[Adopted 11-16-1964 by Ord. No. 452 Ch.
20, Art. II, of the 1964 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
That portion of the house laterals between the main sewers
and the curbline.
All connections made with the sewer system shall
be constructed, made and kept in repair under the supervision of the
Mayor and Borough Council or that of their duly appointed agents.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
Applications for the right to make connections with the sewer system shall be made by the owners of property needing sewer service. Applications should be made on forms prepared by the Borough Council and shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount set forth in Chapter A270, Fees, to cover engineering expenses and cost of inspection.
All connections to the main sewers shall be
made only by persons licensed by the Borough, in writing, to do such
work.
Every person desirous of doing business by laying
sewer connections in the Borough shall make application, in writing,
to the Borough Council, and if it shall be satisfied of the applicant's
skill and ability to comply with these rules and regulations as they
apply to his business, the Borough Council may grant such license.
No license to lay sewer connections in the Borough
shall be granted for more than one year, and each license shall expire
on the 30th day of December in each year, provided that in case of
flagrant violation of this article, the Borough Council may terminate
such license of the offender at any time in its discretion after giving
the offender a proper hearing.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
Every applicant for a sewer connection license shall be required to provide a bond or other security as may be required pursuant to the terms of Chapter 207, Street and Sidewalks.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
Every applicant for a sewer connection license shall be required to submit a deposit in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 207, Streets and Sidewalks.
All connections to the main sewers shall be
made in accordance with the conditions imposed by the Borough Council
and this Code or any other Borough ordinances.
All house sewer connections shall be constructed
of extra-heavy cast-iron soil pipe of the hub and spigot pattern five
inches in diameter. Joints shall be made of hemp or oakum and made
absolutely tight with a joint filling of lead, thoroughly caulked.
All house sewer connections shall be laid on a grade not less than
1/4 inch per foot. All sewer connections shall be laid as nearly as
possible in a straight line, except at the connection with the sewer
mains, where the proper curved pipe shall be used. Cleanouts or lamp
holes are required at changes of grade or line, and where house laterals
are over 100 feet long, there shall be a cleanout or lamp hole at
every fifty-foot interval, set at an angle of 45° and finished
in a satisfactory manner.
All work done pursuant to this article shall
be left uncovered until after the inspection of the same by the Inspector
appointed by the Borough Council. Where any tests of the work may
seem necessary, the tests shall be made at the expense of the licensee,
who shall furnish all necessary tools, labor and assistants for such
test. Such licensee shall repair any defective work or material when
so ordered by the Borough Council or its agents.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
All openings made by licensees for house connection
to sewer mains shall be closed within 48 hours after house laterals
have been inspected and approved by the Inspector appointed by the
Borough Council. If such licensee shall fail to complete the work
within the time specified, the Borough Council or its agents may have
the work completed at the expense of the licensee and deduct the cost
from the amount deposited with the Borough.
Each house or building shall have a separate
sewer connection, and a house sewer shall not be connected with and
pass through the cellar of another house.
No connections except for domestic sewage shall
be made with either lateral or main sewers, except by special permission
of the Borough Council.
No packinghouse, slaughterhouse, lard-rendering
or bottling establishment, dairy, garage, laundry, steam engine or
boiler, soap factory or candle factory, manufacturing or other establishment
from which anything injurious to the sewers may be discharged shall
be connected with any public sewer or lateral, except through one
or more intervening catch basins and subject to such special restrictions
as the Borough Council may from time to time impose.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 1379-19]
No cesspool, privy, vault, cellar drain, rainwater
leader, open gutter, surface water or sump pump shall be connected
to the sewer system or any house laterals.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
When any stoppage shall occur in any house connection or lateral, an application may be made to the Inspector appointed by the Borough Council to have the same remedied. The party so applying shall deposit the amount required by Chapter A270, Fees, to be used towards paying the expense of the work. If the labor and material used in the work shall amount to less than the amount required by Chapter A270, Fees, the cost of the work shall be deducted from the deposit and the balance returned to the party who made the deposit. But if the cost of the labor and material used in the work shall exceed the deposit, then the party who made the deposit shall pay to the Borough Collector any deficiency that exists between the deposit and the cost of the work.
[Added 7-13-1999 by Ord.
No. 1073-99; amended 10-14-2008 by Ord. No. 1187-08]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, on conviction therefor, be punishable by a fine
not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or a combination
thereof.
