[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990; as amended by Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Article shall be as
follows:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, acting
by and through its Council, or, in appropriate cases, by and through
its authorized representatives.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within this Borough upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located in this Borough used wholly
or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering
or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property located in this Borough from which wastes, in addition to
or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
other than sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, extending to the property
line or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then “lateral”
shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided
for connection of any building sewer.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged
from any improved property.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage
and/or industrial wastes, situate in this Borough, to be constructed,
acquired, owned, maintained and operated by the Borough in, adjacent
to and for certain portions of this Borough.
[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990; as amended by Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
1. The owner
of any improved property located in this Borough and benefitted, improved
or accommodated by the sewer system, shall connect such improved property
to the sewer system, in such manner as this Borough may require, within
45 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, from time to time.
2. All sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection
of such improved property with a sewer shall be required under subsection
.1 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 from time to time.
3. 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 .1 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 .1 of this Section, except where suitable treatment
has been provided which is satisfactory to this Borough.
4. 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
.1 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 this Borough, shall be
cleansed and filled at the expense of the owner of such improved property
and 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 required 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.
5. No privy
vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle at any
time shall be connected with a sewer.
6. The notice
by this Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in subsection
.1 of this Section, shall consist of a copy of this Article, including
any amendments at the time in effect, or a brief summary of each Section
thereof, and a written or printed document requiring such connection
in accordance with the provisions of this Article and specifying that
such connection shall be made within 45 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.
[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990; as amended by Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
1. No person
shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into, or use, alter,
or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system without first
making application for and securing a permit, in writing, from the
Borough.
2. Except
as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each improved property shall
be connected separately and independently with 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, in writing, shall have been
secured.
3. All costs
and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and
expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral shall be borne
by the owner of the improved property to be connected, and such owner
shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough from all loss or damage
that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction
of a building sewer or connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
4. A building
sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the
Borough and where the lateral is provided. The invert of a building
sewer at the point of connection to a lateral shall be at the same
or a higher elevation than the invert of the lateral. A smooth, neat
joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer to the
lateral shall be made secure and water-tight.
5. If the
owner of any improved property located in this Borough and benefitted,
improved or accommodated by the sewer system, after 45 days' notice
from this Borough, in accordance with subsection .2, 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 provided for the filing and recovery of municipal
liens.
[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990; as amended by Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
1. Where
an improved property, at the time connection to a sewer is required,
shall be served by its own sewage disposal system or device, the existing
house 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 house sewer line, as a building sewer.
2. No building
sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by
this Borough. 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.
3. Every
building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary
and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved property.
4. Every
excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately with barricades
and lights 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.
5. If any
person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice of this Borough,
in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition with respect to
a building sewer, within 45 days of receipt of such notice, this Borough
may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of this Borough.
6. This Borough
reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional rules and
regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections
with a sewer and the sewer system, which additional rules and regulations,
to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part
of this Article.
[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990; as amended by Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Article, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentence to a fine
of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this Article continues or each Section of
this Article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 1990-8, 10/25/1990]
It is declared that enactment of this Article is necessary for
the protection, benefit, and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of the inhabitants of this Borough.