All dwelling houses and buildings occupied by
human beings as places of habitation and all other buildings provided
with running water or toilet facilities, which dwelling houses or
buildings shall be located upon a lot, plot or tract of land fronting
on or abutting a street in which a sanitary sewer owned or operated
by the borough is now or may hereafter be constructed, shall be connected
with such sanitary sewer.
The connection shall be made by the owner of
the property on which such building is located at his own cost and
expense.
The connection shall be made in accordance with
the existing ordinances of the borough and the Board of Health thereof
and with such ordinances of the borough or Board as may hereafter
be adopted. Any existing connections to the sanitary sewers which
shall not conform to the provisions of these ordinances shall be improved
or repaired so as to conform to the same.
Should any connection fall into a state of disrepair,
the owner of lands which the connection shall serve shall, upon notice
as provided, repair the same so as to conform to the provisions of
these ordinances.
All dwelling houses and buildings occupied by
human beings as places of habitation shall be equipped and furnished
with at least one toilet, which shall be connected with the sewer.
These toilets shall be installed and connected in accordance with
the provisions of these ordinances.
It shall be lawful for the Sanitary Inspector
of the borough to inspect any and all such toilets and connections
and, for that purpose, to enter any building or premises in or on
which the same shall be located at all reasonable hours.
In case of the neglect of the owner of any properties
affected by the provisions of this article to make any such sewer
connection or installation of a toilet or repair or improvement to
the same as provided for in this article after notice given in accordance
with the provisions hereof, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council
to make such connection or installation, repair or improvement under
the direction and supervision of the Sanitary Inspector of the borough
or to award one or more contracts for the making of such improvement.
The cost to the borough of making any improvement
herein provided for shall be financed either by annual appropriations
or by special appropriation as the Mayor and Council may determine
in the way and manner provided for by law.