As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Pine Grove, owner and operator of the water
system.
BOROUGH'S SERVICE LINE
The connecting facilities between the Borough's distribution
main and a consumer's service line, and in general consisting
of a valve or corporation stop at the main, piping there from to the
street curbline, terminating in a stop and curb box.
CONSUMER
The party, either property owner or tenant, contracting with the Borough for water service for one or more families or for one or more business/institutional units on one premises, or a customer contracting with the Borough, pursuant to §
180-5B for water supply to resell. "consumer" is used interchangeably with "owner" and "customer" throughout this chapter.
CONSUMER UNIT
A.
A building under one roof and occupied by one family or business;
or
B.
A combination of buildings in one enclosure or group and occupied
by one family or business; or
C.
One side of a double building or house having a solid vertical
partition wall; or
D.
A building, house or other structure, or any room, group of
rooms, or part thereof, occupied by more than one family or business,
the water fixtures of which are used in common; or
E.
Each room or group of rooms in a building occupied or intended
for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group
of persons living together or by a person living alone, the water
fixtures of which are not used in common; or
F.
Each trailer occupied by one family or business; or
CONSUMER'S SERVICE LINE
The connecting facilities from the Borough's curb stop
and curb box into and in a consumer's premises, except the water
meter.
CROSS-CONNECTION
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the
other steam, gas, a chemical, or water of unknown or questionable
safety, whereby there may be a flow from one system to another, the
direction depending on the differential between the two systems.
EXTENDOR
Any person or firm desiring to extend or causing to be extended
any water main or any part of the water system herein defined.
FIRE SERVICE
Service or supply by the Borough of standby or use through
fire or sprinkler service lines or hydrants.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and which structure is a consumer unit or shall have or
may have one or more consumer units in or associated with it.
INTERCONNECTION
The connection of two or more water supplies, each approved
by the Department of Environmental Protection.
METER
A device for measuring the quantity of water used, which
is the basis for determining charges for water service to a customer.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
An individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation,
a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a governmental
body, a political subdivision, a municipality, a municipality authority
or other group or entity.
PREMISES
The property, building, or other site to which water service
is furnished, including:
A.
A building under one roof, owned or leased by one person, and
occupied as one residence or business;
B.
Each combination of buildings owned or leased by one person,
served by one service line, and occupied by one family or business;
C.
Each side of a double house or each housing unit;
D.
Each apartment, office or suite of offices located in a building
having several such apartments, offices, or suites of offices and
using one or more common means of entrance; or
E.
Such other situations as the Borough shall deem a property,
building, or other site to which service is provided as a premises.
PRIVATE FIRE LINE
The connecting facility between the Borough's service
line at the curb to the point where fire service is provided.
PRIVATE SERVICE LINE
A service line that is installed in a public street (right-of-way)
in lieu of a water main extension to serve an individual property
when it is determined by the Borough that no additional customers
can be served from said public street. This line shall be the connecting
facility between the Borough's service line at the curb and the
point to where potable water is provided, owned, and maintained by
the individual receiving said water service.
PRIVATE YARD SERVICE
Lines that are installed, owned and maintained by individuals,
companies, corporations, partnerships, etc., for supplying potable
water to facilities within privately owned tracts of land.
REMOTE READOUT UNIT
A device to transmit the inside meter register reading to
a point outside buildings, including, but not limited to, meter pits.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, a Pennsylvania
municipality.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The entity under which the Borough controls and operates
the water system.
WATER SERVICE
Provision by the Borough of water as a commodity, of readiness
to serve water for any purposes, and of any services related thereto.
WATER SYSTEM
Any pumping station, treatment plant, reservoir, standpipe,
water main, valve, hydrant, Borough service line, or other appurtenance
which now exists or may be constructed or owned by the Pine Grove
Borough.
The Borough shall not be liable for any damage or injury to any person or property caused by the discontinuance of water service for any of the reasons enumerated in §
180-16 hereof or for the purpose of making necessary repairs or connections or to meet any emergency, or caused by the failure of a consumer to maintain consumer's service line or caused by water escaping from consumer's service line or caused by the total or partial failure of water service or pressure for any cause beyond the control of the Borough. The Borough shall be under no liability for damage or injury be reason of any fire, water, failure to supply water, or pressure, or capacity, or lack thereof to any person or property caused by the total or partial failure of water service or pressure for any cause whether within or beyond the control of the Borough.
Separate meters may be installed for each individual dwelling
unit in a condominium building or complex as heretofore defined after
application therefore by the owner or owners thereof or by their duly
authorized agent, where all the following conditions are satisfied.
A. The consumer's service lines materials and installation shall
be in accordance with Borough's specifications and inspection.
B. Each meter shall be installed in a suitable place protected from
the elements and other abuse and shall be accessible to Borough personnel
for periodic readings and exchanges.
C. An accessible valve or curb stop shall be installed by the owner
or owners so as to provide Borough control of the water service from
outside each dwelling unit.
D. The owner or owners shall make provision, at his/her expense in accordance
with Borough specifications and inspection, for the installations
of remote meter readers wired to a central location approved by the
Borough and readily available to the Borough personnel.
E. Each such meter shall be installed so as property to record all water
flow to each such dwelling unit and an additional meter shall be installed
to record any water used by the owner or owners for purposes other
than which shall be the responsibility of other respective consumers.
F. The owner or owners shall be responsible for water service charges
when such dwelling unit is vacant after a tenant moves out and before
a new tenant moves in and shall satisfy any delinquent bills for the
restoration of water services.
G. The owner or owners shall purchase and install in accordance with
Borough's specifications a master meter, meter pit, check valve,
gate valves, and related appurtenances at the point of connection
to the Borough's system. The master meter will be used to register
hydrant flows, leakage, etc. Whenever the master meter registration
is greater than the cumulative total of the individual residential
registration, the owner or owners shall pay for said excess water
consumption.
H. All water service connections to condominium complexes shall be made
on the basis of a "condominium agreement" made between the applicant
or group of applicants and the Borough, the said agreement providing:
(2) Deed master meter to the Borough for ownership and maintenance.
(3) Address situations that are not covered in rules and regulations.
The police officers of the Borough as well as the Borough Code
Enforcement Officer are hereby specifically given authority to and
shall enforce all the provisions hereof consistent with law.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fines and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues or each
section of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances expressly inconsistent
herewith, or dealing with the same or similar subject matter of this
chapter are expressly repealed. Specifically repealed effective on
even date with the effective date of this chapter are all provisions
of Ordinance Nos. 1 (1916), 18, 21, 22, 39, 48, 49, 58, 140, 192,
195, 197, 242, 253, 319, and 412.
This chapter shall become fully effective and applicable on
the fifteenth day next following enactment by the Pine Grove Borough
Council.