[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Kittanning as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 9-21-1959 (Ch.
XVIII, Part 1, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 7-14-1971 by Ord. No. 160-1971; 4-6-1998 by Ord. No. 396-1998]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Kittanning whose property
abuts upon any line of the sanitary sewers of the Borough of Kittanning
which drains to the sewage treatment plant of the Borough of Kittanning,
shall connect at his/its own cost, the building, buildings or other
structures located on said property, with said sanitary sewers of
the Borough for the purpose of disposing of all drainage as is customarily
disposed of in a system of sanitary sewers. In the connection to the
sanitary sewer system:
A.
No person shall connect roof, foundation, area way, parking lot,
roadway or other surface runoff or groundwater drains to any sewer
which is connected to a wastewater treatment facility unless its connection
is authorized in writing by the Borough.
B.
Except as provided in Subsection A above, roof, foundation, area way, parking lot, roadway or other surface runoff or groundwater drains shall discharge to natural outlets or storm sewers.
C.
In the event that an illegal connection or illegal discharge exists,
upon notification, the owner of the property shall immediately disconnect
said illegal connection or discharge. If said disconnection is not
made within seven days following notification, the Borough or its
agent may enter upon such property and disconnect such illegal sewer
connection. Upon disconnection of said sewer connection by the Borough
or its agent, the Borough shall send an itemized bill of the cost
of disconnecting said illegal connections plus a charge of 10% of
the cost of construction for administrative overhead to the owner,
which bill shall be paid forthwith.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property abutting on any line of the sanitary sewer system of said
Borough to employ any means, either by septic tank or otherwise, for
the disposal of sanitary sewage other than into and through the sanitary
sewers of said Borough.
Where any structure is now or hereafter may be connected to
any septic tank or using any method by which sanitary sewage is disposed
of or eliminated other than through the sanitary sewer system of said
Borough, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or other authorized
person to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure in
writing, either by personal service or certified mail, to disconnect
the same and make proper connections for the discharge and disposal
of sewage through the sanitary sewer system of the Borough as hereinafter
provided, within 90 days after receipt of such notice.
In case any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to such
sewer shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers
for such period of 90 days after notice to do so has been served upon
him, either by personal service or by certified mail as aforesaid,
the Borough Council or its agents may enter upon such property and
construct such connection. In such case, the Borough Secretary or
other authorized person on behalf of the Borough Council shall forthwith
upon completion of the work send an itemized bill of the cost of construction
of such connection to the owner of the property to which connection
has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of
neglect or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said bill,
a municipal lien for said construction shall be filed within six months
of the date of completion of the construction of said connection,
the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing
for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
Any person required to connect with the sewer system of the
Borough shall make application for a tapping permit to the Borough
Secretary on forms furnished by the Borough, and shall set forth in
said application the character of the structure and use, the lot number
and location, and the name of the person who is to make the connection.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected
with the sanitary sewers of the Borough.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall hereafter by maintained upon any premises
from which connection with any of the Borough sewers shall have been
made. Every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle
shall, within 30 days after final enactment of this article in the
case of premises now connected with a sewer, and, within 30 days after
connection with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so connected,
be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision
of the Borough Council. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank
or other receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required
by this section shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated on order
of the Borough Council as provided by law, at the expense of the owner
of such property.
[Amended by Ord. No. 396-1998]
A.
The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their connections
with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance with
rules and regulations established by the Borough Council and shall
be inspected by the Borough Engineer before being covered.
B.
The size, slope, alignment, construction materials, trench excavation
and backfill methods, pipe placements, jointing and testing methods
used in the construction and installation of a building sewer shall
conform to the building and plumbing code provisions [1]or other applicable requirements of the Borough. In the
absence of code provisions or an application thereof, the materials
and procedures set forth and appropriate specifications of the American
Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation
(WPCF) shall apply.
C.
All new sewers shall be consistent with the Borough's approved
Combined Sewer Overflow Plan of Actions. As such, no new sewers or
modifications of existing sewers shall cause dry weather overflows
to occur within the Borough's sewer system. Dry weather overflows
occur when sewerage is discharged from the system to any outfall other
than the Borough's wastewater treatment facility without a significant
precipitation event. These discharges shall be strictly prohibited.
No new combined sewer shall be constructed or introduced into the
Borough's sewer system under any circumstances.
[Added by Ord. No. 396-1998]
A.
No owner shall discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be
discharged to any of the Borough's wastewater facilities any
substances, materials, waters or wastes in such quantities or concentrations
which will:
(1)
Create a fire or explosion hazard, including, but not limited to,
gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable explosive liquid,
solid or gas.
(2)
Cause corrosive damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel
of the wastewater facilities, but in no case discharge with the following
properties:
(a)
Having a pH lower than 5.0 or greater than 10.0 for more than
10% of the time in a twenty-four-hour period;
(b)
Having a pH lower than 3.5 or greater than 12.0 for any period
exceeding 15 minutes; provided, however, that these minutes may be
modified for facilities designed to accommodate greater ranges.
(3)
Cause any obstruction to the flow in sewers, or interfere with the
operation of the wastewater facilities due to accumulation of solid
or viscous materials.
(4)
Constitute a rate of discharge or substantial deviation from normal
rates of discharge ("slug discharge") sufficient to cause interference
in the operation and performance of the wastewater facilities.
(5)
Contain heat in amounts which will accelerate the biodegradation
of waste, causing the formation of excessive amounts of hydrogen sulfide
in the wastewater sewer, or inhibit biological activity in the wastewater
treatment facilities, but in no case shall the discharge of heat cause
the temperature in the Borough's wastewater sewer to exceed 58°
C. (150° F.) or the temperature of the influent to the treatment
facilities to exceed 40° C. (104° F.) unless the facilities
can accommodate such heat.
(6)
Contain motor oil or nonbiodegradable oils of minerals or petroleum
origin.
(7)
Contain floatable oils, fat or excess grease, which in the quantities
discharged would cause an obstruction to flow in the sewers, or interfere
with the operation of the wastewater facilities due to accumulation
of solid or viscous materials.
(8)
Contain noxious malodorous gas or substance which alone, or in conjunction
with other materials, is present in quantities which create a public
nuisance or a hazard to life.
(9)
Contain radioactive waste in harmful quantities as defined by applicable
state and federal regulations.
(10)
Contain any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(11)
Contain any odor- or color-producing substances exceeding concentrations
limits which may be established by the Borough for the purpose of
meeting the Borough's NPDES permit.
B.
The Borough shall have the right to establish additional discharge
restrictions, discharge limits or pretreatment standards, and if,
in so doing, the Borough establishes concentration limits to be met
by an industrial owner, the Borough, in lieu of concentration limits
set forth herein, shall establish mass limits of comparable stringency
for such an owner at the request of such owner.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 116-1970; 12-14-1976 by Ord. No. 217-1976; 4-10-1989 by Ord. No. 333-1989]
Any person or persons, or partnership, or any agent or executive
officer of any corporation violating any provision of this article
shall, for every such violation, upon conviction, be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than $25 or more than $600 and costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days. Provided: Whenever any such person or persons,
or partnership, or any agent or executive officer of a corporation
shall have been notified by service of a summons in a prosecution
that he is committing any violation of this article, each day that
he continues that violation after that notification shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Adopted 9-21-1959 (Ch.
XVIII, Part 2, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 6-22-1964 by Ord. No. 16-1964; 8-3-1970 by Ord. No. 149-1970; 7-5-1974 by Ord. No. 202-1974; 7-28-1982 by Ord. No. 270-1982; 6-11-1984 by Ord. No.
283-1984; 12-9-1985 by Ord. No. 299-1985; 12-29-1988 by Ord. No. 327-1988; 2-28-1989 by Ord. No. 336-1989; 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 355-1990; 12-14-1992 by Ord.
No. 373-1992; 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 385-1995]
For each water-metered customer or account there is hereby levied
the following rentals:
A.
A minimum rental of $10.05 per calendar month;
B.
An additional charge of $1.70 for each 1,000 gallons, or fraction
thereof, of water used that period in excess of 3,000 gallons to a
maximum of 10,000 gallons; and
C.
A reduced charge of $1 for each 1,000 gallons, or fraction thereof,
of water used that period in excess of 10,000 gallons.
[Amended 6-22-1964 by Ord. No. 16-1964; 8-3-1970 by Ord. No. 149-1970; 7-5-1974 by Ord. No. 202-1974; 6-24-1977 by Ord. No. 224-1977; 7-28-1982 by Ord. No.
270-1982; 12-9-1985 by Ord. No. 299-1985; 12-29-1988 by Ord. No. 327-1988]
A.
Residential. For each private dwelling, one-family or one-family
apartment unit, without a water meter, there is hereby levied a rental
of $17.04 per quarter-annual period.
B.
Commercial. For each commercial establishment, office or enterprise,
without a water meter, there is hereby levied a rental of $29.27 per
quarter-annual period.
[Amended 6-22-1964 by Ord. No. 16-1964; 8-3-1970 by Ord. No. 149-1970; 8-2-1964 by Ord. No. 21-1964; 6-24-1977 by Ord. No. 224-1977; 7-28-1982 by Ord. No.
270-1982]
The rates set forth in §§ 454-11 and 454-12 hereof shall be payable quarter-annually on a calendar-year basis and shall be subject to such prompt payment discount as the Council of the Borough of Kittanning may from time to time determine. The Borough of Kittanning may enforce collection of delinquent sewer rentals through action of assumpsit in a court of competent jurisdiction, the filing of a municipal claim or lien against the real property which is subject to the delinquent rental, and against the owner thereof, or such other proceedings as may be appropriate and lawful. These remedies are cumulative and not exclusive.
[Amended 5-7-1968 by Ord.
No. 78-1968]
All rentals or charges set forth under this article and its
supplements and amendments, are imposed for the use of the sanitary
sewer system and sewage treatment works, and shall be charged and
billed to and collected from the owners of properties served by that
sewer system and sewage treatment works.
