The owner of any improved property located in the Borough and benefited, improved or accommodated by the sewer system shall connect such improved property to the sewer system, in such manner as the Borough may require, within 90 days after notice to such owner from the Borough to make such connection, for the purpose of discharge of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from such improved property, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Borough from time to time.
All sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a sewer as required under § 123-2, shall be conveyed into a sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Borough from time to time.
A. 
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited upon public or private property within the Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of this chapter.
B. 
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within the Borough any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes in violation of this chapter, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Borough.
A. 
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property that has been connected to a sewer or that shall be required under § 123-2 to be connected to a sewer.
B. 
Every such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle in existence shall be abandoned and, at the discretion of the Borough, shall be cleansed and filled at the expense of the owner of such improved property and under the direction and supervision of the Borough, and any such privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle not so abandoned and, if required by the Borough, cleansed and filled, shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated as provided by law at the expense of the owner of such improved property.
C. 
Any existing septic tanks, sand mounds, sand mound pumping tanks, and pumps shall be abandoned within three months of connection to the public sewer system. Existing septic tanks and sand mound pump tanks to be abandoned shall either be filled with flowable fill or crushed in place and backfilled with stone, sand or ground such that the area does not sink in and cause hazardous depressions in the landscape. Sand mound pumps are to be removed and disposed of at the discretion of the property owner. Sand mounds are required to be leveled and spread with lime.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05]
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle at any time shall be connected with a sewer.
The notice by the Borough to make a connection to a sewer, referred to in § 123-2, shall consist of a copy of this chapter, including any amendments at the time in effect, or a brief summary of each section thereof, and a written or printed document requiring such connection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and specifying that such connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a sewer is in place which can receive and convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes for treatment and disposal from the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner either by personal service or by registered mail, hand delivery, or by such other method as at the time may be provided by law.