Upon the installation, replacement, renewal or substantial repair of all or part of the sidewalk adjoining or abutting any property in the City of Sunbury, the persons, firms, associations, corporations or other entities installing, replacing, renewing or substantially repairing said sidewalk shall install under the sidewalk and curb at the place where such installation, replacement, renewal or substantial improvement is being made and/or at any other place or places under the sidewalk along the property abutting or adjoining said sidewalk, approved storm drainage as will be sufficient to carry the roof and surface drainage from said property to the street. "Approved storm drainage" shall mean PVC D 3034 pipe (also known as SDR 35) or better approved pipe.
The owner of any property abutting or adjoining any sidewalk under which approved storm drainage has been installed shall, within 30 days after said installation, disconnect or cause to be disconnected from the sanitary sewer system any and all roof drains and connect said roof drains into approved storm drainage or locate said roof drains in such a manner that the roof drainage flows through said approved storm drainage onto the street.
From and after the passage of this article, all roof drains and downspouts over any sidewalk or public walkway within the City shall be removed, and all such over-the-sidewalk installations are hereby prohibited.
All roof drains and downspouts that cannot be connected to approved storm drainage installed under the sidewalk shall outflow no closer than 10 feet to any adjoining property line.
The City Engineer, upon application made to him through the City Code Administration Office, may in his discretion issue a permit granting exceptions to the provisions of this article, where the level of the street, the contour of the land or other factors would make compliance impossible, impractical or unnecessary. No such permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall have first paid to the Code Administration Office a fee as shall be set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, or 90 days' imprisonment, or both. Each day after the first day that said person shall fail to comply with the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate offense.