, or other sources
of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain,
which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary
sewer.
2.
Application for a permit required under § 18-103(1) shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served.
3.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each
of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Borough Manager of the desire
and intention to connect to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given the Borough Manager at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection will be made so that this
Borough may supervise and inspect the work of connection and necessary
testing.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this § 18-103, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, but then only after special permission of this Borough, in writing, shall have been secured.
5.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all
costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer shall
be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and
such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Borough from all
loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as
a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a
building sewer to a sewer.
6.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of § 18-104 and shall be subject to approval of this Borough.
7.
The permit required by § 18-103(1) shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a sewer.
8.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the lateral. No
person shall make a connection directly to or tamper with, in any
manner, a sewer.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection to
a lateral shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert
of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the connection
of a building sewer to a lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
Special fittings for connection of a building sewer to a lateral may
be used only after approval of this Borough has been secured.
9.
If the owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street in which is a sewer, after 60 days' notice from this Borough, in accordance with § 18-102(1), shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceedings as may be permitted by law.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 4; as amended by Ord. 371, 5/2/1960, §§ 2,
3; and by Ord. 675, 11/17/1986]
1.
Building sewers shall be no less than four inches in diameter.
3.
Uniform bearing shall be provided along the entire length of a building
sewer; and all joints of a building sewer shall be watertight and
rust-proof. No cement mortar joints shall be used. When hot-poured
joints are used, the trench shall be free of water.
4.
Where an improved property, at the time of securing a permit under § 18-103(1) to connect to a sewer, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line, as a building sewer, undiminished in inside diameter, but not less than four inches, to the lateral.
5.
A building sewer to serve one improved property may occupy the same
trench as a building sewer to serve the next adjoining improved property;
Provided, however, that the common trench is on or immediately adjacent
to the common property line and such joint occupancy is by mutual
agreement of the owners concerned.
6.
Cast iron soil pipe of a building sewer laid in a trench must be
supported properly at each joint. When vitrified clay sewer pipe or
cement asbestos sewer pipe is used in a building sewer, the entire
length of such pipe, as well as the joint, must have uniform bearing.
Vitrified clay sewer pipe in a building sewer may be laid only in
virgin soil and may not be laid in fill.
7.
Fittings in a building sewer shall conform to the type of pipe used
in construction.
8.
Changes in direction in a building sewer must be made by use of "Y"
branches or of 1/8 or 1/16 bends. Caulking or lead or poured joints
to angles of less than a 1/16 bend equivalent only shall be permitted.
9.
Fittings or connections in a building sewer which have an enlargement,
chamber or recess with a ledge, shoulder or reduction of pipe area
that shall offer any obstruction to flow shall not be allowed.
10.
Joints in cast iron soil pipe in a building sewer shall be paced
with oakum in the bell and spigot terminations and thereafter shall
be filled with molten lead to a depth of at least one inch and not
to be depressed more than 1/8 inch below the rim of the hub. The lead
then must be caulked in place. No paint, varnish or other coating
shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the building
sewer has been tested and approved as provided in § 18-104(17-19).
11.
Bell and spigot joints in vitrified clay sewer pipe in a building
sewer shall be packed with oakum, jute or hemp at the base and thereafter
shall be poured with hot compound as required for the purpose. Such
hot compound shall be poured against dry surfaces having a bond strength
of no less than 100 pounds per square inch, shall not soften at temperatures
up to 160° F., shall not be soluble in the waste to be carried
by the building sewer and shall be root repellent. Each such joint
shall be poured completely in one continuous operation and shall not
be tested until at least one hour after completion of such pouring.
Mechanical joints of plastic or synthetic, rubberlike materials, commonly
known as compression joints, may be used with approval of this Borough.
12.
Joints in cement asbestos sewer pipe in a building sewer shall be
made with sleeve couplings of the same composition as the pipe and
shall be sealed with rubber rings.
13.
Joints between cast iron soil pipe and vitrified clay sewer pipe in a building sewer shall be made by inserting the cast iron soil pipe into the bell of the vitrified clay sewer pipe. Such joints shall be made as provided in § 18-104(11) dealing with hot poured joints.
14.
A building sewer shall be provided with a horizontal trap, known
as an interceptor trap, of not less than four inches inside diameter,
of cast iron equivalent to cast iron soil pipe. Such trap shall be
provided with a vent and clean-out openings, each to be at a level
at least equal to the finished grade level and to be provided with
vent cowls. Lines from such trap to such finished grade level shall
be of the same size and material as the building sewer.
15.
The interceptor trap required under § 18-104(14) shall be located at a point to be determined and approved by the Borough Plumbing Inspector in accordance with rules and regulations applicable thereto as adopted by Borough. Such trap and its vent shall be on the property side of the curb.
16.
The slope or grade of a building sewer, when the inside diameter
is four inches or more, shall be no less than 1/4 inch per foot of
length and shall be downward in the direction of flow; Provided, however,
that when cement asbestos sewer pipe shall be used the slope may be
reduced but shall be not less than 1/8 inch per foot of length.
17.
This Borough shall observe all testing of a building sewer. All equipment
and material required for testing shall be furnished by the owner
of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
In the event a building sewer is not approved by this Borough,
a further test or tests shall be made following completion of necessary
corrections. A fee of $5 will be charged by this Borough for observation
of each test subsequent to the initial test.
18.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected, tested, as provided in § 18-104(17), and approved. If any part of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected, tested and accepted, it shall be uncovered for inspection and testing at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property to be connected to a sewer.
19.
Every building sewer shall be tested by filling the same with water,
completely, so that every section shall be tested with not less than
a ten-foot head of water. Water shall be kept in the building sewer
for 15 minutes before inspection starts and no leakage shall be observable
at the time of inspection.
Upon approval of the test of a building sewer by this Borough
a certificate of approval will be issued to the owner of the improved
property to be connected to a sewer.
20.
Whenever this Borough has reason to believe any building sewer has
become defective, such building sewer shall be subject to test and
inspection. Defects found upon such test and inspection, if any, shall
be corrected as required by this Borough, in writing, at the cost
and expense of the owner of the improved property served through such
building sewer.
21.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
22.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in
the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Borough.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 5; as amended by Ord. 675, 11/17/1986]
1.
Any person who has been engaged regularly in the performance of plumbing
work in this Borough for a period of one year prior to enactment of
this Part shall be deemed competent to obtain a permit. Any other
person seeking to obtain a permit shall exhibit such evidence of competency
as this Borough may require, from time to time.
2.
Any person not possessing a permit shall not perform any plumbing
work upon any improved property which is connected to a sewer or which
is to be connected to a sewer.
3.
Any improved property upon which plumbing work is performed by a
person not possessing a permit will not be approved for connection
to a sewer.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 6]
1.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this
Borough, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect
to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such notice, this
Borough may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage
and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Borough.
2.
This Borough reserves the right to refuse to any person the privilege
of connection of any improved property to a sewer, or to compel discontinuance
of use of a sewer by any person, or to compel the pretreatment of
industrial wastes, in order to prevent discharge into the sewer system
of wastes which may be deemed by this Borough to be harmful to the
sewer system or to have a deleterious effect on sewage treatment processes.
3.
This Borough reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 367, 1/4/1960, Art. 7; as amended by Ord. 675, 11/17/1986]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part 1 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $300; and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 1 continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
