All persons owning any improved property within the Borough
accessible to the sanitary sewer system shall, at their own expense,
make connection with the sanitary sewer system in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
All persons owning any improved property within the Borough
accessible to the sanitary sewer system and not connected thereto
as of the effective date of this chapter shall, upon notice from the
Borough, make such connection within one year from the date of such
notice.
All persons owning any property within the Borough which is
hereafter improved and which is accessible to the sanitary sewer system
shall, at their own expense at the time of making such improvements,
make connection with sanitary sewer system in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into,
or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any lateral of the sewer
system without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Borough.
Such permit shall be issued to each owner required to connect to a
sewer by ordinance of the Borough subject always to compliance with
this chapter and may be issued by the Borough to owners not so required
to connect.
Application for a permit required under §
364-29 shall be made by the owner of the improved property 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 applied for and obtained a permit as required by §
364-29.
B. Such person shall have given the Borough at least 24 hours' notice
of the time when such connection will be made so that the Borough
may supervise and inspect the work of connection and necessary testing.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each connection
unit on each improved property shall be connected separately and independently
with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one connection
unit 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 the Borough, in writing,
shall have been secured.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected;
and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough from
all loss or damages 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 lateral.
Materials for a building sewer, jointing materials and methods
of installation shall be in accordance with requirements of the Plumbing
Code.
The permit required by §
364-5 shall be displayed prominently upon the improved property to be connected to a sewer at all times during construction of the building sewer and connection of the building sewer to a lateral.
The construction of building sewers and the connection thereof
to a lateral shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the
Plumbing Code.
Whenever the Borough has reason to believe any building sewer
has become defective, such building sewer shall be subject to test
and inspection. Defects found upon such test and inspection, if any,
shall be corrected as required by the Borough in writing, at the cost
and expense of the owner of the improved property served through such
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.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
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 the Borough.
After any section of the sewer system constructed by the Borough shall have been completed and after all connection units required to be connected to such section shall have been so connected and such system shall have been accepted by the Borough for operation and maintenance, the owner of each additional connection unit thereafter connected to such section shall comply with respect to such connection with the provisions of this Article
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