[Adopted 7-6-1965 by Ord.
No. 242; amended in its entirety 11-3-1975 by Ord. No. 303 (Ch.
144, Art. II, of the 2005 Code of Ordinances)]
A.
Connection required upon notice. The owner of any improved property
benefited, improved and accommodated by a sewer shall connect such
improved property with such sewer, in such manner as this Borough
may require, within 45 days after notice to such owner from this Borough
to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject
to such rules, regulations, limitations and restrictions as shall
be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough,
from time to time.
B.
Conduction of sewage and wastes. All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall have been required under Subsection A shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough, from time to time.
C.
D.
Sewage receptacles.
(1)
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used or maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A to be connected to a sewer.
(2)
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of this Borough, shall be cleansed and filled at the expense of the
owner of such improved property and under the direction and supervision
of this Borough; and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by this
Borough, cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance and such
nuisance may be abated as provided by law, at the expense of the owner
of such improved property.
E.
Unlawful connections. No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic
tank or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
F.
Manner of notification. The notice by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A shall consist of a copy of this § 520-12, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section hereof, and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made within 45 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
A.
Permit for connection and disconnection. No person shall uncover,
connect with, disconnect, or 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.
[Amended 12-7-1981 by Ord. No. 352]
B.
Responsibility for application for permit. Application for a permit required under Subsection A shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served.
C.
Prerequisites for connection and disconnection. No person shall make
or cause to be made a connection or disconnection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each
of the following conditions:
(1)
Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this Borough of
the desire and intention to connect and disconnect to a sewer.
(3)
Such person shall have given the Secretary of this Borough at least
24 hours' notice of the time when such connection or disconnection
will be made so that this Borough may supervise and inspect the work
of connection or disconnection necessary testing.
(4)
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Secretary
of this Borough that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the Authority
against the owner of each improved property who connects or disconnects
such improved property to a sewer has been paid.
[Amended 12-7-1981 by Ord. No. 352]
D.
Independent connections; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided
in this article, 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 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.
E.
Cost of connection or disconnection. All costs and expenses of construction
of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection or disconnection
of a building sewer to a sewer 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.
[Amended 12-7-1981 by Ord. No. 352]
F.
Placement of building sewer. A building sewer shall be connected
to a sewer at the place designated by the Borough and where the 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 lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
G.
Failure to connect; action by Borough. If the owner of any improved property benefited, improved and accommodated by a sewer, after 45 days' notice from this Borough requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with § 520-12A, 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.
A.
House sewer continued as building sewer. Where an improved property,
at the time connection to a sewer is required, shall be served by
its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing house sewer
line shall be broken on the structure side of such sewage disposal
system or device and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings,
to continue such house sewer line, as a building sewer.
B.
Inspection to precede final covering. No building sewer shall be
covered until it has been inspected and approved by this Borough.
If any part of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected
and approved, it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and
expense of the owner of the improved property to be connected to a
sewer.
C.
Maintenance of building sewer. Every building sewer of any improved
property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition
by the owner of such improved property.
D.
Safeguarding of excavation. Every excavation for a building sewer
shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect
all persons from damage and injury. Streets, sidewalks and other public
property disturbed in the course of installation of a building sewer
shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Borough.
E.
Right of Borough to discontinue service. If any person shall fail
or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from this Borough, in writing,
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to a building
sewer, within 45 days of receipt of such notice, this Borough may
refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory condition shall
have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Borough.
F.
Right of Borough to amend regulations. This Borough reserves the
right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations
as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with
a sewer and the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations,
to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as a part
of this article.
