The owner of each improved property within the Borough limits which is benefited, improved or accommodated by a sanitary sewer and which is or shall become accessible to the sewer system of the Borough and upon which there is generated sanitary sewage or industrial waste shall, upon receipt of written notice from the Borough, connect such improved property to the sewer system without delay in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough currently in effect. For the purpose of this Part 1, an improved property shall be deemed accessible to the sewer system of the Borough if:
A.
Such property
shall abut upon or adjoin a public street, alley, road or other public
highway in which there is a collection line of the sewer system owned,
leased or operated by the Borough or by the Athens-Sayre Joint Authority;
or
B.
If a collection
line of said sewer system runs through such property and if the building
or facility from which or in connection with the use of which such
sanitary sewage or industrial waste is generated is located within
200 feet of such collection line.
A.
Any property owner
who is not connected to the sewer system shall not be reimbursed or
refunded any sewer rental fees paid.
[Added 8-10-1987 by Ord. No. 397, approved 8-10-1987]
B.
If any owner of
improved property required to be connected to said sewer system shall
neglect or refuse to connect therewith after written notice so to
do, the Borough may give such owner written notice, making reference
to this section and ordering such owner to make the required connection
within 60 days of the date of said notice. Upon failure of such owner
to make the required connection within said sixty-day period, the
Borough or its agents may, in accordance with the provisions of the
Borough Code,[1] enter upon such property and construct such connection
and, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost
of the construction of such connection to the property owner, which
bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or refusal by
the owner of such property to pay said bill, it shall be the duty
of the proper Borough officials and Borough Solicitor to file municipal
liens for said construction within six months of the date of the completion
of the construction of said connection.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
[Amended 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 321, approved 2-14-1977; at time of
adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
If any owner of improved property within the Borough shall have failed to connect his or her property with the sewer system as required by § 418-1 and the Borough shall have given such owner written notice pursuant to § 418-2 of this Part 1, and if such owner shall have failed within said sixty-day period to make the required connection, such failure shall be hereby declared a violation of this Part 1, and such owner shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.
It shall be unlawful, 60 days from the receipt of written notice pursuant to §§ 418-1 or 418-2 of this part, for any person, firm or corporation to:
A.
Own, maintain,
operate or use within the Borough a privy, cesspool, vault, septic
tank or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage upon any property,
now or hereafter improved, which is accessible to a collection sewer
line of said sewer system.
B.
Connect any privy,
cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle with any such collection
sewer line.
[Amended 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 321, approved 2-14-1977; 3-9-1998 by Ord. No.
513, approved 3-9-1998; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch.
1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All persons, firms or corporations violating § 418-4 of this Part 1 shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.
No owner of property shall be permitted to discharge
into the sewer system any waste or drainage other than sanitary sewage
except as may be expressly permitted by the rules and regulations
of the Borough currently in effect.
