[Ord. No. BH:30A § 1]
As used in this chapter:
BUILDING DRAIN
Shall mean the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
within a building which receives the discharge from soil and waste
pipes and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
Shall mean that part of a horizontal drainage system, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall, which receives
the discharge from the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer
or other place of disposal.
SANITARY SEWER
Shall mean a pipe laid in a public street which is designed
to convey only sewage and which is owned by the Borough.
SEWAGE
Shall mean any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable
matter in suspension or solution or the water-carried wastes resulting
from the discharge of water closets, laundry tubs, washing machines,
sinks, dishwashers, or any other source of water-carried waste of
human origin.
[Ord. No. BH:30A § 2]
Any owner of property along the line of a sanitary sewer which
is connected to the municipal sewer plant shall be required to connect
his dwelling or other building therewith, provided:
a. Any such building other than a dwelling is constructed or designed
with sanitary facilities incorporated therein; and
b. The property on which such dwelling or building is situated either
abuts a street along which there is a sanitary sewer, or is within
100 feet from the sanitary sewer, and capable of connection thereto;
and
c. The shortest distance between any such dwelling or building and the
sanitary sewer connection is no greater than 150 feet.
[Ord. No. BH: 30A § 3]
All dwellings or buildings connecting to the municipal sanitary
sewers shall be so connected in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Building sewers shall follow a direct alignment along the shortest
distance between the point where the sewer line leaves a dwelling
or other building and the point of connection with the municipal sewer
system and shall be entirely contained within the boundary lines of
the property being serviced.
No building sewer shall service more than one separate dwelling
or building.
[Ord. No. BH:30A § 4]
All building sewers shall conform to the specifications and
provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code and Board of Health
Ordinance No. 29-A, adopted May 21, 1969. Nothing in this section
shall be deemed to supersede or alter any rules, regulations, or Ordinances
of the Governing Body relative to the use and operation of the Municipal
Sanitary Sewer System.
[Ord. No. BH:30A § 5]
All sanitary sewer connections required pursuant to this chapter
shall be made within a period of 90 days after a notice from the Board
of Health or its authorized agent to do so. Such notice may be served
upon the owner personally or by leaving it at his usual place of abode
with a member of his family above the age of 18 years.
[Ord. No. BH:30A § 6]
In the event any property owner or his agent can clearly demonstrate
that because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the premises in
question the literal enforcement of one or more of the requirements
of this chapter is or are impracticable or will exact undue hardship,
the Board may permit a reasonable relaxation thereof within the general
purpose and intent of this chapter. Applications for a relaxation
of requirements shall be made to the Board in writing, setting forth
in detail the reasons therefor, and the applicant shall be afforded
an opportunity to be heard. No relaxation of requirements shall be
granted unless the applicant establishes and the Board specifically
finds:
a. That there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the
property such that the strict application of the provisions of this
chapter would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of the premises
in question.
b. That the relaxation of requirements is necessary for the preservation
and enjoyment of a substantial property right.
c. That the relaxation of the requirement requested will not be detrimental
to the public welfare or injurious to property in the area in which
the property is situated.
In granting a relaxation of requirements, the Board may impose
conditions it deems reasonably necessary.
[Ord. No. BH:30A § 7]
Any owner who shall not comply with an order or notice issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty stated in Chapter BHI, Section
BH1-2. Each day of delay after expiration of the ninety-day notice as provided above shall constitute a separate violation.