The agents and employees of the Borough shall
have the right to enter any building and premises connected to the
water-sewer system whenever necessary to examine the same, or to do
any work therein or thereon, provided that such entry shall be at
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, if notice is feasible,
to the owner or occupant thereof, and no person shall refuse, deny
or interfere with such entry.
No water, gas or other pipe or underground telephone
or electric wires shall be laid within four feet of a sewer line except
in accordance with a special permit of the Plumbing Inspector first
obtained.
In all house connections, each property shall
be separately and independently connected with the sanitary sewer,
and, for the purposes of this chapter, each side of a so-called double
house shall be considered as a separate property and each side must
have a separate house connection located entirely within its boundaries
if topographically feasible. In the case of apartments in a single
building where, pursuant to a general plan of development, all apartments
are designed for and operated under a single administrative ownership
responsible for the maintenance of sewer connections, one house connection
may be made from each building to the sanitary sewer and so maintained
while said building remains under single ownership. In the case of
two or more such buildings, each shall be connected to the sanitary
sewer by separate house connections.
No house connections shall be covered until
so ordered by the Plumbing Inspector, and ample advance notice must
be given to him in order that he may examine the work before ordering
the backfilling to be begun. Any part of the work which may have been
covered without previously obtaining the consent of the Plumbing Inspector
shall be uncovered for his examination so ordered by him. The backfilling
around the house connection shall be so executed as not to injure
the joints of the pipes, and the backfilling generally shall be so
compact as to admit the restoration of the surface of the street as
nearly as possible to its former condition.
The Plumbing Inspector may from time to time
promulgate such further technical specifications pertaining to connections
into the public sewers and the construction, alteration or repair
of pipelines, leaders, conduits or drains appurtenant thereto in conformity
with the standards and provisions of this chapter as may be necessary
to the public health, safety and proper operation of the sewer system,
and all such specifications shall be in writing, and copies thereof
shall be available for public inspection at the office of the Plumbing
Inspector during normal business hours.