[Ord. 783, 7/8/2015]
The Renovo Borough Water Authority, a duly organized Pennsylvania
municipal authority.
This Borough acting by and through its council, or, in appropriate
cases, by and through its authorized representatives, including but
not necessarily limited to the Renovo Borough Water Authority.
Any property located within this Borough upon which. is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human being or animals.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The service pipe beginning at its connection with the street
water main and ending with and including the curb stop and curb box,
generally just inside the curb line.
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1.Â
The owner
of any improved property within Renovo Borough and within 150 feet
of the water system owned by the Renovo Borough Water Authority shall
connect such improved property with and shall use such water system
in such manner as the Borough or the Authority may require, within
60 days after notice to such owner from the Borough or Authority to
make such connections; subject to such limitations and restrictions
as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by
the Borough or the Authority.
2.Â
The notice
by the Borough or Authority to make connection to the public water
system 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, together with a copy of the Authority's Rules and Regulations
in effect at such time and as amended and a written or printed document
requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this
part and specifying that such connections shall be made within 60
days after the date such notice is given or served. Such notice may
be given or served at any time after a water main is in place which
can deliver water to the particular improved property. Such notice
shall be given or served upon the owner in accordance with law.
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1.Â
No person
shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into, use, alter or
disturb, in any manner, any water main or part of the water system
within first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Authority.
2.Â
Application for permit required under Subsection 1 of this Section shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served with notice as provided in Section 2 above, or by the duly authorized agent of such owner, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Authority.
3.Â
No person
shall make or cause to be made a connection of any Improved Property
to a water main until such person fulfills the following conditions:
A.Â
Notify
the Authority of the desire and intention to connection such improved
property to the main;
C.Â
Give
the Authority at least 24 hours' notice before such connection will
be made in order that the Authority may supervise and inspect or cause
to supervised and inspected the work of connection and necessary testing;
and
D.Â
If applicable,
furnish satisfactory evidence to the Authority that any tapping or
connection fee which may be charged and imposed by the Authority against
the owner of the improved property who connects such improved property
to the water main has been paid.
4.Â
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection 4, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a water main through a service line. Grouping of one or more improved properties on one service line shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good cause shown, but then only after special permission of the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject to such rules and regulations and conditions as need be prescribed by the Authority.
5.Â
All costs
and expenses of construction of a service line and all costs and expenses
of connection of a service connection to a water main shall be borne
by the owner of the improved property to be connected, and such owner
shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough and the Authority from
all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of construction of a service line or of connection of
a service line to a water main.
6.Â
A service
line shall be connected to a water main at a place designated by the
Authority and where, if applicable, a lateral is provided.
7.Â
If the
owner of any improved property located within the Borough and abutting
upon the water system shall fail to connect such improved property
in accordance with the time limitation and notice provisions set forth
above, the Borough or Authority may construct such connection and
collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in any manner
permitted by law.
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All service connections required by this part shall be performed
in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Borough
or the Authority and amended from time to time. The Borough and Authority
reserve the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and
regulations, as deemed necessary and proper relating to connections
with the sewer main and with the water system, which additional rules
and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be
construed as part of this part.
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1.Â
Any person
who shall violate this part shall be liable, upon summary conviction
for a first offense and upon summary conviction for each subsequent
offense, to a fine of not greater than $600, together with the costs
of prosecution in each case. Each day that a violation shall continue
shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall
be punishable as such.
2.Â
Fines
and costs unposed under the provisions of this part shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
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It is declared that the enactment of this part is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Borough.