Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The person appointed by the Borough Council to perform the
duties of the Board of Health.
The Borough of Milton.
The professional engineer or representative of an engineering
firm that has been designated by the Borough Council.
All facilities for collecting sewage situated in the Borough
and owned by or leased by the Borough.
The group of elected officials acting as the governing body
of the Borough.
Any property on which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sewage is or may be discharged.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
Every improved property in the Borough of Milton
adjoining or abutting upon any street or alley in which a public sewer
is now or shall hereafter be located shall be connected with such
sewer in such manner and within such time as the Borough may order,
for the purpose of the discharge of all fecal matter, human excrement,
kitchen and laundry waste and other sewage from such premises. All
such sewage shall, after such connection, be conducted into such sewer.
Every such property shall be connected separately and independently
with the sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite
the building or nearest in a downstream direction. Grouping of buildings
upon one house sewer shall not be permitted, except under special
circumstances and for good sanitary reasons, with special permission
granted by the Borough Council upon recommendation of the Borough
Engineer.
If the owner of any property, after 45 days'
notice from the Borough to make connection of such property with a
Borough sewer, shall fail to make such connection, the Borough may
make such connection and may collect the cost thereof from such owner
by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit, as is provided
by law.
No person shall make or cause to be made any
connection of his property with any of the Borough sewers until he
has fulfilled all of the following conditions. He shall:
A.
Notify the Borough Council of his desire and intention
to make such connection.
B.
Pay a sewer connection fee of $1,000, which shall
be payable to the Borough Secretary, for the use of the Borough.
[Amended 5-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1068]
D.
Have given the Borough Secretary at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connections shall be made, in order that
the Borough Engineer or his authorized agent can be present to supervise
the work of connection.
All work making connections to any of the Borough
sewers shall be done under the supervision of the Borough Engineer
or his authorized agent and shall conform to the following requirements:
A.
All sewer connections shall be made at the place where
the Y in the Borough sewer is provided, but if no Y is provided in
the Borough sewer, then the property owner making such connection
shall, at his expense, put in the Y in making such connection.
B.
All joints shall be sealed and made airtight and shall
be made smooth and clean inside, with all sewers in straight alignment
and of proper grade, so as to provide free flow of sewage matter without
any obstructions, and to be made in accordance with the Borough's
specification for its sanitary sewers.
C.
All work pertaining to connection with the Borough's
sewer shall be, financially and otherwise, the responsibility of the
owner of the property with which connection is made, subject to the
right of supervision hereby reserved by the Borough.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected
with any of the public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly,
any steam exhaust, sediment drip or any pipe carrying or constructed
to carry hot water or acid, germicide, grease, brewery mash, gasoline,
naphtha, benzene, oil or any other substance detrimental to the sewers
or to the operation of the sewerage system or the sewage disposal
works of the Borough.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected
with any of the Borough sewers.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises
from which connection with any of the Borough sewers shall have been
made. Every such privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle shall,
within 30 days after final enactment of this chapter, in the case
of premises now connected with a sewer, and within 30 days after connection
with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so connected, be abandoned,
cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision of the Board
of Health of the Borough. Any such privy vault, cesspool or other
receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required by this
section shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated
on order of the Board of Health as provided by law, at the expense
of the owner of such property.
In all cases where the property for which the sewer tap or taps is to be made does not abut the line of any public sewer, and if the line of sewer pipe to be laid from such property or properties to the sewer to be tapped is laid under the supervision of the Borough Manager of the Borough, and if afterwards any other person or persons should desire to tap into and use the private pipe so put down, then such person or persons shall receive a permit so to do upon payment for the Borough sewer license and payment to the person or persons originally laying such private sewer of a pro rata share of the costs of such private sewer, provided that the Borough of Milton may at any time appropriate said private sewer and make it a public sewer, in which case the Borough shall forthwith pay to the person or persons who have constructed such private sewer the total cost thereof, less whatever sum or sums of money such person or persons have therefor received from other persons tapping into the same, after which said private sewer shall become a part of the system of the public sewer of said Borough. This section shall not apply to the sewer lines constructed or owned by the owners of subdivisions or developments within the Borough as defined in Chapter 213, Subdivision of Land, of the Code of the Borough of Milton.
A.
No person shall commence the construction, connection
or repair of sewer lines or laterals within the Borough of Milton,
unless they have first filed an application for a permit with the
Borough of Milton and obtained a permit from the Borough. The application
shall contain the following information:
(1)
The name, address and phone number of the applicant.
(2)
The location of the building or land on which the
sewer line work is to be done and the number of family dwellings located
thereon.
(3)
A description of the work to be done in connection
with the construction, connection or repair of the sewer lines or
laterals.
(4)
The date for commencement of the work.
(5)
The amount of the required fees.
(6)
The signature of the applicant.
B.
The applications shall be provided by the Borough,
shall be completed by the applicants and shall be filed with the Borough
Secretary. A tap-in fee of $1,000 shall accompany any application
which provides for a new connection of a sewer lateral to the Borough
sewer lines. If the sewer construction, connection or repair work
necessitates excavation in a Borough street, the applicant shall first
obtain a permit to excavate in the street in accordance with Borough
ordinances pertaining to such permits.[1]
[Amended 5-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1068]
After an application has been filed pursuant to § 197-10 hereof, the Borough Inspector shall review the application, and, if he is satisfied that it complies with the Borough ordinance and regulations, he shall issue a permit to the applicant within 10 working days after the filing date. In the event that the Borough Inspector decides that the application cannot be approved without engineering or planning review or additional permits, he shall inform the applicant accordingly within 10 working days after the filing date and hold the application and the payment until he is able to issue a permit or the application is withdrawn.
After a permit is issued for the construction,
connection or repair of sewer lines or laterals, the applicant shall
comply with the following procedures:
A.
The applicant shall meet with the Borough Inspector
on the property site to indicate where any connections to Borough
sewer lines are to be made.
B.
The applicant shall give notice to the Borough Secretary,
at least 24 hours in advance, of the exact time that any connections
to the Borough sewer lines will be made, so that the Borough Engineer
or his authorized agent can be present to inspect the work of the
connections.
C.
In the event that the Borough Inspector, Borough Engineer
or their authorized agent shall decide that any proposed construction,
connection or repair work is improper, the work shall be changed to
comply with the directions of the Borough Inspector or Engineer; and
any applicant who shall refuse to make these changes shall cease work
on the sewer lines or laterals until further direction by the Borough
Inspector or Engineer.
D.
The applicant shall notify the Borough Secretary,
at least 24 hours in advance, of the time for commencement of the
backfilling of any construction, connection or repair of any sewer
lines or laterals. No backfilling of any construction, connection
or repair of any sewer line or lateral shall be commenced until the
Borough Inspector has inspected and approved the work done on said
sewer lines or laterals. After the work is approved and before backfilling,
the Inspector shall take the permit from the applicant, sign on the
inspection line and return it to the Borough Secretary. If any construction,
connection or repair work on sewer lines or laterals is backfilled
without prior approval by the Borough Inspector, the sewer lines shall
be reopened at the expense of the applicant.
All construction, connection and repair of sewer
lines or laterals running from any building to the Borough sewer lines
shall meet the following construction requirements:
A.
Only the following types of sewer pipe may be used:
(1)
Vitrified clay, extra strength, ASTM C 200-65T, except
where superseded by CPSA Standard 3-66; three-edge bearing crushing
strength of 2,400 pounds per linear foot minimum laying; gasket or
compression ring joints to form a watertight seal, Type III ASTM C425-64T.
(2)
Clow No-Bell or equal.
(3)
PVC (plastic) pipe. SDR-35 or SDR-40 of ASTM D 3034-"73";
gasket or compression ring joint to form a watertight seal.
(4)
PVC (plastic) pipe.
(5)
Cast-iron soil pipe with push-on rubber gasket joints.
B.
Transitions at the property line are to be made with
a coupling approved by the Borough Inspector.
C.
No poured mortar or bituminous joint shall be permitted.
D.
All fittings on pipes shall be rubber donut or saddle-type
with stainless straps.
E.
Sewage pump installation, stream crossings and other
special installations shall be subject to approval by the Borough
Engineer prior to implementation.
F.
All joints on sewer pipes shall be watertight.
G.
A joint on the sewer pipe shall be included near the
outside wall of the building foundation for which the sewer line is
extended.
H.
No roof spouting, basement floor drains, sump pumps,
drain tile systems or yard drains shall be connected to any sewer
line or the sewer system at any time and in any manner.
[Amended 10-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1103]
Any person who shall violate or fail to conform
to any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days, provided that each day's continuance of
a violation after notice thereof by the Borough shall constitute a
separate offense. This remedy is not mutually exclusive and does not
preclude any remedy that the Borough may use by means of a complaint
in equity filed in the Court of Common Pleas to compel compliance
with the terms of this article.
