The owner of any improved property located in this Borough and accessible
to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewage
collection system shall connect such improved property to the sewage
collection system, in such manner as this Borough and the Authority
may require, within 60 days after notice to such owner from this Borough
to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein
or otherwise shall be established by this Borough or the Authority
from time to time.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under Subsection A of this section, shall be conducted into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by this Borough or the Authority from time to time.
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A of this section.
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within this Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A of this section, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to this Borough.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a sewer or which shall be required under Subsection A of this section to be connected to a sewer.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar
receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion
of the Borough and/or the county, shall be cleansed and filled under
the direction and supervision of this Borough; and any such privy
vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so
abandoned and, if requested by this Borough, cleansed and filled,
shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated as provided
by law, at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
The notice by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in Subsection A of this section, shall consist of a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this article and specifying that such connection shall be made 60 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.
Separate connections; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, each improved property shall be connected separately
and independently to a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of
more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be
permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary
reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission
of this Borough and the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured.
Responsibility for costs and expenses. All costs and expenses of
construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection
of a building sewer to a sewer shall be borne by the owner of the
improved property to be connected; and such owner shall indemnify
and save harmless this Borough and the Authority from all loss or
damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result
of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building
sewer to a sewer.
Whenever possible, the invert of a building sewer at the point of
connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert
of the sewer. If not possible, the design of the building sewer and
the connection shall be approved by the authorized agent.
Procedure upon neglect of owner to make connection. If the owner of any improved property located in this Borough and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the sewage collection system, after 60 days' notice from this Borough, in accordance with § 319-3A, shall fail to connect such improved property as required, this Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case, this Borough shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, this Borough shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
Permits and fees. No person shall uncover; connect with; make any
opening into; or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or
any part of the sewer system without first obtaining a permit, in
writing, from the authorized agent, and paying to the authorized agent
any tapping fee charged and imposed against any owner of each improved
property who connects such improved property to a sewer. Upon receipt
of an application for a permit, the authorized agent shall provide
notice of the application to the Borough. Additional Borough permits,
fees, and/or escrows may be required if the improvements will alter
or disturb any public infrastructure.
Properties served by existing private sewage disposal system. Where
an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required,
is served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing
building sewer line shall be broken on the structure side of such
sewage disposal system or device, and attachment shall be made, with
proper fittings, to continue such building sewer line as a building
sewer.
Inspection of building sewer. No building sewer shall be covered
until it has been inspected and approved by the authorized agent.
If any part of a building sewer 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 a
sewer.
Maintenance of building sewer. Every building sewer of any improved
property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition
by the owner of such improved property.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
(with barricades and lights, if necessary and appropriate) to protect
all persons from damage and injury.
Streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course
of installation of a building sewer shall be restored, at the cost
and expense of the owner of the improved property being connected,
in a manner satisfactory to this Borough.
Remedy of unsatisfactory conditions required. If any person shall
fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from an authorized agent
in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to
a building sewer, within 60 days of receipt of such notice, the authorized
agent may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage
and industrial wastes into the sewage collection system until such
unsatisfactory condition has been remedied to the satisfaction of
the authorized agent.
Additional rules and regulations. The Borough reserves the right
to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and regulations as it
deems necessary and proper relating to connections to a sewer and
the sewage collection system, which additional rules and regulations,
to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part
of this article.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety, and
welfare of inhabitants of the Borough.