[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Economy: Art. I, 9-26-1990 as Ord. No. 304. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-26-1990 as Ord. No. 304]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context.
The Water Authority.
Any property within the Borough of Economy upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings.
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved for
the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use, consisting of
two or more mobile home lots.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, authority or other group or entity.
The pipe, valves and other facilities by means of which the
Authority conducts water from its distribution mains to the curb stop
to be located at the curbline or property line of the premises and
specifically includes the corporation stop or other means of connection
to the main, the service line connected to the corporation stop and
extending to the point of connection to the curb stop, the curb stop,
the service box and such other facilities.
The pipe, valves and other facilities by means of which water
is conducted from the curb stop to the premises and specifically includes
the service line extending from a point of connection to the curb
stop to a point inside the walls of the premises or meter box, where
approved, a stopcock or compression valve on the line at this point,
connections for the inlet and outlet sides of the meter, a stop- and
waste cock on the outlet side of the meter and such other facilities.
Water distribution pipelines which are located in streets,
highways, public ways or private rights-of-way and which are to serve
the general public.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for supply, production,
transmission, storage and distribution of water in the Borough of
Economy owned by the Authority or the Borough of Economy.
A.
The owner of any improved property wherein the front
wall of the principal structure is within 150 feet of the property
line nearest the water main shall, within 12 months after notice to
such owner from the Borough, pay the prevailing tapping fee.
B.
The notice by the Borough to pay the tapping fee shall
consist of a written or printed document requiring payment of the
tapping fee in accordance with the provisions of this article and
specifying that such payments shall be made within 12 months after
the date such notice is given or served. Such notice shall be given
or served after the construction of the Kenneth E. Campbell Booster
Station and the transmission line from Duss Avenue to Ridge Road Extension
in the Borough of Economy are completed and adequate water pressure
and volume are present at the location of the property in question.
Such notice shall be given or served upon the owner in accordance
with the law.
C.
Installments: allowable financial status for installment
payments. Upon request to the appointed Borough representative within
60 days from notice, an owner may be granted permission to pay the
prevailing tap-in fee at a mutually agreeable schedule due to financial
hardship.
D.
Multiple connections.
(1)
Multiple-occupancy structures are required to pay
a single prevailing tap-in fee, the actual cost of master meters installed,
and will be $750, payable to the Borough, for each unit in the structure
being provided service.
(2)
Multiple unique structures on one property will be
required to have individual taps.
(3)
Existing trailer courts.
(a)
Existing trailer courts will pay the prevailing
tap-in fee, the actual cost of the master meters installed, and will
be $750, payable to the Borough, for each site being provided service.
(b)
The existing internal distribution and storage
system will continue to be owned, maintained and operated by the owner
of the trailer court.
(c)
The quarterly service rates will be in accordance
with prevailing rates and the Authority's billing methods.
(4)
New or expanded trailer courts, after the passage
of this article, will pay the actual cost of the meter installed and
the prevailing tapping fee for each site being provided service.
E.
Application for tap-in permit. The property owner
shall register and obtain an application for a permit at the office
of the Borough of Economy. Upon completion, the application for a
tap-in permit must be submitted to the Authority.
A.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening
into, use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any water main or any
part of the water system.
C.
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection
of any improved property to a service line connection until such person
fulfills each of the following conditions:
(1)
Notify the Authority of the desire and intentions
to connect such improved property to the service line connection.
(3)
Give the Authority at least 24 hours' notice before
such connection will be made in order that the Authority may inspect
or may cause to be inspected the work of connection and necessary
testing.
(4)
If applicable, furnish satisfactory evidence to the
Authority that any tapping fee which may be charged and imposed by
the Authority or assessment by the Borough against the owner of each
property who connects such property to a main has been paid.
D.
Except as otherwise provided, each improved property
shall be connected separately and independently to the water main
service line connection. Grouping of more than one improved property
on one water main shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances
and for good cause shown, but then only after special permission of
the Authority, in writing, shall have been secured and only subject
to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by
the Authority.
E.
All costs and expenses of construction of a service
line extension shall be borne by the owner of the property to be connected.
Such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless the Authority and
the Borough from all loss and damage that may be occasioned, directly
or indirectly, as a result of construction of a service line extension.
F.
A service line extension shall be constructed in accordance
with the Authority's rules and regulations.
G.
If the owner of any property located within the Borough of Economy and within the distance requiring payment of the tapping fee as provided herein after 12 months notice from the Borough in accordance with § 178-2A shall fail to pay such tapping fee and assessments, the Borough may collect from such owner the tapping fee and/or assessments by filing a municipal lien therefor.
A.
No service line extension shall be covered until it
has been inspected and approved by the Authority. If any part of the
service line extension is covered before so being inspected and approved,
it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the
owner of the property.
B.
Every service line extension of any property shall
be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner
of such property.
C.
Every excavation for a service line extension shall
be guarded adequately to protect all persons from damage and injury.
Any street sidewalk or other public property disturbed in the course
of installation of the service line extension shall be restored, at
the cost and expense of the owner of the property being connected,
in a manner satisfactory to the Borough of Economy.
D.
If any person shall fail or shall refuse, upon receipt
of a notice, in writing, of the Authority, to remedy an unsatisfactory
condition with respect to a service line extension within 60 days
of receipt of such notice, the Authority may refuse to permit such
person to be served by the water system until such conditions shall
have been remedied to the satisfaction of the Borough and of the Authority.
E.
The Borough and the Authority reserve the right to
jointly adopt from time to time additional rules and regulations they
shall deem necessary and proper relating to connections with the water
system, which additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate,
shall be and shall be construed as part of this article.
As a customer of the Authority, the owner will
abide by the Authority's rules and regulations pertaining to the connection
and maintenance of service lines as adopted and amended and in their
entirety.
