[Ord. 655, 12/30/1975, Art. 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Western Clinton County Municipal Authority, a municipality
authority of the commonwealth.
The Borough of Renovo, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, a municipal
corporation of the commonwealth, acting by and through its Council
or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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 improved property located in this Borough used or intended
for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or
any other improved property located in this Borough from which wastes,
in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line or,
if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that
portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
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, transporting, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough and owned
by the Authority.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square.
[Ord. 655, 12/30/1975; as amended by Ord. 676, 4/13/1982,
§ 1]
1.
The owner of any improved property benefitted, improved or accommodated
by a sewer shall connect such improved property with such sewer, 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, however, 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, however, 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, shall deposit or shall permit to be placed or to be 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 shall 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 or shall be maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection 1, to be connected to a sewer.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of this Borough, shall be cleansed and shall be filled, at the expense
of the owner of such improved property, 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, not 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 and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall be made within 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time when a sewer is in place which can receive and can convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
7.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, spring water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface
drainage, building foundation drainage, cellar or basement drainage,
drainage from roof leader connections, exhaust steam or any oil, tar,
grease, gas, benzine or other combustible gases or liquids or any
garbage (unless treated in an approved manner), insoluble solids,
inorganic wastes or any other dangerous or harmful substance which
can adversely affect any part of the sewer system or the sewage treatment
plant or interfere with the process of sewage treatment, into any
sewer, 180 days grace period following date of enactment.
[Ord. 655, 12/30/1975, Art. 3]
1.
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any opening
into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner, any
sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit,
in writing, from this Borough.
2.
Application for a permit required under Subsection 1, shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
3.
No person shall make or shall 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 Secretary of this Borough of
the desire and intention to connect such improved property to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this Borough at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made
so that this Borough may supervise and inspect or may cause to be
supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing.
D.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Secretary of this Borough that any tapping (or connection)
fee which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against the
owner of each improved property who connects such improved property
to a sewer has been paid.
4.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 and only subject to such rules, regulations and conditions
as may be prescribed by this Borough.
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 shall save harmless this Borough and
the Authority 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.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by this Borough or by the Authority and where, if applicable, the
lateral is provided.
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The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection 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 the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
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7.
If the owner of any improved property benefitted, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after 60 days' notice from this Borough requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with Subsection 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 proceeding as may be permitted by law.
[Ord. 655, 12/30/1975, Art. 4]
1.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is
required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or sewage
disposal device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on
the structure side of such sewage disposal system or sewage disposal
device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings, to continue
such house sewer line as a building sewer.
2.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and
approved by this Borough. If any part of a building sewer is covered
before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered for
inspection, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property
to be connected to a sewer.
3.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
4.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Any street, sidewalk 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.
5.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt of a notice
of this Borough or the Authority, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt
of such notice, this Borough or the Authority 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 and the Authority.
6.
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 with the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 655, 12/30/1975, Art. 5; as amended by Ord. 676, 4/13/1982;
and by A.O.]
1.
Any person who shall violate this Part, upon conviction thereof in
an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000 plus costs together with reasonable attorney fees
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
2.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Part shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
