The developer shall maintain all streets in the subdivision
or development in travelable condition, including the prompt removal
of snow and ice therefrom, until such time as the streets are accepted
by the Borough as part of the Borough highway system or, if such streets
are not to be dedicated, until a homeowners' association or other
entity responsible for the maintenance of the streets has been formed
and has accepted such maintenance responsibility.
No person shall modify, remove, fill, landscape or alter stormwater
management facilities and/or BMP facilities which may have been installed
on a property unless written permission has been obtained from the
Borough to permit such modification, removal, filling, landscaping
or alteration. No person shall place any structure, fill, landscaping
or vegetation into a stormwater management facility, a BMP facility
or within a drainage easement which will limit or alter the functioning
of the facility or easement in any manner.
[Added 11-4-2003 by Ord.
No. 310]
A. Prohibited discharges.
(1) No person in the Borough shall allow or cause to allow stormwater
discharges into the Borough's separate storm sewer system which
are not composed entirely of stormwater, except discharges allowed
under a state or federal permit.
(2) The Borough may allow discharges under a Borough NPDES permit based
on a finding by the Borough that the discharge(s) do not significantly
contribute to pollution to surface waters of the commonwealth. Examples
of discharges which the Borough may allow are:
(h)
Individual residential car washing.
(i)
Dechlorinated swimming pool discharges.
(j)
Discharges from potable sources.
(k)
Discharges from fountain drains.
(l)
Air-conditioning condensation.
(n)
Flows from riparian habitats and wetlands.
(o)
Uncontaminated pumped groundwater.
(p)
Water from crawl space pumps.
(r)
Discharges from firefighting activities including training.
(3) In the event that the Borough subsequently determines that any of the discharges identified in Subsection
A(2) significantly contribute to pollution of waters of the commonwealth, the Borough will notify the responsible person to cease the discharge.
(4) Upon notice provided by the Borough, the discharger will have a reasonable
time to cease the discharge consistent with the degree of pollution
caused by the discharge.
B. Prohibited connections.
(1) The following connections to the Borough storm sewers or stormwater
drainage systems are prohibited:
(a)
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface,
which allows any nonstormwater discharge including sewage, process
wastewater, and wash water to enter the separate storm sewer system,
and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and
sinks.
(b)
Any drain or conveyance from a commercial or industrial land
use to the separate storm sewer system which has not been documented
in plans, maps or equivalent records and approved by the Borough.
(2) This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, connections
made in the past, regardless of whether the connection, drain or conveyance
was previously allowed, permitted or approved by a government agency,
or otherwise permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing
at the time of connection.
C. Roof drains.
(1) Roof drains shall not be connected to streets, sanitary or storm sewers or roadside ditches, except as provided in Subsection
C(2).
(2) When it is more advantageous to connect directly to streets or storm
sewers, connections of roof drains to streets or roadside ditches
may be permitted on a case-by-case basis by the Borough. It shall
be the burden of the person seeking to make the connection to demonstrate
to the Borough that such connection is more advantageous, and such
connection shall not violate any state or federal statute, rule or
regulation.
(3) Roof drains shall discharge to infiltration areas or vegetative BMPs
to the maximum extent possible.
D. Waste disposal prohibitions. No person shall throw, deposit, leave,
maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, left or maintained
in or upon any public or private property, driveway, parking area,
street, alley, sidewalk or other component of the Borough's separate
storm sewer system any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter or other discarded
or abandoned objects, articles and accumulations, so that the same
may cause or contribute to pollution. Wastes deposited in streets
in proper waste receptacles for the purposes of collection are exempted
from this prohibition.