[Adopted 9-11-1944 by Ord. No. 729 (Ch. XX, Part 1, §§ 2
through 6, of the 1974 Code of Ordinances)]
All owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or
alley in which there is a sewer are hereby required to make connections
with such sewer for the purpose of discharge of drainage consisting
of all household waste liquids and human excreta, as customary in
a system of sanitary sewers. This does not include the discharge of
oils, grease, tar, gasoline, or any other liquids that are not of
the usual household nature. This does not include stormwater or drainage
due to rain or snow.
All owners of property, which has been connected with any sanitary
sewer for the purpose of discharging customary household sanitary
sewage, shall keep and maintain all such connections in good workable
condition, and if any part at any time becomes broken, damaged, destroyed,
clogged up, or for any reason fails to function properly and adequately,
the same shall be promptly and properly repaired and/or renewed.
The owners shall be given 30 days' written notice of this
article requiring the sewer connection and five days' written
notice requiring the repair or renewal of said connection, and upon
his, her or its failure to make, repair or renew such connection,
the Borough may make, repair or renew the same and collect the cost
thereof from the owner or owners by a municipal claim or in an action
of assumpsit.
[Amended 3-8-1954 by Ord.
No. 816; 12-11-1989 by Ord. No. 1208]
Any person, firm or corporation, who or which violates any provision
of this article by failing to comply with notice to originally make
connection or subsequently to properly repair or renew the same, shall
for every offense and each separate violation, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days, provided that each daily act of violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
The owner or owners will have received written notice under
the provisions of this article if a written notice is given to them
personally, left at their residence with an adult member of their
family, left at their place of business with the person in charge
of the same, sent by registered mail addressed to their residence,
or by fastening a notice upon a conspicuous part of the said property.
