[Adopted 6-9-1961 by Ord. No. 196 (Ch. 18, Part 1, of the
1989 Code of Ordinances)]
No stormwater from pavements, areaways, roofs or other sources
shall be drained into sanitary sewers constructed within the Borough
for the disposal of domestic sewage or industrial wastes.
No domestic sewage or suitable industrial wastes shall be drained
into any storm sewer constructed within the Borough for the disposal
of water from pavements, areaways, roofs or other sources.
[Amended 9-12-1989 by Ord. No. 401; 4-17-1990 by Ord. No. 408]
Before making a connection with the Borough sewer system, each
property owner or any person requesting such connection shall first
obtain a permit from the Borough Secretary authorizing said connection
to be made. The cost of said permit fee shall be $300.
All owners of occupied buildings on property abutting on or
adjoining any street or alley in the Borough in which a sanitary sewer
is located shall cause same to be connected with such sewer for the
purpose of discharging all domestic sewage and suitable industrial
wastes from said premises.
All connections with the sewers within the Borough shall be
uniform and shall be made directly with said sewer and not through
any intermediate well, cesspool, vault or other receptacle, and each
dwelling shall be separately connected with said sewer.
Whenever any occupied building has been connected with a sewer,
the owner of property occupying it shall forthwith abandon all privies,
vaults, cesspools and other similar receptacles for human excrement
on said premises and shall immediately cause the same to be cleansed
and filled in the manner required by the rules of the Borough Council.
If any person or persons owning or occupying any occupied building
on property abutting on or adjoining any street or alley in the Borough
in which a sanitary sewer is located shall neglect to cause the same
to be connected with such sewer as herein provided, it shall be the
duty of the Borough Council of the Borough of Port Vue to serve notice,
together with a copy of this article, upon such person or persons
requiring said connection to be made within 45 days after the receipt
of said notice, and upon failure to make such connection within said
period, the Borough shall make such connection and collect the cost
and expenses thereof from the owner of the property by a municipal
claim or in any action of assumpsit as provided by law.
[Amended 9-12-1989 by Ord. No. 401; 5-30-1990 by Ord. No. 412]
Any person, partnership or corporation who shall violate any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $300, and costs of prosecution, or,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, provided each violation of any provision
of this article, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed
a separate offense.
