[Adopted 3-16-1959 by Ord. No. 172]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Baldwin whose property
abuts upon any line of the sanitary sewers of the Municipal Authority
of the Borough of Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, shall connect,
at his own cost, the building, buildings or other structures located
on said property with the sanitary sewers of the Authority for the
purpose of disposing of all drainage as is customarily disposed of
in a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any
property abutting on any line of the sanitary sewer system of said
Authority to employ any means, either by septic tank, mine hole or
otherwise, for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than into and
through the sanitary sewers of said Authority.
Where any structure is now or hereafter may be connected to
any septic tank or using any method by which sanitary sewage is disposed
of or eliminated other than through the sanitary sewer system of said
Authority, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or the Secretary
of the Authority or other person authorized by the Borough Council
to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure in writing,
either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to
disconnect the same and make proper connections for the discharge
and disposal of sewage through the sanitary sewer system of the Authority
as hereinafter provided, within 90 days after receipt of such notice.
In case any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to such
sewer shall neglect or refuse to connect with and use said sewers
for such period of 90 days after notice to do so has been served upon
him, either by personal service, certified mail or by registered mail
as aforesaid, the Borough or its agents or the Authority or its agents
may enter upon such property and construct such connection. In such
case, the Borough Secretary or the Authority Secretary or other authorized
person shall forthwith upon completion of the work send an itemized
bill of the cost of construction of such connection to the owner of
the 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 property to pay said bill, a municipal lien for said construction
shall be filed within six months of the date of completion of the
construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects
to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal
liens.
Any person required to connect with the sewer system of the
Authority shall make application for a tapping permit on forms furnished
by the Borough or the Authority and shall set forth in said application
the character of structure and use, the lot number and location and
the name of the person who is to make the connection.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter,
be connected with the sanitary sewers of the Authority.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar
receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon
any premises from which connection with any of the Authority sewers
shall have been made. The Borough may, at its discretion, require
every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or other
receptacle within 30 days after final enactment of this article, in
the case of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30 days
after connection with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so
connected, to be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction
and supervision of the Borough or the Authority. Any such privy vault,
cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or other receptacle not abandoned,
cleansed and filled as required by this section shall constitute a
nuisance and such nuisance may be abated on order of the Borough or
the Authority as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such
property.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected
to the Authority sewer system to connect any roof drain thereto or
to permit, allow or cause to enter into said sewer system any stormwater
or surface water or any sewage from any property other than that for
which the permit was issued, or any other substance, liquid, gas or
solid, which is prohibited by the terms of any other rule, regulation
or ordinance adopted by the Borough or the Authority for the operation
of the sewer system.
The construction of all private sewers or laterals and their
connections with any lines of the sewer system shall be done in accordance
with the plans and specifications established by the Borough and the
Authority, as the same may be from time to time amended, copies of
which are on file at the Borough of Baldwin Municipal Building, and
shall be inspected by the Authority engineers before being covered.
[Amended 12-19-1985 by Ord. No. 566]
Any person, persons, partnership or any agents or executive
officers of any corporation violating the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, for each and every violation, be subject to
a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or imprisonment
for up to 30 days.
