Any person desiring to make connection with
the public sewers of said Borough, or to change or alter the plumbing
or connections now made, or to construct or alter any private sewer,
shall make application in writing to the Secretary of the Board of
Health; and said Secretary shall, upon receiving such application,
accompanied by the sum of $4 for the services to be rendered by the
Plumbing Inspector and also the charge fixed by ordinance as security
for the proper opening and replacing of the streets and pavements,
issue an order to the Plumbing Inspector of said Borough to inspect
the work, and see that it is properly done as provided Borough ordinance
and the regulations of the Board of Health. Said permit fee may hereafter
be amended by ordinance or resolution of the Borough Council of the
Borough of Emsworth.
When notified by the plumber, or the owner of
the premises to be inspected, that the work is ready for inspection,
it shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector within three days from
the receipt of said notice to make a thorough examination of the plumbing
and sewer connections of the house and property to be connected with
said sewers, and if satisfied that the work has been properly done
and in accordance with this article and the rules and regulations
of the Board of Health, the said Plumbing Inspector shall issue a
permit for such connections to be made and used.
Any plumber or other person not authorized by
said Inspector so to do, and without having first paid to said Secretary
of the Board of Health the sum of $4 as aforesaid, who shall make
an opening into any sewer or form any connection with any public or
private sewer or break ground for that purpose, shall, upon conviction
thereof by any District Justice or other court of competent jurisdiction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 for each offense,
plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
The said Inspector shall report at each meeting
of the Board of Health the number of inspections and sewer connections
made since the preceding meeting.
When, in the opinion of the Board of Health,
it becomes necessary to inspect the premises of any person, either
owner or tenant, within said Borough, whether said premises are connected
with the sewer system of said Borough or not, it shall be the duty
of the Board of Health to make the proper recommendations as to the
necessary work and improvements to be made therein, if any; it shall
be the duty of the owner of said premises so inspected to do the work
and make the improvements in and about the premises necessary to put
them in good sanitary condition, when notified in writing by said
Inspector to do so, and no such owner or tenant shall continue to
use the plumbing or sewer connection of said premises after such notice
has been given until the permit hereinafter mentioned has been issued.
When said premises are placed in proper sanitary condition, and when
the fee of $4 for such inspection has been paid to the Secretary of
the Board of Health, it shall be the duty of the said Inspector to
issue a permit for the use of the sewer and plumbing appliances so
inspected.
Any person or corporation now owner or that
may hereafter own real estate with improvements thereon abutting on
any street, avenue or alley along which a public sewer has been or
shall be constructed are hereby compelled within three months after
personal service of notice in writing on the owner, or his or their
agent, of the passage by Council of an ordinance or resolution requiring
a connection with said public sewer to construct and connect their
private sewer with the said public sewer, and the same shall be constructed
wholly at the cost of the property owner, and on failure to make the
sewer connection as herein directed after service of said notice,
the said private sewer shall be constructed by said Borough at the
expense of said owner or owners with 20% of the cost thereof, to be
added thereto as a penalty for such neglect, and in default of the
payment thereof for a period of 60 days after completion by said Borough
of said work, the same shall be collected either by suit at law or
a lien against said property shall be filed in the Prothonotary's
Office of Allegheny County as is provided by law for the collection
of sewerage tax.
Any person neglecting or refusing to comply
with the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof
by any District Justice or other court of competent jurisdiction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 for each offense,
plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.