Every owner of property in the Borough of West Leechburg whose property abuts upon any public sanitary sewer presently in existence or to be constructed in the future and which connects to or whose property abuts upon any sewer constructed or to be constructed by Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority shall connect, at its own cost, the house, building or other structures located on said property with the aforementioned public sanitary sewers or Authority sewers for the purpose of disposing of all acceptable sanitary sewage emanating from said property.
[Adopted 7-11-1973 by Ord. No. 163 (Ch. XVIII, Part 1, of the 1970 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property in the Borough abutting upon any aforementioned public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than into and through said public sanitary sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the Borough abutting upon any aforementioned public sanitary sewer is now or hereafter may be using any method for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than through said public sanitary sewers, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary of the authorized representative of Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority (hereinafter called the "Authority") to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure, in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through the said public sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 60 days after receipt of such notice. Any owner or lessee or occupier of a structure who cannot comply with the provisions of this section as to connection within the sixty-day period stipulated above due to causes beyond his control shall apply to the Borough or the Authority within said sixty-day period for a time extension of up to six months in duration. Said application shall be made on a form to be furnished by the Borough or the Authority and shall contain a voluntary agreement on the part of the applicant under which the applicant shall agree to commence paying the regular monthly sewer rates immediately even though actual connection to the public sanitary sewers will not be accomplished until some stated later date within the said six months' extension period.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at the present time or at any time hereafter be connected with the aforesaid public sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected to any aforementioned public sanitary sewers to connect any roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto, or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said public sanitary sewers any stormwater, foundation drain water, spring water, surface water, or any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than that for which a permit is issued. These provisions do not apply to combination (sanitary and storm) sewers.
[Amended 3-10-1976 by Ord. No. 174; 1-11-1989 by Ord. No. 224; 9-8-1993 by Ord. No. 241]
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A.
He shall make application to the Borough or the Authority, as the Borough's agent, upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied by the Borough or the Authority for permission to connect to the aforementioned public sanitary sewers. Among other things, the applicant must state the character and use of each structure located upon his property.
B.
Each property owner or owners making a connection to the Borough sewer system shall pay a tap connection fee in the amount of $1,500 for each dwelling unit in a residential building or portion of a building and $1,000 for each equivalent dwelling units (commercial unit) in a nonresidential building or portion of a building. The Borough council at their discretion may give consideration to multiresidential buildings and commercial buildings to the number of EDUs (equivalent dwelling unit) or commercial unit for nonresidential buildings when application for building permit is made. Ten dollars of the aforementioned tap connection fee shall be paid by the Borough to the Authority.
[Amended 10-8-1997 by Ord. No. 262; 11-14-2012 by Ord. No. 305]
C.
No work shall commence before the payment of the aforesaid tap connection fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
D.
He shall give the designated inspector of the Borough or the Authority at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be made in order that said inspector can be present to inspect and approve the work of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the connection by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned connection permit in the possession of the permittees.
E.
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete access to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building and in and about all parts of the property. No building sewer line shall be covered over, or in any manner concealed, until after it is inspected and approved by said inspector.
The construction and number and size of all building sewer lines or house service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans and procedures established by the Borough and the Authority in the sewage disposal system rule and regulations, as the same may be from time to time published and amended, copies of which, upon adoption, shall be maintained on file with the Borough Secretary and the Authority.
If the owner or owners of any occupied houses, buildings or structures in the Borough shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 225-3 hereof, the Borough or the Authority may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Borough or the Authority as debts are by law collectible, or the Borough or the Authority, as its agent, may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
For purposes of this article shall have the same definitions as those which are set forth in the sewage disposal system rules and regulations, said rules and regulations to be applicable to all users of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers.
[Amended 1-11-1989 by Ord. No. 223]
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm or corporation failing to make a proper connection within the time specified after receipt of notice as provided in § 225-3 of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for each day in violation thereof, and, who or which violates any other provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine or not less than $200 or more than $600 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of fine and costs imposed for any type of violation referred to in this section, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
It is hereby declared as the legislative intent that the invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of this article shall not affect the validity of any other part of this article which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.