Adopted 5-16-2018 by Ord. No. 1377
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms, including kitchen, designed as a unit for occupancy by one family for the purpose of cooking, living and sleeping.
NONDWELLING UNIT
A property which is not occupied by a dwelling unit.
All owners of any improved premises located or to be constructed within the Borough and situate so that the property lines of the improved premises are within 150 feet of a public sewer line owned by the Borough of Etna and operated by the Borough shall be required to connect thereto. Where such service is temporarily not available, the Code Enforcement Officer shall design and enforce regulations consistent with state standards for on-site systems. At such time as sewer service becomes available, the owner of the improved premises shall be required to connect to the sewer system.
A. 
All owners of any improved premises shall pay a "tapping fee," comprised of a connection fee, customer facility fees, and tapping fee pursuant to the following schedule of fees:
Fee per Dwelling Unit
Connection fee
Actual Cost
Customer facility fees
Actual Cost
Tapping fee
Capacity component
$925.60**
Collection component
$3,374.40***
Special purpose component
As applicable
Reimbursement component
As applicable
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Tap fee =
$4,300
NOTES:
**
Fee calculated in Exhibit No. 1.[1]
***
Fee calculated in Exhibit No. 2.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit 1 is an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Exhibit 2 is an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Fee per nondwelling unit. All nondwelling units shall be charged a multiple of the tap fee based upon projected flows of 200 gallons per day.
A. 
No sewer lateral shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Borough. If any part of the sewer lateral 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 the sewer mains.
B. 
Every sewer lateral of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved property.
C. 
Every excavation for sewer lateral shall be guarded adequately with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and injury. Any street, sidewalk or other public property disturbed in the course of installation of a sewer lateral shall be restored, at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being connected, in a manner satisfactory to the Borough.
D. 
The owner of an improved premises shall, at his expense, be responsible to repair, replace and maintain the sewer lines on the owner's property from the point at least 18 inches on the owner's side of the street curbline or the right-of-way line where the lateral was constructed by the Borough.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
All ordinances or resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the terms of this article.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this article is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Borough that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.