[HISTORY: Articles I and II adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Osborne (now Glen Osborne) as indicated in article
histories. Subsequent articles adopted by the Borough Council of the
Borough of Glen Osborne as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-11-1960 by Ord. No. 218]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the sewage or discharge from soil, waste and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to
the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of
the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The person appointed by the Borough of Glen Osborne to inspect
building sewers and all other connections between occupied homes and
other buildings and the public sewers.
Any outlet directly or indirectly into a watercourse, pond,
gutter, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
A sanitary sewer which has been constructed and is owned
by the Borough of Glen Osborne or has been constructed by private
parties and has been accepted by the Borough of Glen Osborne as a
sanitary sewer.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A sanitary sewer constructed and laid by a developer in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Borough of Glen Osborne relating
to sewers, with the intent that the said sanitary sewer shall eventually
become a part of the public sewer system, but the responsibility for
laying, construction and maintenance of said sanitary sewer and the
disposal of sewage therefrom still remains with the developer or other
private persons.
The water-carried wastes from the residences, apartments,
business and commercial buildings and institutions.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
but excludes sewage.
[Amended 4-16-1991 by Ord. No. 317; 7-15-1997 by Ord. No. 341]
A.
From and after the date of the passage of this article, the owners
of all improved properties within the Borough of Glen Osborne, abutting
a sanitary sewer of Glen Osborne, must connect the sewage facilities
of each such property to said public sanitary sewers of Glen Osborne
after the payment to Glen Osborne of a tap-in fee of $700 for each
house or dwelling unit, and any other method or manner of disposing
of acceptable sewage wastes from such properties will not hereafter
be permitted.
B.
Pursuant to 53 P.S. § 47053, a tapping fee shall be charged
whenever the owner of property connects such property with a sanitary
sewer system constructed or acquired by the Borough of Glen Osborne.
Said tapping fee shall be in the amount of $700 per dwelling unit
connected and shall be in addition to any charges assessed and collected
against such property in the construction or acquisition of such sanitary
sewer by the Borough of Glen Osborne. The tapping fee shall be payable
at the time of tapping in, except that the fee may be collected at
the time of application for the building permit in the case of a new
house or dwelling unit.
A.
No person erecting a building in the Borough of Glen Osborne after
the passage of this article shall discharge or cause to be discharged
therefrom any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to
a natural outlet approved by the Borough.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the Borough of Glen Osborne sewage
collection system. Any person violating this provision shall be subject
to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
The Inspector and duly authorized employees of the Borough of
Glen Osborne, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all properties at reasonable times for
the purposes of inspection to carry out the intent of this article.
From and after the date of the passage of this article, any
sewer to be constructed by any person within the Borough of Glen Osborne
to serve either presently improved properties or properties which
are to be developed must be constructed, installed, laid or used in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough of Glen Osborne
which the Council of the Borough of Glen Osborne shall from time to
time by resolution promulgate and put into force.
The Council of the Borough of Glen Osborne is hereby authorized
and empowered from time to time by resolution to promulgate, establish
and set forth in full the rules and regulations relating to the construction
and laying of the sanitary sewers and setting forth the general specifications
for the construction of the same.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall
be served by the Borough of Glen Osborne with written notice stating
the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit
for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within
the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $600 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended 7-15-1997 by Ord. No. 341]
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the Borough of Glen Osborne for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned the Borough of Glen Osborne by reason of such
violation.
[Adopted 1-16-1996 by Ord. No. 332]
By this article, Glen Osborne hereby authorizes the establishment
of sanitary sewage use charges and the utilization of billing and
collecting services for such sewage use. The charges shall be billed
directly to the owners and/or occupants of all developed properties
within Glen Osborne which are connected to public sewage lines. In
order to apportion such sewage charges, the amount of sewerage service
furnished to each user, except as otherwise hereinafter provided,
shall be deemed to be equal to the total amount of water supplied
to such user, shall be expressed in terms of gallons per quarter and
shall be based upon the amount of water consumption metered for each
user by the applicable public water provider.
For the period commencing January 1, 1996, and quarterly thereafter,
all users shall pay directly the charges for sanitary sewerage service
as provided by this article and in accordance with the terms of such
contracts which Glen Osborne may execute to carry out the intentions
of this article. The charges shall be based on the following water
rates and in accordance with the classifications and other provisions
set forth:
A.
Quarterly minimum charges. The minimum charge includes 5,000 gallons
of water per quarter per meter.
|
Size of Metered Service
(inches)
|
Charge per Meter
| |
|---|---|---|
|
5/8
|
$15
| |
|
3/4
|
$15
| |
|
1
|
$18
| |
|
1 1/2
|
$38
| |
|
2
|
$50
| |
|
3
|
$73.85
| |
|
4
|
$136
| |
|
6
|
$197.50
|
B.
Quarterly consumption charge. In addition to the minimum charge,
the consumption charge is applicable to the excess water consumption
per meter over that included in the minimum charge.
|
Description
|
Charge (per 1,000 gallons)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Next 45,000 gallons per quarter
|
$2.25
| |
|
Next 50,000 gallons per quarter
|
$2.30
| |
|
Next 100,000 gallons per quarter
|
$2.35
|
C.
Sewage use charge for those not using public water supply. For a
property which uses water from a source other than a public water
supplier, the following rate schedule shall apply:
|
Fixture/Description
|
Charge (per quarter)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Bathtub or shower
|
$2
| |
|
Clothes washing machine
|
$2
| |
|
Dish washing machine
|
$2
| |
|
Floor drain
|
$2
| |
|
Kitchen sink
|
$2
| |
|
Laundry tub
|
$2
| |
|
Lavatory or washstand
|
$2
| |
|
Water closet
|
$2
| |
|
Each other fixture
|
$2
| |
|
Minimum charge (residential)
|
$30
| |
|
Minimum charge (commercial/industrial)
|
$100
|
D.
The greater amount shall prevail in calculating quarterly bills by
utilizing the minimum use charge or the itemized rate schedule. (In
making quarterly billings, the minimum charge or the itemized schedule
shall prevail, whichever is the greater sum.)
E.
In addition to the charges as set forth above, a capital reserve
charge shall be imposed equal to 25% of the total of all charges.
A sewer use charge, within 30 days after same has been due and
payable, shall be subject to a penalty of 5% and shall be a lien upon
the property charged with the payment thereof from the date said charge
becomes due and payable. Such sewer use charge, if not paid after
30 days' notice, may be collected as provided by law by an action
of assumpsit or by distress of personal property on the premises or
by lien filed in the nature of a municipal lien, together with all
additional rights vested in the authorized collecting agency for collecting
water bills.
