[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
The fee for each equivalent connection assigned to each building, structure or premises shall be in the amount set forth in Chapter
A270, Fees, as may be hereafter amended or supplemented by the Borough Mayor and Council.
The sewer connection fee shall be paid in cash
or by certified check at the time of issuance of a sewer connection
permit by the Borough as more particularly provided for herein.
All unpaid connection fees shall accrue interest
at the same rate as unpaid taxes upon real property with the Borough
and shall be a lien upon the building, structure or premises connected
until paid. The Borough shall have the same remedies and recourse
for the collection of the connection fees with interest, costs and
penalties as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
Prior to the connection of any sanitary sewer
of any building, structure or premises, whether temporary or permanent,
to the sanitary sewer system of the Borough or prior to the change
in use thereof which increases the sewage flow through existing sewage
connection, a permit for said connection or change in use must be
issued by the Borough in a form approved by the Borough Engineer,
Sewer Utility Director or such other person as may be designated by
the Borough Council. The permit shall identify the building, structure
or premises being connected to the sewer system, the daily sewer use
flow designated to the particular building, structure or premises
for which a connection or change in use is required and the number
of equivalent connections assigned for the building, structure or
premises and the total connection fee payable therefor. Applications
for sewer connection permits shall be in a form and in accordance
with procedures to be designated and approved by the issuing officer.
The sewer connection permit must be obtained
and issued prior to or at the time of the issuance of any preliminary
site plan approval or building permit, whichever event is earlier,
associated with or required for the building, structure or premises
for which a sewer connection or change in use increasing sewage flow
through an existing connection is sought.
Any person, firm or corporation who connects
any building, structure or premises, whether temporary or permanent,
to the sewer system of the Borough or changes the use of any building,
structure or premises increasing the sewage flow through existing
sewer connection without paying the connection fee or obtaining a
sewer connection permit as provided herein shall be in violation of
this article and shall be required to pay the connection fee provided
for herein and obtain a connection permit, and said connection fee
shall be the fee payable as of the date the required permit is issued.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99; 10-14-2008 by Ord. No. 1187-08]
Any person, firm or corporation who is in violation
of this article shall, upon a conviction thereof, be punishable by
a fine of 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. Each day for which a person, firm or corporation
is in violation of this article shall be a separate violation hereunder.