[Adopted 7-13-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-2 (Ch.
XVIII, Part 1, of the 1981 Code)]
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Every sewer or drain upon any of the streets
or alleys of Latrobe into which drainage or sewage from two or more
properties shall be conducted or run is hereby declared to be a public
and common sewer, and no person, except an officer or employee of
Latrobe or a person or persons granted a permit by Latrobe as hereinafter
provided, shall tap, open, connect with or in any manner interfere
with or obstruct any such sewer. Any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution
or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
No person, firm or corporation shall tap any public and common sewer or connect any private sewer thereto until he or it has obtained a permit to open the proper street, alley or sidewalk, as provided in the ordinance relating thereto (See Chapter 327, Street openings and curb cuts). Such permit shall be sufficient warrant for such person, firm or corporation to tap or connect with such sewer.
[Amended 10-11-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-9; 4-10-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-7]
A.
Supervision and general inspection. It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to supervise and inspect all sewer connections and the construction of all drains and to ascertain that the same strictly conform to the applicable provisions of this chapter, excepting all inspections conducted pursuant to § 311-3B of this Code.
B.
Private separate sanitary sewage lateral inspection.
(1)
Inspections.
(a)
At the time of sale, transfer or assignment, or in the event
of mortgage, pledge or hypothecation, of any interest in real property
situated in the City of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
which said property is connected to the public separate sanitary sewer
system, no municipal lien certificate (a written letter from the proper
official of the City of Latrobe concerning municipal liens) shall
be issued by the City of Latrobe or the Latrobe Municipal Authority,
as applicable, unless and until there has been an inspection of the
property's private separate sanitary sewage lateral by the Latrobe
Municipal Authority, at reasonable hours and upon prior written notice,
to determine whether the separate sanitary sewage lateral is leaking,
is structurally defective, and is otherwise in compliance with the
rules and regulations of the Latrobe Municipal Authority.
(b)
The inspection may be accomplished by pressure testing or televising
of the separate sanitary sewage lateral while flooding the trench
along the lateral.
(c)
In the event that the separate sanitary sewage lateral is leaking,
structurally defective or otherwise in violation of the rules and
regulations of the Latrobe Municipal Authority, the Latrobe Municipal
Authority shall notify the property owner and the City of Latrobe
within five days of receipt of the inspection results. Said notification
shall include the results of the inspection and the necessary repair
or replacement work that must be accomplished to remediate the separate
sanitary sewage lateral's leaks, structural defects or rule or regulation
violations.
(d)
The property owner shall be responsible for the repair or replacement
of the separate sanitary sewage lateral to ensure the lateral does
not leak, is not structurally defective, and otherwise complies with
the Latrobe Municipal Authority's rules and regulations. Following
said repair or replacement, the property owner shall request that
the Latrobe Municipal Authority conduct a follow-up inspection. If
the follow-up inspection by the Latrobe Municipal Authority verifies
that any leakage, structural defects or violations identified in the
initial inspection have been satisfactorily repaired or replaced,
a municipal lien certificate can be issued by the City of Latrobe
and/or the Latrobe Municipal Authority, as applicable.
(e)
Upon determining that the separate sanitary sewer lateral is not leaking, not structurally defective, and otherwise complies with the rules and regulations of the Latrobe Municipal Authority, the Latrobe Municipal Authority shall notify the property owner and the City of Latrobe by writing, indicating compliance with this section, § 311-3B.
(2)
Forms or applications. The Latrobe Municipal Authority shall, from
time to time by resolution, adopt such standard forms or applications
as may be necessary and appropriate for the facilitation of the inspections
and certifications required herein.
(3)
Fees. The Latrobe Municipal Authority shall, from time to time by resolution, adopt a standard charge or fee for the inspection of private separate sanitary sewage laterals, as identified in this section, § 311-3B, and the same shall be due and payable as part of a lien certification covering sewage charges.
(4)
Violations and penalties. Any person who violates any provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs, and
in default of said fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment in the
county prison for a period not in excess of 30 days.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in
tapping or connecting any sewer, as hereinabove provided, shall notify
the Code Enforcement Officer when such work is ready for inspection
and shall not cover any such work until such inspection has been completed
and the work approved by the Code Enforcement Officer. Any person,
firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this
section 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 a period of imprisonment not exceeding
30 days, for each offense.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Whenever the Council shall deem it necessary
and proper for the preservation of the public health of for any other
cause that any property owner shall connect his premises with a public
sewer for the purpose of having the fecal matter and other wastes
therefrom discharged into such sewer, the Council, by resolution,
shall require such connection to be made by the property owner within
45 days after notice thereof in the manner and under the regulations
prescribed by this article, provided that such premises shall abut
upon or be within 50 feet of a sewer main or branch thereof. If any
property owner shall refuse or neglect to cause his premises to be
so connected within 45 days after notice, he 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 a period of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
Whenever a property owner after notice as provided in § 311-5, above shall neglect or refuse to connect his premises with a public sewer as provided in said section, Latrobe shall cause such connection to be made in the manner provided by this article and shall collect the cost of such connection from the property owner in the manner provided by law.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
The following rules and regulations are hereby
adopted, and any mason or plumber, owner or tenant who shall fail
or neglect to observe and obey any of the same 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 a period of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, and Latrobe shall
further cause every such violation to be corrected and shall collect
the cost thereof in the manner provided by law.
A.
Rule 1. Private sewers or drains shall be made of
wrought or cast iron, protected from rust or salt-glazed, vitrified
sewer pipe.
B.
Rule 2. Joints and connections shall be made watertight.
The joints of iron pipe shall be leaded and vitrified pipe cemented
with first quality Portland cement.
C.
Rule 3. Except where provision is made for regular
and efficient flushing, private drains and sewers shall be laid on
a uniform descending grade of 6/10 of 1%.
D.
Rule 4. Dead ends, when not directly communicating
with the open air, shall be securely sealed and made watertight, unless
the same shall be distant 15 feet or more from any inhabited building
or adjacent to a blank wall.
E.
Rule 5. Openings communicating with any private drain
or sewer connected with Latrobe sewers, except water closets with
approved flushing apparatus, shall be furnished with suitable gratings
or covers for the purpose of preventing any obstruction on or injury
to any pipe or drain by the introduction of any substance through
such openings.
F.
Rule 6. All pipes connecting a water closet with a
soil pipe shall be trapped, each separately; all waste pipes shall
be trapped each separately and close to the connections with each
bath, sink, bowl or other fixtures, unless adequate provision is made
for downward ventilation through said waste pipes, in which case one
trap may serve for several fixtures.
G.
Rule 7. Sewers connecting with packing houses, restaurants,
boardinghouses, lard-rendering establishments, hotels, butcher shops
and laundries shall be provided with suitable grease traps.
H.
Rule 8. No surface drainage except from roofs of buildings
shall be conducted or turned into any pipe or sewer connecting with
Latrobe sewer except in those cases where the Council may permit otherwise.
I.
Rule 9. No vault, cesspool or well shall be connected
with any public sewer.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall cause or permit any grease, rags, sweepings, shavings, kitchen
refuse, solids or material other than the fecal waste and other drainage
and sewage for which the sanitary sewers of Latrobe are designed and
intended, to be placed or thrown into any sewer inlet or opening or
into any fixture connected with the sanitary sewer system or any owner
or tenant who shall neglect or refuse to keep and maintain any sewer
opening or inlet on his premises properly protected with gratings
or catch basins or any owner or tenant who shall permit any sewer
on his premises to be used for purposes forbidden by this article
or any person who shall damage, break or remove any portion of a catch
basin, manhole cover or part of a sewer or drain 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 a period of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, provided that nothing
in this section shall prohibit the installation and use of garbage
grinding and disposal units, provided that a permit, for which no
fee shall be charged, be obtained from the Code Enforcement Officer
for every such unit installed.
Whenever anything is forbidden or directed by
the provisions of this article by using the general terms "anyone,"
"any person," "the person," "every person" and "such person" or the
word "he" referring to such general term, the same prohibition or
direction, if the contrary is not expressed, is extended to more persons
than one, to females as well as males and to corporations and partnerships
doing or omitting the same act.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
willfully to stop or obstruct the passage of any common or public
sewer in Latrobe or in any manner to damage any such sewer. Any person
who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
and costs of prosecution or, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
A.
Any person, persons or corporation who or which may
be desirous of tapping or using any sewer in Latrobe which was formerly
a private sewer and was taken over by Latrobe, for the purpose of
drainage, shall make application to the Secretary who, on advice of
the Code Enforcement Officer and the Engineer, shall issue a permit
therefor upon the payment of $1 per foot front; and any person, persons
or corporation owning or purchasing a lot in Latrobe where a sewer
has been laid but the assessment never paid and desiring to tap or
use such sewer for the purpose of drainage shall make application
to the Secretary who, on advice of the Code Enforcement Officer and
Engineer, shall issue a permit therefor upon payment of $1 per foot
front.
B.
If any person, persons or corporation shall connect
a sewer or pipe with any of the sewers of Latrobe in violation of
the provisions of this section, in addition to paying the regular
fee per foot front above provided for, he or it shall pay a fine of
not more than $600 and costs of prosecution, which said fee and fine
shall be recoverable under the laws of this commonwealth. In default
of payment of such fine and costs, such violator shall be imprisoned
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
All persons, firms, corporations, associations
or any other entity owning property within Latrobe who or which desire
to make a connection from the sewer extending from the owner's property
with any Latrobe sewer shall comply with the following regulations
and requirements:
A.
The owner must apply for and receive a permit from
the Code Enforcement Officer for the making of a tap of the sewer
from the owner's property into the Latrobe sewer and shall specify
the location of the property by street and number and the ownership
thereof.
B.
The owner shall pay a permit fee of $50 to defray
the expense of Latrobe for inspection and supervision. In addition,
the owner shall post a cash bond in the amount of $50 to insure proper
completion of the work.
C.
The owner shall be required to obtain any other permits
which may be required now or at any time in the future to comply with
applicable laws and regulations covering tappage of sewers.
D.
The owner shall notify the Superintendent of Public
Works of Latrobe not less than 24 hours in advance when the owner
desires the actual connection from the owner's sewer to the Latrobe
sewer to be made. All actual connections from the owner's sewer into
the Latrobe sewer shall be made by Latrobe employees under the direction
of the Superintendent of Public Works and only during the regular
working hours for Latrobe employees.
E.
The owner shall be responsible upon receipt of permit
to prepare a trench at least 30 inches wide and with adequate shoring
where needed to provide a safe working space at the place of the sewer
connection and shall be responsible to provide all necessary materials
required to make the sewer connection.
No person, firm, corporation, association or
other entity owning land shall, with or without a permit, either personally
or by agents, employees or contractors, make or attempt to make any
connection into a Latrobe sewer or shall make any opening into a Latrobe
sewer. The actual opening of the Latrobe sewer and the making of a
connection therewith shall be made only by Latrobe employees under
supervision and direction of the Superintendent of Public Works in
accordance with the Latrobe specifications for its sanitary sewers
now in effect or hereafter adopted.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
