[Adopted 10-12-1998 by Ord. No. A-933]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any owner(s) or his agent.
The Borough of Kane Authority or its agent.
The Borough of Kane.
Wetmore Township.
A.
The applicant shall contact the Borough of Kane Authority,
or its agent, for availability of sewers abutting property.
B.
The applicant shall provide a completed abstract of
sanitary sewer plans and complete plans for the disposal of stormwater
(roof, driveway, area drains and basement French drains).
C.
Under no circumstances shall the applicant make any
tap or connection or disturb any sanitary sewer or manhole under the
control of the Borough of Kane Authority without written permission.
D.
After review of the plans by the Authority and payment
of appropriate fees, a tap-in permit may be issued.
E.
The borough shall not accept any sanitary sewer until
final inspection has been completed.
All properties within the Kane Borough limits
or Wetmore Township limits, which abut any public sewer, shall connect
any structures (with plumbing facilities) erected on such property
to the sanitary sewer system.
All gravity building sewers shall be six inches
in diameter, provided that pipe is laid on minimum slopes of 1/8 inch
per foot, or four inches with a minimum slope of 1/4 inch per foot.
Where the diameter of the existing sewer main is six inches or larger,
the service line from the existing main to the inspection port shall
be no less than seven inches in diameter. All pressure building sewers
shall be sized according to site-specific pumping requirements.
Connection to both the house plumbing and the
sewer main or the end of the service connection shall be with a proper
fitting specially manufactured for such use. Under no condition is
the property owner or his contractor permitted to make a direct connection
to the main sewer or manhole without written permission of the Authority.
In the event that there is no service connection available at the
required point of connection to the public sewer, one will be provided
by the Authority. The replacement of all wye fittings broken by the
property owner or his private contractor shall be immediately reported
to the Authority and replaced with the proper wye fitting with the
costs of such replacement being borne by the property owner.
A.
The use of existing building sewers in connection
with new buildings will be permitted only when they are found upon
examination and testing by the Authority or authorized persons or
agencies to meet all requirements set forth herein.
B.
At the time of connection to the public sewers, any
existing septic tank, privies, cesspools, sinkholes and other receptacles
for receiving sewage will be disconnected from the house sanitary
system, cleansed and filled under the direction of the Authority.
It shall be the responsibility of the contractor
to disconnect such sewers and plug to the Authority's discretion.
All disconnection of lines shall be done in the presence of the Borough
Manager or his designee.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into the sewer system any stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurfacing drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process water. Any connections permitting such discharges shall he
eliminated after notice to take such action is issued by the borough.
B.
Routine dye and/or smoke testing will be done by the
borough as required.
If, after investigation by the owner of the
sanitary connection, it is determined that the failure is in the connection
at the street (lateral line installed by the borough), the borough
will make all necessary repairs without cost to the property owner.
However, if the failure was the result of a poor connection to the
public sewer or the failure is in the owner's lateral line, the owner
may be assessed for the time and material, plus 10%, to complete the
investigation. This shall include all repairs to streets and/or sidewalks
to Borough of Kane or Wetmore Township specifications.
All sewers shall conform to Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources regulations.
No person shall adjust, fill, bury, damage,
loosen, open or enter into, or lower any sanitary manhole, or cause
water to flow over or into any sanitary manhole. No person shall fill
over or build on any right-of-way without written permission from
the borough. Nor shall any person dig in any sanitary right-of-way
without prior notification of the Borough of Kane.
