The following words and phrases when used in
this article shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section
except when the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ALTERATION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
The changing of an existing individual sewage system by additional
connections thereto above or beneath the ground. This shall include
any additional fixtures installed in the building or dwelling for
the purpose of increasing the discharge into an individual sewage
disposal system.
HOUSE DRAIN
That part of the main horizontal drain and its branches inside
the walls of the building, vault or area and extending to and connecting
with the house sewer and shall not include roof downspouts or other
surface water drains.
HOUSE SEWER
That part of the main drain or sewer of a dwelling or building
extending from a point five feet outside the outer wall of the building,
vault or area to its connection with a public sewer or other disposal
system.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM)
All or part of an underground passage or conduit used for
the purpose of discharge and underground disposal of fluid and feculent
matter discharged from one dwelling house (including duplex or double
house) and other buildings for which the Allegheny County Department
of Health may issue a permit for a sewage disposal system. It shall
include that part of the sewage system of the building commencing
five feet outside of the building and ending with the final disposition
of the sewage and shall be entirely located on the same parcel of
real estate upon which the dwelling or building served by it is erected.
PERMIT
The official document issued by the Allegheny County Department
of Health authorizing the construction of an individual sewage disposal
system or the document issued by the Plumbing Inspector authorizing
the connection of a house sewer into a public sanitary sewer.
PERSON
Any individual, institution, firm, corporation, partnership
or copartnership. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
REPAIR
Any work required to maintain an individual sewage disposal
system or to restore regular operation thereof by the replacement
of worn, defective, broken or obsolete parts.
When a public sanitary sewer is available to
serve any property, the house sewer from all dwellings and buildings
erected on the property shall be connected into said public sewer
in accordance with the provisions of the Building Code Ordinance 447 and any individual sewage disposal system to which said
house or building drain was connected shall be abandoned and no longer
used. When a new public sanitary sewer is constructed to serve properties
formerly served by other sewage disposal systems the Borough Council
shall fix a date by which the change from the individual sewage disposal
system to the public sewer shall be made and shall give notice thereof
to the property owners.
All abandoned septic tanks, distribution boxes
and similar devices shall be filled with clean earth or other clean
fill material and sealed to prevent the entry of sewage or other waste
material.
In the event the Allegheny County Department
of Health is unable to exercise jurisdiction over the construction,
alteration or repair of any individual sewage disposal system, the
rules and regulations of said Allegheny County Department of Health
applicable to individual sewage disposal systems in effect at the
time or in effect immediately prior to the termination of the jurisdiction
of said Allegheny County Department of Health over such systems, the
Borough Plumbing Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to enforce
such rules and regulations and the provisions of this article.