The owner or owners of lots of ground within
the Borough of Churchill having buildings erected thereon and fronting
or abutting on or adjoining any street, roadway, thoroughfare or right-of-way
of this Borough in which a sanitary sewer line shall be constructed,
laid and made available for use, shall connect the buildings erected
to such sanitary sewer line at the proper cost of the owner for the
disposal of all sanitary sewage from such buildings, within 90 days
from the date of the completion of the construction of such sanitary
sewer line by this Borough.
No connection shall be made to any sanitary
sewer line of this Borough without first securing from this Borough
a permit authorizing such connection to be made. Applications for
such permits shall be made to the Borough Manager on forms to be prepared
and provided by the Borough Manager.
The pipe used for connecting any building to
the sanitary sewer line shall be not fewer than six inches in diameter
and shall bypass any septic tank on the property. No such connection
shall run through or over any septic tanks on the property. No connection
shall be covered until the same shall have been inspected and approved
by the Borough Manager. A house trap and vent shall be furnished.
The trap shall be on the outside of the buildings and approximately
five feet therefrom. The top of the vent shall be not fewer than four
inches above the existing grade of the property.
Only sanitary sewage shall be permitted to drain
into the sanitary sewer lines of this Borough. No storm or surface
water nor any inflammable or volatile liquids shall be emptied into
or permitted to enter the sanitary sewers of the Borough and no connection
shall be made and no apparatuses shall be constructed which shall
be intended for or shall render possible such entry.
[Amended 7-12-1955 by Ord. No. 178]
No permit shall be granted for a sanitary sewer
connection as provided herein, unless and until the assessment for
the main sanitary sewer line against the property for which the permit
is requested or the charge fixed and established for tapping or draining
into such main sanitary sewer by ordinance of this Borough, now in
effect or hereafter enacted, has been paid in full; and if such assessment
or charge has not been levied or fixed at the time of application
for such permit, there shall be required the payment of the assessment
or charge as estimated by the Borough Engineer or by such officer
or employee as Council of the Borough of Churchill shall designate,
which estimated assessment or charge shall be subject to additional
payment or refund when the amount of such assessment or charge is
finally determined.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any owner
or owners, to dispose of sanitary sewage from any building on his
or their property in this Borough by means of a septic tank where
such property fronts or abuts on or adjoins any street, roadway, thoroughfare
or right-of-way of this Borough in which there is a sanitary sewer
line which has been made available for connection and use for a period
of more than 90 days.
[Amended 3-10-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall for each offense and each
separate violation be subject to the payment of a fine of not more
than $600, plus costs, upon conviction therefor before the District
Justice of this Borough and, in default thereof, may be imprisoned
for a period of not more 30 days. Each day any such violation shall
be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
for any violation of any provisions of this ordinance, the Borough
Manager shall be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be disconnected
any such unlawful sewer connection made or to disconnect any sewer
through which stormwater or surface water or waste matter other than
sanitary sewer is permitted to drain into the sanitary sewer line
of this Borough.