[Adopted by Ord. No.
12-18-1945 (Ch. 18, Part 2, of the 1992 Code)]
All owners of improved property in the Borough of Manheim are
hereby required to connect their premises with the sanitary sewer
system constructed by the Borough of Manheim Authority and leased
by it to the Borough at such time or times and in such manner as now
is or in the future may be provided by ordinance.
[Amended 9-21-1955 by Ord. No. 288; 7-14-1992 by Ord. No. 524]
Before making such connection to said sanitary sewer system,
the owner or owners of the premises to be served shall:
A.
Make written application to the Borough Secretary therefor, agreeing
to pay all lawful charges for sewage service to said premises so long
as the applicant remains the owner thereof and thereafter until said
applicant shall give written notice to the Borough of a change of
ownership and the name and address of the new owner.
B.
Install at the applicant's expense the applicant's own
sewer running from the building to be served to the curbline or alley
line of the street or alley in which the Borough's sewer is laid,
which installation shall be subject to inspection and approval by
the Borough and the size of which private sewer line shall be no less
than six inches in diameter, if constructed of terra cotta pipe, and
no less than four inches in diameter, if new construction of cast
iron pipe or plastic pipe; provided, however, that the existing construction
of other dimensions may be used if approved by the Borough authorities.
C.
Obtain a connection permit and pay the connection fee therefor in
accordance with the rates herein specified.
Every building must have its own entrance or connection to the
main sewer in the street or alley in which said sewer is laid, except
that an industrial establishment having two or more buildings may
construct its own trunk sewer to serve said buildings by connecting
each building thereto separately and connecting its trunk to the main
sewer, providing that such private sewer system has been inspected
and approved by the Borough and that a plan thereof suitable for permanent
record has been furnished the Borough. All private sewers shall be
maintained and repaired at the expense of the owner of the premises
served thereby; subject, however, to the direction, inspection and
approval of the Borough.
[Amended 5-31-1961 by Ord. No. 333]
Every customer who shall not pay in full any sewer bill within
30 days after the date of the bill shall be subject to a penalty of
5% of the amount of such bill. In case any sewer bill shall not be
paid within 60 days from the date of the bill, it shall be the duty
of the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or other authorized agent
of the Borough to give to the customer who shall have been billed
for such sewage service 10 days' notice in writing of the fact that
such sewer bill has become delinquent and that at the end of such
period of 10 days all water service to the premises upon which such
bill is delinquent shall be shut off and discontinued and shall not
be restored until said account shall have been paid in full together
with a reasonable charge for the shutting off and restoring of said
water service. At the end of such period of 10 days, it shall be the
duty of the Borough Superintendent of Sewers or other authorized agent
of the Borough to shut off the water service to such premises, such
service not to be resumed until such delinquent account and service
charge shall have been paid in full.
The funds received by the Borough from the collection of charges
authorized herein shall be used for the purpose of defraying the expense
of the Borough in the operation, maintenance, repair, alteration,
inspection and depreciation of the sewage system and sewage treatment
works, as well as other payments specified to be made by the Borough
under the terms of the Borough of Manheim Authority agreement dated
as of September 1, 1944, in accordance with the provisions of the
Act of 1935, P.L. 1286, as amended,[1] and the Act of May 2, 1945, No. 164. [2]
The annual rental or charge imposed under this article shall
be a lien against the property served, and the lien thereof shall
be preserved by the Borough against the property served by filing
in the office of the Prothonotary, all as now is or may in the future
be provided by law.
