[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 1; as amended by Ord.
1988-1, 8/1/1988]
1.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, alter, or disturb any wastewater sewer or a storm
sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the Manager.
2.
There shall be three classes of permits for connections to the Borough's
wastewater facilities: Class I - Residential, Class II - Commercial,
and Class III - Industrial. In all cases, the owner shall make application
for a permit to connect to the Borough's wastewater facilities
on a special form furnished by the Borough. The permit application
shall be supplemented by wastewater information required to administer
this chapter. A permit and inspection fee as established from time
to time by the Borough Council for a Class I, for a Class II, or for
a Class III connection permit shall be paid to the Borough at the
time the application is filed.
3.
Connections to a storm sewer shall be subject to a permit and inspection
fee as established from time to time by the Borough Council. Such
connections shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and
the approval of the Manager.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 2]
The costs and expenses incidental to the building sewer installation
and connection to the Borough's wastewater facilities shall be
borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Borough from any
loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the
installation of the building sewer.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 3]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of
another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can
be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court
yard, or driveway, the building sewer serving the front building may
be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building
sewer. The Borough assumes no obligation or responsibility for damage
caused by or resulting from any single building sewer which serves
two buildings.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 4]
Existing building sewers may be used for connection of new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Manager to
meet the requirements of this chapter.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 5]
The size, slope, alignment, construction materials, trench excavation
and backfill methods, pipe placement, jointing and testing methods
used in the construction and installation of a building sewer shall
conform to the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable requirements
of the Borough. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WPCF shall apply.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 6]
Whenever practicable, the building sewer shall be brought to
a building at an elevation below the basement floor. In buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
Borough's wastewater sewer, wastewater carried by such building
drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to a building
sewer draining to the Borough's sewer.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 7]
1.
No person shall connect roof, foundation, areaway, parking lot, roadway,
or other surface runoff or groundwater drains to any sewer which is
connected to a wastewater treatment facility unless such connection
is authorized in writing by the Manager.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 8]
1.
The connection of a building sewer into a wastewater sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable requirements of the Borough, or the procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the ASTM or the WPCF. The connections
shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved in writing by the Manager before installation.
2.
The connection of a surface runoff or groundwater drain to a storm sewer or natural outlet designed to transport surface runoff or groundwater drainage shall conform to the requirements of the applicable building code or other applicable requirements the Borough. The connection of any such drain to a wastewater sewer under special permit as provided under § 18-507, Subsection 1, of this Part 5 shall conform to the requirements specified by the Manager as a condition of approval of such permit.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 9]
The applicant for a building sewer or other drainage connection
permit shall notify the Manager when such sewer or drainage connection
is ready for inspection prior to its connection to the Borough's
facilities. Such connection and testing as deemed necessary by the
Manager shall be made under the supervision of the Manager.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 10]
Excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed
in the course of work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to
the Borough.
[Ord. 1984-4, 8/6/1984, § 11]
The Manager shall not issue a permit for any class of connection
to the Borough's wastewater sewers or wastewater treatment facilities
unless there is sufficient capacity, not legally committed to other
users, in the wastewater sewers and treatment facilities to convey
and adequately treat the quantity of wastewater which the requested
connection will add to the system. The Manager may permit such a connection
if there are legally binding commitments to provide the needed capacity.
