As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
EQUIVALENT UNIT (EU)
The unit which produces an average daily flow of 120 gallons
of wastewater.
[Added 10-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
STREET
Any street, avenue, highway, road, lane, alley or sidewalk.
[Amended 5-13-1980 by Ord. No. 313; 1-27-1987 by Ord. No. 392; 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-5; 10-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
A. No person
shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or
disturb in any manner any sewer or the sanitary sewer system of the
Borough without first obtaining a written permit from the Borough
Engineer and paying the required connection fee as defined below.
Such permit shall be issued upon first obtaining a written application
therefor and upon prior approval of the plans and profiles by the
Borough Engineer or the Borough Director of Public Works for any connection
to the sanitary sewer system. Three copies of the plans and profiles
of any proposed connection shall be forwarded to the Borough Engineer
or Director of Public Works for review and approval prior to the issuance
of the permit.
B. Residential
sewer service. A sewer connection fee in the amount of $3,800 and
an application fee of $100 shall be imposed on all new residential
hookups unless said connection is for an affordable housing unit.
In such an instance the connection fee shall be $1,900. For any multifamily
building construction, the connection fee shall be payable for each
residential unit. This fee shall be nonrefundable and payable at the
time the request for sewer tap-in application is filed.
C. Nonresidential
sewer service.
(1) An
application fee of $100 and a sewer connection fee shall be imposed
on all new non-residential hookups. The sewer connection fee shall
be calculated as follows:
(a) Divide the estimated daily flow, in gallons, by the average daily flow per equivalent unit as defined in §
403-54 to determine the number of equivalent units, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(b) Multiply the number of equivalent units by $3,800 per unit to determine
the total sewer connection fee.
(2) This
fee shall be nonrefundable and payable at the time the request for
sewer tap-in application is filed.
All the costs and expenses of connection to
the sewer main, of a sewer line serving an existing house, building
or structure or lot, shall be borne by the owner of the unit 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 or connection.
[Added 7-23-1991 by Ord. No. 455A]
A. The connection unit between the main sanitary sewer
line and the property affected shall be repaired, replaced and cleaned
at the sole cost and expense of the owner of the property affected,
and the cost of said repair, replacement and cleaning of said connection
unit shall be assessed against the lot or plot of land benefited.
B. The Borough shall only be responsible for payment
as the result of any improper function of the main sewer line.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
given the Borough Engineer or Director of Public Works at least 48
hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made, so that
said Engineer or the Borough's authorized agent may supervise and
inspect the work of connection and the installation from the foundation
line of the improvement to the connection point, said connection point
being at the curbline of said property or, if necessary, the trunk
line of the Borough sewer system.
The connection unit, which shall be located
under streets in the Borough of Alpha, shall be installed by a registered
plumber at the sole cost and expense of the owner of the property
affected.
Openings in the streets of the Borough of Alpha
shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Street Excavations
Ordinance of the Borough of Alpha.
Any person violating or failing to comply with
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,250, by imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days or by a term of community service not
to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of
the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.