[Adopted 4-6-1992 by Ord.
No. 278]
No water shall be supplied for internal or external use to any
residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, governmental
or public use of any kind wherein such water will be supplied to new
construction in which plumbing, water piping or water fixtures are
to be installed, extended or altered unless the new, extended or altered
plumbing, water piping or other water use fixtures therein conform
to the requirements of this article. "New construction" shall be defined
as construction that requires a zoning permit issued after the effective
date of this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than
$600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred
by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not
paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day
a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Pike County.
[Adopted 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 331]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
A body corporate and politic organized under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, incorporated by the Borough of Milford (see Chapter
14, Municipal Authorities).
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property with the Borough of Milford upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by humans or animals.
PRODUCTION WELL
A water well designed for the consumption of water (as opposed
to a well, for example, designed to monitor groundwater or circulate
water for use in a heating system). A production well shall include,
but not be limited to, wells used to provide water for human consumption
or animal consumption or filling a swimming pool or the watering of
plants or grass or any combination thereof.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for production,
transmission, storage and distribution of water in the Borough of
Milford owned by the Authority.
The owner of any improved property within the Borough shall
connect or continue connection with and shall use such water system,
as defined herein, subject to the rules and regulations of the Authority
and of this article. Such connection shall be made prior to the occupancy
of any structure hereafter constructed or completed within the Borough
of Milford. Production wells, as defined herein, may not be dug in
the Borough of Milford.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than
$600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred
by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not
paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day
a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Pike County.