[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
The sanitary sewer system now constructed in the Borough or
to be constructed in the future shall be regulated and operated according
to the conditions hereof.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
In the drainage districts where sewers are laid, the use of
cesspools, septic tanks, wells, privy vaults or other receptacle for
sewage purposes shall cease, and their use for the disposal of sewage
shall be abandoned within six months after a public sewer shall become
accessible and connection shall be made to the sanitary sewer system
of the Borough.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
1. It shall
be the duty of the Borough Council to cause a printed or written notice
of the completion of such sewer, together with a copy of this Part,
to be served on the owners of each property abutting on the highway,
road, street or walk along which such sewer has been laid.
2. Such
notice in each instance shall state that:
A. It is
the duty of such owners to cause the buildings erected on their premises
requiring sewage drainage to be connected therewith at their own expense
and subject to the payment of the connection fee and the annual sewer
rental for the use of same.
B. Upon
the failure of any such owner to comply with the requirements of such
notice and of this Part, the Borough Council will cause such connection
to be made at the expense of the owner, who shall thereupon also become
subject to a penalty or fine as hereinafter provided.
C. After
45 days from the date such notice shall have been given, no cesspool,
septic tank, well, privy vault or other receptacle for sewage purposes
shall be pumped out or repaired and the use of any cesspool, septic
tank, well, privy vault or other receptacle for sewage purposes requiring
pumping out or repairs shall forthwith cease and their use for the
disposal of sewage shall forthwith be abandoned.
3. If at
any time the Borough Council shall deem it necessary for the public
health to require that any building erected on premises abutting on,
adjoining or adjacent to any Borough sewer shall be connected with
such sewer, wheresoever any such building may be located on such premises,
the said Borough Council shall cause to be served upon the owner or
owners of any such building a copy of this Part and a printed or written
notice directing that the necessary connections be made to the Borough
sewer system within 45 days from the date of its service, such notice
to be similar in form to that hereinbefore referred to in this Part.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
If any owner or user shall, after notice as provided herein,
refuse or neglect to discontinue the use of cesspools, septic tanks,
wells or privy vaults or such other receptacle for sewage purposes
and shall refuse or neglect to cause a connection to be made to the
sanitary sewer system, the Borough Council shall cause its duly appointed
employees to enter upon the premises and shall cause said cesspool,
septic tank, well, privy vault or other receptacle to be closed and
a sewer connection made to the sanitary sewer system, at the owner’s
expense, the costs to be collectible as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
1. No connection
from cesspools, septic tanks, wells, privy vaults or any other receptacle
for sewage purposes, except specially designed sump pits or sewage
wells in buildings of lower elevation than the sewer outside, shall
be made with any sewer.
2. No cesspool,
septic tank, well, privy vault or other receptacle for sewage purposes,
except as above noted, shall hereafter be constructed in any part
of the Borough where the sanitary sewer system is accessible.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
All users of the public sewer system shall comply with the current
rules and regulations of the Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority,
or its successor. The Borough reserves the right to refuse permission
to connect to the sewer system, to compel discontinuance of use of
its sewer system, and to compel the pretreatment of any waste by any
user in order to prevent discharges which are deemed to be harmful
to or will have a deleterious affect on its sewer system or on the
said regional sewer system.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
1. No wastewater
shall be discharged into the public sewer system having any of the
following characteristics:
A. Having
a five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of 200 mg/l as
a weekly average value.
B. Having
a suspended solids concentration in excess of 225 mg/l as a weekly
average value.
C. Having
a temperature higher than 140° F.
D. Containing
more than 100 PPM by weight of fats, oils, and grease.
E. Containing
any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquids, solids, or gases.
F. Containing
any garbage, food, foodscraps, grease, oils, fats, dairy products,
drippings, food by-products, peelings, seeds, nuts, fruits, or any
other items consumed by humans or animals.
G. Containing
any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tars, plastics, wood, whole blood, paunch manure, hair,
and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, or
any other solids, or viscous substances capable of causing obstructions
or other interference with the proper operation of the Borough’s
sewer system or that of the regional sewer system.
H. Having
a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment,
or personnel of the regional sewer system.
I. Containing
toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient quantity, either singly
or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
wastewater treatment process, or constitute hazards to humans or animals,
to create a public nuisance, or to create any hazard in waters which
receive treated effluent from the Regional Sewage Treatment Plant.
Toxic wastes shall include, but not by the way of limitation, wastes
containing cyanide, chromium, copper, and nickel ion.
J. Containing
pharmaceutical materials such as liquid or solid medications, pill,
capsules, tonics, alcohol, and other drugs used for the treatment
of humans or animals.
K. Containing
noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating a public
nuisance or that will pass through the regional sewage treatment plant
and exceed the state or interstate requirements for the receiving
stream.
L. Containing
solids of such character and quantity that special and/or unusual
attention is required for their handling.
M. Containing
radioactive isotopes.
N. Containing
any cooling water or unpolluted industrial or commercial process water.
O. Containing
strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions,
whether neutralized or not.
P. Containing
or causing discolorization such as, but not limited to, dye waste
and vegetable tanning solutions.
Q. Containing
any substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by
the biochemical wastewater treatment processes employed or are amenable
to the treatment only to such a degree that the effluent of the regional
sewage treatment plant cannot meet the requirements of agencies having
jurisdiction over the discharge to the receiving stream.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
1. If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the Borough’s public sewer system, which waters or wastes contain the substances or possess the characteristics described in §
18-407 above, and which in the judgment of the Borough may have a deleterious effect upon the regional sewer system, the regional sewage treatment plant, or the receiving stream, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Borough may:
A. Reject
such waters or wastes.
B. Require
pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the Borough
sewer system.
C. Require
control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
D. Require
payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the waters
or wastes not covered by existing sewer charges under this Part of
the Selinsgrove Borough Code.
E. Close
up or disconnect from the public sewer system any lateral or dwelling
connection.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
The Borough and/or in cooperation with the Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority may periodically sample the discharge from industrial and commercial establishments in order to control the strength of wastewater entering the public sewer system. In the event the Borough or Regional Authority find a BOD concentration in excess of 200 mg/l, a suspended solids concentration in excess of 225 mg/l, or other characteristics in violation of this Part, the owner of such industrial or commercial establishment shall be notified of the findings, shall be required to pay all applicable surcharges, and shall be required to take such other action necessary to correct the violation. The Borough may also employ the corrective actions set forth in §
18-408 above.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of wastewater to which reference is made in this Part shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. The control manhole shall be the same, as the special manhole required by §
18-412 of the Part. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the Borough sewer system to the point at which the building sewer is connected or at such other point as may be determined or approved by the Borough. Duration and frequency of the sampling will be determined by the Borough.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm
water, surface water, spring water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, building foundation drainage, cellar drainage, drainage
from roof leader connections, uncontaminated cooling water, and overflow
or drainage from cesspools into the public sewer system.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
1. No person
shall discharge or allow to be discharged any industrial waste, dangerous
or toxic substances, or other materials incompatible with the public
sewer system or with the Regional Sewer System into the public sewer
system until there has been first submitted to and approved by the
Borough and the Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority an application
for an industrial waste permit. Such application shall be submitted
not less than three months prior to the proposed discharge and shall
set forth the following information:
A. Name
and address of the proposed discharger.
B. Precise
location of the discharging facility or facilities.
C. Type
of industry or other use of the property from which the industrial
waste is to be discharged.
D. Description
of the process or processes which produce or will produce the industrial
waste or other material.
E. Description
of the types and characteristics of the industrial waste or other
material, volume and rates of flow and methods of measuring the same,
time of discharge, whether the waste will contain any matter or characteristic
prohibited under this Part and of any pretreatment facilities, whether
existing or proposed.
F. Such
additional information as may be required by the Borough, the Eastern
Snyder County Regional Authority, or the Borough Engineer.
2. When
directed by the Borough, industrial establishments shall install,
pay for, and maintain a special manhole and such other devices as
may be required by the Borough or by the Eastern Snyder County Regional
Authority to facilitate observation, measurement, and sampling of
wastewater discharged into the public sewer system. The manhole shall
be safe and accessible at all times.
3. The Borough
or Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority may require pretreatment,
at the expense of the applicant, of any industrial waste or other
material as a condition of any permit requested under this Part and
may prohibit the discharge of any industrial waste or other material
which violates the provision of this Part or any other rules and regulations
of the Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority if the pretreatment
requirements are not satisfied for any reason.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
Any person, firm, or corporation that plans to change operations so as to materially alter the characteristics and volumes of industrial wastes discharged into the public sewer system which is now or will be connected to that sewer system shall file an application for the approval of an industrial waste permit in accordance with §
18-412 above.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
1. All industrial
establishments shall be required to comply with pretreatment regulations
and requirements which may now be in effect or which may be later
established the by Federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)
or the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”).
2. If the
Borough permits the pretreatment or equalization of wastewater flows,
the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Borough, and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances, regulations and laws.
3. Where
preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for
any wastewater, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
1. All hotels,
restaurants, boarding houses, cafeterias, fraternity houses and sororities
houses serving food, church and other non-profit entities’ kitchens
serving food, clubs or other social organizations serving food, commercial
food preparation facilities, and any other establishment where food
is prepared and/or served, shall install, at its own expense, a grease
trap, of type and size approved by the Borough or a properly authorized
agent of the Borough, in their plumbing or piping. Such grease traps
shall be cleaned on a regular basis to prevent any grease from entering
the public sewer system and the contents of such trap shall be properly
disposed of according to the rules and regulations of the EPA and
DEP. The owner and/or operator of the grease trap shall keep written
records of the date, quantities of grease, and methods of when the
grease trap is cleaned.
2. In the
event of a malfunction of a grease trap such that any of its contents
enter into the public sewer system, the owner of said trap shall immediately
notify the Borough in writing of the malfunction, shall take corrective
action to cure the malfunction, and, if such malfunction cannot be
immediately corrected, shall cease all grease producing activities
until the malfunction is corrected and the grease trap is again fully
operational. By duly adopted resolution the Borough may from time
to time promulgate rules and regulations for the installation and
operation of grease traps which shall have the full force and effect
as part of this Part.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as added by Ord. 781, 12/7/2009]
The Borough and/or Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority or their duly authorized representatives shall, at all reasonable times, be permitted to enter upon any and all properties not in compliance with §§
18-407 and/or
18-411, or subject to §§
18-413,
18-414, and/or
18-415 for the purposes of inspecting, observing, measuring, and sampling wastewater discharged to the public sewer system, and to assure the proper operation of any grease traps and pretreatment facilities, if applicable.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
House connections from the curbline to the building or from the sewer to the building if the sewer is inside the curbline shall be laid by the owner at his, her or their expense, but only after such connections have been authorized by a permit issued by the Borough Secretary, upon payment of the connection fee prescribed by §
18-204 of Part
2.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
The actual connection to the sewer shall not be made until after
inspection and approval of the house connection and all drains and
connections thereto by the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or a properly
authorized agent of the Borough.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
When the length of a house connection is in excess of 100 feet,
a cleanout shall be installed adjacent to the connection with the
building.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
A separate house sewer will be required for each individual
building or house, whether constructed as a detached unit or as one
of a pair or row, but a single house sewer will be permitted to serve
an apartment house or other permanently multiple-unit structure whose
individual apartments or units may not be subject to separate ownership.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
When necessary or advisable to make any alteration or repair
to any lateral or house connection already in place, application shall
be made to the Borough Secretary for a permit, in the same manner
as for new connections.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as amended by Ord. 481, 1/21/1980]
All house laterals from the main source to the house shall meet
the specifications as shall be adopted from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
In the event of failure to make approved connection to the sewer system from any dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment, or other building in which sanitary conveniences or facilities are provided, after the sewer becomes accessible and within the period prescribed in §
18-402, and after notice thereof has been given, the Borough Council shall cause its duly appointed employees to enter upon the premises and cause such connection to be made at the owner’s expense, the costs of same to be collected as herein provided.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
1. The construction
of lateral or house connections and of house plumbing shall, at all
times, be subject to supervision and inspection by the Borough Superintendent
of Sewers or a proper authorized agent of the Borough. The lateral
or house connection shall not be covered until permitted by the Borough
Superintendent of Sewers, or a proper authorized agent of the Borough,
and all backfilling of trenches shall be under his supervision and
shall be thoroughly compacted by tamping in six-inch layers, by thorough
water jetting, or by other method approved by the Borough Superintendent
of Sewers, or a proper authorized agent of the Borough.
2. The Borough
Superintendent of Sewers, or a proper authorized agent of the Borough,
shall have the right to close up or disconnect from the sewer system
any lateral or house connection used for carrying rain, surface water,
ground water or objectionable matter or whenever any of the violations
of this Part are committed and to order or require such connection
to be made and to carry such sewage as is intended and indicated in
this Part.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
All house connections to the sewer shall be made at the end of the lateral at the curbline. Y-branches or T’s have been placed in the sewers as constructed and will be placed in the sewers to be constructed and laterals have been extended to the curb at all improved properties where deemed advisable or will be so placed; but in the event that laterals and connections to the now existing or future sewers are advisable or necessary at locations other than at points where laterals have been placed, such laterals will be constructed by the Borough, upon written application to the Borough Secretary, but only after the connection fee prescribed by §
18-204 of Part
2 shall have been paid to the Borough Secretary.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as amended by Ord. 434, 10/4/1976]
If any lateral or house connection shall become clogged or obstructed,
the same may be opened by employees of the Borough under the direction
of the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or a properly authorized agent,
upon application by the owner to the Borough Secretary. The application
shall contain an agreement by the owner to reimburse the Borough for
any and all expenses incurred in the opening of such lateral branch
or house connection, providing that the clogging or obstruction thereof
is found to be due to any cause for which the Borough is not liable,
but if otherwise, the expense shall be paid by the Borough. The decision
of the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or a properly authorized agent
as to the liability for such clogging shall be final and conclusive.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
All house connections from buildings to the lateral sewer in
the street shall have permanently tight joints and suitable grade,
depth, alignment and protection, as approved by the Borough Superintendent
of Sewers or a properly authorized agent, to ensure satisfactory performance
and to prevent the admission of groundwater.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
The sewer system, sewage treatment works and sewage pumping
station shall be operated and maintained under the direct supervision
of the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or a properly authorized agent,
and such operators or laborers as may be required to operate and maintain
the sewer system, the sewage treatment works and the pumping station
shall be engaged as directed by the Borough Council.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947]
Should any person or persons refuse, neglect or fail to comply with any of the terms, provisions and requirements of this Part or with any notice given in conformity with or pursuant to the provisions hereof, then the Borough Council is hereby empowered and directed to engage all labor and furnish all materials necessary or required to comply with said notice; and the cost and expenses thereof, together with 5% added thereon as a penalty, and including all delinquent sewer service charges and penalties, as provided in §
18-305 of Part
3 shall be certified to the Borough Solicitor, who shall enter the same as a lien against the property in the Court of Common Pleas of Snyder County and shall proceed to collect same in like manner as other municipal claims are by law collectible; or an action of assumpsit may be brought to recover the same from the said owner or owners, in the name of the Borough of Selinsgrove.
[Ord. 185B, 3/3/1947; as amended by Ord. 825, 10/3/2016]
The said owner or owners who shall fail, neglect or refuse to
comply with or who shall violate the terms, requirements and conditions
of this Part or of any notice as aforesaid, upon conviction thereof
in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000 plus costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred
by the Borough in the enforcement proceeding and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section
of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.