[Adopted 3-26-2025 by Ord. No. 2025:1361]
The sewer system of the Borough is the sewer collection system presently constructed in the roadway or easements and servicing all of the many adjoining properties in the Borough. The sewer collection system will consist of the main sewer line and all manholes.
The sewer connection (sewer lateral) shall be the portion extending from the owner's property and/or the improvements on the property to the Borough's sewer collection system, leading up to and including the connection.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to make all necessary repairs to any existing sewer laterals and/or new sewer laterals. The cost of such repairs shall be at the property owner's sole expense.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to clean and maintain, at the property owner's sole expense, the entire sewer connection, whether such connection was constructed by the Borough or otherwise. The entire sewer connection includes the sewer lateral and all piping and any appurtenances from the building to the sewer collection system.
Where there are no existing laterals and it is determined by the Borough that there is a need to install a new sewer lateral, it shall be the sole responsibility of the property owner to install the sewer lateral and/or connection to the sewer collection system, at the property owner's sole cost and at no expense to the Borough.
A. 
In the event that a roadway within the Borough does not have a section of the sewer collection system constructed therein and it is determined by the Borough that it is necessary to construct said missing section of the sewer collection system in order to allow a property owner to connect a sewer lateral into the existing sewer collection system, the cost of installing said missing section of the sewer collection system shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
B. 
However, upon application of said property owner, the governing body may by resolution authorize said work on any part thereof to be the responsibility of the Borough. The Borough Council shall consider, in connection with the above application, the location in question, the availability of that portion of the sewer collection system to be constructed to additional property owners and the recommendation of the Department of Public Works. This section shall not be deemed to allow the Borough to assume the cost of installing sewer laterals.