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.
[Adopted 11-16-1964 by Ord. No. 452 Ch. 20, Art. II, of the 1964 Code]
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.