[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 163-1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Red Lion Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
The Borough of Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania
municipal corporation, 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.
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 liquid, gaseous, or waterborne wastes from industrial or commercial establishments or wastes having those characteristics of unacceptable wastes enumerated in § 18-404 of this chapter that are discharged into the public sanitary sewage system through direct connection, as distinct from 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 property located in this Borough.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation, or other group or entity.
Wastewater originating from domestic users containing human
and customary household wastes, or such wastes from commercial or
industrial establishments, but excluding industrial wastes.
Any pipe or conduit constituting part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating, and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough and owned by the Authority.
[Amended by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
Includes any street, road, lane, court, alley, or public
square.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
1.
The owner
of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street in which
there is a sewer shall connect such improved property therewith, 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 to such limitations and restrictions as
shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this
Borough, from time to time.
2.
The Authority
has been created by the Borough and is the owner and operator of all
publicly owned sanitary sewer collection and treatment systems in
the Borough. The Borough hereby grants authority to the Authority
to, from time to time, promulgate its own rules and regulations and
procedures for operation, as set forth in its articles of incorporation,
bylaws and governing laws, all of which are binding on the Borough
and which are incorporated and adopted herein.
[Added by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
3.
The Borough
and Authority shall have the right of access at reasonable times to
any part of any improved property served by the sewer system as shall
be required for the purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling
and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by the Authority through the sewer system.
[Added by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 163-3; and by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer as required under § 18-102, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein, as established under Part 4, "Industrial Discharges," or as otherwise shall be established by the Authority or this Borough from time to time.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 18-102. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of § 18-102, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Borough.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under § 18-102 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 filled 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, 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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar
receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
The notice by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 18-102, shall consist of 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 after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 163-8; and by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into
or use, alter, or disturb in any manner any sewer or sewer system
without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Authority.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord.
2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
Application for a permit required under § 18-108 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served. The owner of each improved property connected to the sewer system shall be responsible for all acts of tenants or other occupants of such improved property insofar as such acts shall be governed by provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
1.
No person shall make or 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 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 the work of connection
and necessary testing.
D.
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary
of this Borough that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the Authority
against the owner of each improved property who connects such improved
property to a sewer has been paid.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
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
and then only after special permission of this Borough, in writing,
shall have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations, and
conditions as may be prescribed by this Borough.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
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 save harmless this Borough 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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place
designated by the Borough and where the lateral is provided. 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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
If the owner of any improved property abutting on or adjoining any street in which there is a sewer, after 60 days' notice from this Borough in accordance with § 18-102, 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. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
Where an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer
is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or
device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken on the structure
side of such sewage disposal system or device and attachment shall
be made, with proper fittings, to continue such house sewer line as
a building sewer.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks 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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice
of this Borough, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition
with respect to a building sewer within 60 days of receipt of such
notice, this Borough may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sanitary sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until
such satisfactory condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction
of this Borough.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
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 the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall
be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord. 857-7, 7/10/1985;
and by Ord. 2011-07-04, 7/11/2011]
All building sewers and connections shall be constructed and
installed in accordance with the Authority’s Rules and Regulations
and Construction and Materials Specifications currently in existence
and as may be amended from time to time hereafter.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as added by Ord. 2003-01-02, 1/13/2003]
No user connected to the sanitary sewer system or any other
person shall discharge or introduce into the sanitary sewer system
any stormwater or stormwater runoff by roof drains, foundation drains
or any other collection or conveyance system, nor shall any user or
other person cause, allow or permit any spring water or surface water
from any source to be discharged by any person into the sanitary sewer
system.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 163-22; and by Ord. 2009-09-02, 9/14/2009]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 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.
[Ord. 1115-1, 11/15/1961]
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Part shall
be enforceable and recoverable in the manner at the time provided
by applicable law.
