[Ord. 200, 8/6/1990, Subpart C; as amended
by Ord. 203, 1/7/1991, § 1; and by Ord. 256, 5/24/2004]
1.
The document "Standard Specifications for Water System
Construction" prepared by Cowan Associates dated January 1889 (Appendix
"C"), is adopted as the Borough's standards and procedures for such
construction. In the event of a conflict between these requirements
and other borough ordinances, the conflict shall be called to the
attention of the Borough Engineer, who shall make a determination
in writing, which may be appealed to Borough Council under the Local
Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105 et seq.
2.
No non-public water distribution system may be designed
or installed without the specific advance approval of Dublin Borough
Council by duly enacted ordinance. No public water system of any kind
may be installed except in conformity to the plans and specifications
developed by the Borough Engineer of record to the date of the application
for a construction permit or as thereafter modified. Any additional
engineering required to be done by the Borough Engineer shall be reimbursed
to Dublin Borough, plus 10%.
3.
Permit.
A.
Submittal to Dublin Borough for a water distribution
system construction permit shall include all information and engineering
requisite to construct the system, and if the applicant is not a real
estate developer, proof of authority to operate a private water or
public distribution system.
B.
Such portions of the system which are in public streets
and rights of way shall be built strictly pursuant to water system
engineering plans prepared for the Borough by its engineers. In addition
to any connection fee required the required permit fee shall include
advance payment for the engineering of the proposed portions of a
water distribution system which are in public streets or right of
way. This fee shall be established, from time to time, by resolution
of Borough Council. Said fee is intended to be an allocated cost reimbursement
to Dublin Borough for sums which it has expended in engineering the
entire water system pro rata to the projected portion thereof contained
in the permit. Without limitation, such costs include all of the studies,
and past and present costs of consultants, engineering, legal review,
litigations and administration. In the event the above sum is challenged
by the applicant, or deemed insufficient by the Borough, the fee shall
be deposited with the Borough and the Borough Engineer shall, at permittee's
cost, calculate the actual pro rata contribution required. (See Appendix
"D.") If the calculated sum exceeds the fee, the excess shall be due
prior to issuance of the permit. If the said sum is less than the
fee, then the permit fee shall be the calculated sum, plus 1% of the
total cost of construction. All disputes shall be first submitted
to the Borough Engineer for a determination, and appeals therefrom
shall be to Dublin Borough Council under the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 105 et seq. All fees collected hereunder shall be applied
to the water fund.
4.
Other Requirements. No water may be withdrawn from
or discharged from a water system into any public water system, or
onto the surface unless a properly engineered system to remove all
contaminants to PADEP/USEPA drinking water standards is installed,
and an amount of money, or a guaranteed funding plan, is placed in
escrow with the Borough sufficient to cover an (engineer certified)
statement of the operations, maintenance and capital replacement expenses
of the purification system, to operate until the groundwater reaches
background levels of all contaminants. Any present or future air pollution
standards of the EPA/PADEP shall be similarly provided for.
