No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into, or use, alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or the sewer system without first making application for and securing a permit, in writing, from the Borough.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of the Borough, in writing, shall have been secured.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
A. 
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated by the Borough and where the lateral is provided.
B. 
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection to a lateral shall be at the same or a higher elevation than the invert of the lateral. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection of a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
C. 
At any given time, specifications for the sewer system and connections thereto are established by the existing duly adopted specifications of the Jefferson Codorus Joint Sewer Authority.
[Added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05; amended 10-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection D, regarding revisions to the International Plumbing Code, added 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05 and which immediately followed this subsection.
[Amended 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05]
A plumber licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of Maryland and approved by the Borough shall complete the work required to connect an improved property to the sewer pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter and all other applicable law.
If the owner of any improved property located in the Borough and benefited, improved or accommodated by the sewer system, after 90 days' notice from the Borough in accordance with § 123-2, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, the Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expense thereof. In such case, the Borough shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable upon receipt. In case of neglect or refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, the Borough shall file a municipal lien for said construction within six months of the date of the 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.