From and after the effective date of this article, no person,
firm, corporation, property owner, lessee, occupier, developer or
contractor shall connect, or cause or permit to be connected to the
sanitary sewers of the Borough of Avalon any rain leader, downspout,
gutter, parking lot drain, driveway drain, interior or exterior sump,
french drain, swimming pool drain, spring or other source or device
capable of carrying surface water, rain, stormwater or groundwater
into the sanitary sewers of the Borough.
Every owner, lessee or occupier of land within Avalon shall
submit to smoke and/or dye testing under this article.
A presale inspection of real estate for illegal sewer connections shall be performed by the Borough. The inspection of real estate for illegal sewer connections may be conducted by an inspection service appointed by the Borough. Said inspections may include a smoke or dye test. Any remediation of an illegal connection shall be completed in the manner set forth herein, including a filed plan, inspection by the Borough and issuance of a final compliance certificate. The owner of real estate subject to a presale inspection shall pay for the cost of the inspection. The issuance of a presale certificate by the Borough shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of a lien or tax certificate by the Borough, and the Borough is hereby prohibited from issuing a municipal no-lien letter unless the presale inspection is conducted. The Borough may fix the fee for the cost of the presale certificate by resolution of Council. A certificate issued under §
321-15E of this article, or a presale certificate issued under this section, shall be valid in lieu of a presale inspection for a period of one year after issuance.
The Borough shall promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations,
as approved by the Borough Council, for the operation and enforcement
of this article, which shall include but not be limited to establishing
the form of:
B. Purchaser acknowledgments; and
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail, neglect or refuse
to comply with, or who shall otherwise violate any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
not to exceed $600
Every calendar day after the owner, lessee or occupier of premises
has received written notice of the violation shall constitute a separate
violation of this article.