No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into
or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the
sewer system, without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from this
Borough.
Application for a permit required under §
400-8 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served.
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 this Borough of the desire and intention
to connect such improved property to a sewer.
B. Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by §
400-8.
C. Such person shall have given 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 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.
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. Further, in the event
that a single house connection is permitted to serve a double house,
it will be necessary for both property owners to sign an agreement
relieving the Authority and Borough of any responsibility or obligation
caused by or resulting from installation of a single house connection.
The agreement shall provide that any disagreement between the two
parties concerning future maintenance of the common sewer will be
sufficient cause for the Authority and/or this Borough to install
an additional connection to the sewer main to provide individual service
to both houses. The installation of such separate service lateral
from the sewer main to the curb, as well as the house connection from
the curb to the property, shall be made at the joint expense of the
property owners signing the agreement.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer,
including testing, 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.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place
designated by this Borough and where the service 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 service lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
As the sewer system is constructed or extended and sewer service becomes available, if the owner of any improved property located within the Borough and accessible to and whose principal building is located within 150 feet of the sewer system, after 60 days' notice from this Borough requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with §
400-2, 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.