[Adopted 3-14-1960 by Ord. No. 623 (Ch. XXI, Part 2, of the 1972 Code of Ordinances); amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
As required by 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 2051, every owner of property in the Borough of New Bethlehem whose property abuts upon any line of the sanitary sewer system of the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority shall connect, at his own cost, the building, buildings or other structures located on said property with said sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary sewage as is customarily disposed of in a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property abutting on any line of the sanitary sewer system of the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority to employ any means, either by septic tank or otherwise, for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than into and through the sanitary sewers of said Redbank Valley Municipal Authority.
In case of any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to such sewer shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers for such period of 45 days, or as required by law, after notice to do so has been served upon him, either by personal service or by certified mail as aforesaid, the Borough Council, or RVMA, or their agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection. In such case, the Secretary or other authorized person on behalf of the Borough Council shall forthwith upon completion of the work send an itemized bill of the cost of construction of such connection to the owner of the 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 property to pay said bill a municipal lien for said construction shall be filed within six months of the date of 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.
Any person required to connect with the sewer system of the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority shall make application for a tapping permit to the Secretary on forms furnished by the Borough, and shall set forth in said application, the character of structure and use, the lot number and location, and the name of the person who is to make the connection.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises from which connection with any of the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority sewers shall have been made. Every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle shall, within 30 days after final enactment of this article in the case of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30 days after connection with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so connected, be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of the Borough Council. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this section shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated on order of the Borough as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such property.
The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their connections with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority and shall be inspected by the Engineer before being covered.
A. 
Any person, persons, partnership or any agents or executive officers of any corporation violating the provisions of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor 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 article 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 article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County.
B. 
Failure to correct a violation or a repeated violation identified in a notice shall not require an additional notice of violation applying to the same person, property or premises within the same calendar year or within 150 days of the first notice, whichever is longer.