[Adopted 10-12-1961 by Ord. No. 646]
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Any individual, institution, firm, corporation, partnership
or copartnership. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
The Plumbing Inspector of the Borough of Emsworth.
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.
A.
On and after the effective date of this article, no
individual sewage disposal system shall be constructed, installed,
altered, repaired, operated or used in the Borough of Emsworth, except
in accordance with the requirements of this article, the regulations
of the Allegheny County Department of Health and the laws of this
commonwealth.
B.
No person shall commence work to construct, install,
alter or repair any individual sewage disposal system unless and until
he has made proper application for and received a permit for such
work from the Allegheny County Department of Health.
C.
No building permit shall be issued for a new dwelling or other building or for alteration thereto which include changes in the plumbing or individual sewage disposal system of the dwelling or building unless a permit required by Subsection B hereof is delivered to the Building Inspector prior to his final approval of the plans and the issuance of a building permit or the applicant files with the Building Inspector a permit issued by the Borough Plumbing Inspector:
D.
No building or dwelling served by a new individual
sewage disposal system may be occupied until said system is completely
installed, finally inspected and approved by the Allegheny County
Department of Health and operating satisfactorily.
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[1] 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.
A.
Any person violating any 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. Each day that any person shall continue to violate or fail to
comply with any requirements of this article shall be considered a
separate offense. In addition to the foregoing penalties, all provisions
of this article must be fully complied with.
B.
In addition to the penalties provided herein for the
violation of this article the Borough may institute appropriate action
or proceedings in equity or at law to enjoin or otherwise prevent
any violation of the provisions of this article to prevent the construction,
installation, alteration or repair of any sewage disposal system in
a manner not in compliance with this article or the permit therefor
issued hereunder or to prevent a nuisance or a continuation thereof.
