[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 1]
As and when the connections with the Ephrata sewage treatment
plant are sufficiently completed to transfer sewage there and the
sewage collection system or parts thereof are completed so that sewer
service becomes available to property owners, each and every owner
of improved property within Borough on which sanitary sewage is generated
and which is benefitted, improved or accommodated by sewer system
shall, upon written notice from Borough that sewer service is available
and that connection is required, connect his property with the sewer
system in accordance with the rules and regulations of Borough without
delay.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 2]
As from time to time sewer service becomes available to additional
properties within the Borough limits by reason of the improvement
of properties benefitted, improved or accommodated by the sewer system,
or by reason of the construction of extensions to the sewer system;
each and every owner of such additional properties shall likewise,
upon receipt of written notice of Borough ordering connection, be
required to connect his property with sewer system without delay.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 3]
If any owner of improved properties within Borough who is required to connect his property with sewer system by § 18-101 or 18-102 of this Part shall fail to connect therewith promptly after written notice from Borough ordering connection, Borough shall give such owner 45 days' written notice of this Part, and upon the failure of such owner to make the required connection within said forty-five-day period, Borough may make such connection and collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 4]
Whenever Borough shall have given notice to the owners of properties within the Borough limits to connect with the sewer system pursuant to § 18-101 or 18-102 of this Part, it shall be unlawful for the property owner to operate or use within Borough a privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle or sanitary sewage upon his property, or to connect any such privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle with sewer system, or to discharge sewage into any storm sewer or other sewer outlet other than sewer system. No owner of any property which abuts on or adjoins any street, alley or other public highway in which a sewer of sewer system shall at the time be located and ready for service, or which shall at the time be otherwise accessible to such sewer, shall construct of install any privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacles on his property.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 5]
No property owner shall discharge, or permit to be discharged,
into sewer system any exhaust stream or any oils, tars, grease, gas,
benzene or other combustible gases or liquids, or any garbage (unless
pretreated in an approved manner), offal, insoluble solids or other
dangerous or harmful substances which would adversely affect the functioning
of sewage system or the processes of sewage treatment. No property
owner shall discharge, or permit to be discharged into sewer system
any roof drainage, surface, water or ground water or waste from underground
drainage fields.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 6; as amended by Ord. 00037,
10/8/2007]
If any owner of property within the Borough shall have failed to connect his property with the sewer system as required by § 18-101 or 18-102 of this Part, and the Borough shall have given such owner 45 days' written notice of this Part pursuant to § 18-103, and if such owner shall have failed within said 45-day period to make the required connection, such failure shall be and hereby is declared a violation of this Part and such owner shall upon conviction before any magisterial district judge forfeit and pay to the use of Borough a sum not exceeding $300 together with costs of prosecution for each 90 days or fraction thereof such violation shall persist, which sum shall be collected as prescribed in the Borough Code. The sum herein forfeited shall be considered a penalty.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 7; as amended by Ord. 00037,
10/8/2007]
If any owner of property within Borough shall violate § 18-104 or 18-105 of this Part, he shall upon conviction thereof before any magisterial district judge forfeit or pay to the use of Borough a sum not exceeding $300 together with costs of prosecution for each 90 days or fraction thereof such violation shall persist, which sum shall be collected as prescribed in the Borough Code. The sum herein forfeited shall be considered a penalty.
[Ord. 207, 2/28/1969, § 8]
Notices of this Part to property owners under § 18-103 may be given by anyone on behalf of and with authority of Borough either by personal service as that term is used in the Rules of Civil Procedure for actions in assumpsit or by ordinary certified mail sent to the last known address of such owner.
