[Adopted 3-23-1965 by Ord. No. 162-65]
All sewers and branches thereof for the disposal
of sanitary sewage within the Borough of Lake City at any time heretofore
and hereafter constructed or otherwise acquired by Lake City Municipal
Sewer Authority are hereby adopted and declared to be a common system
of sanitary sewers for said Borough and are hereinafter called "sewer
system."
The owner or owners of each property accessible
to, and whose principal building, heretofore and hereafter constructed,
is within 150 feet of, the sewer system, shall connect therewith at
any time within 60 days after notice to make such connection is served
on such owner or owners by the Borough Council, either by personal
service or by registered mail. The terms "connect," "connection" and
"sewer connection," as used herein, shall mean extension of the sewage
drainage system of the building or premises to the Y's or T's (or
to extensions of such Y's and T's) forming a part of the sewer system.
In case any property owner or owners of such
building or premises shall neglect or refuse to connect with the sewer
system within the sixty-day period immediately following service of
the notice to connect with the sewer system, the Borough Council or
its agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection.
Upon construction of such connection by the Borough Council or its
agents, the Borough Council shall send an itemized bill of costs of
the construction of such connection to the owner or owners of such
property, which bill shall be payable forthwith. Such bill shall include
as one of the costs of construction the applicable and currently effective
connection charge, hereinafter mentioned. In case the owner or owners
neglect or refuse to pay such bill of costs, the Borough Council may
file a municipal lien for the costs of said construction within six
months after the completion of the construction of such connection,
as provided by law, or the Borough Council may, pursuant to any other
legal or equitable remedy available to it, collect such bill of costs.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb the sewer system
without first obtaining a written sewer connection permit. An owner
or owners of premises desiring or required to connect with the sewer
system shall first make application therefor in writing to the Sewer
Inspector, who upon approval of the application shall refer it to
the Borough Council. The sewer connection charge hereinafter provided
for shall be paid to the Borough at the time application is made for
the written sewer connection permit. The Borough shall transfer to
Lake City Municipal Sewer Authority all such sewer connection charges
as and when received.
If it shall be necessary for an owner of any
premises to connect with the sewer system by means other than through
an existing Y or T on the sewer system or extension thereof extending
to such owner's property line or not less than 15 feet from the center
line of the road or street, the Borough Council, upon receipt of such
owner's application approved by the Sewer Inspector, shall prepare
and deliver to the applicant a form of bond payable to the Borough
in an amount to be fixed by the Sewer Inspector with sufficient sureties
to indemnify the Borough against all damages for injury to the sewer
system, to replace in good condition any curbing, pavement or earth
disturbed, to save harmless the Borough from all damages from any
accident and from all costs and attorney's fees incurred by reason
of any matter or thing done, committed or omitted by such owner, his
agents or employees under such permit and to comply in all respects
with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the Borough now in force
or hereafter to be passed. Upon receipt by the Borough Council of
such bond duly executed, the bond shall be submitted to the Sewer
Inspector for approval.
Upon the return to the Borough Council of a
bond approved by the Sewer Inspector, in all cases where a bond is
required as above provided, and upon payment of the sewer connection
charge hereinafter provided for, the Borough Council shall issue a
sewer connection permit authorizing the applicant to connect such
premises with the sewer system.
[Amended 1-21-1980; 6-22-2009 by Ord. No. 387-09]
The sewer connection charge for residential
properties shall be $600. The sewer connection charge for commercial,
industrial and institutional properties shall be a residential equivalent
as fixed and established by resolution of the Borough with the advice
of its consulting engineer.
[Amended 9-19-1988 by Ord. No. 281-88]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation
of the sewer system should be borne by the owner or owners of the
premises. The owner or owners shall indemnify the Borough from any
loss or damage directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of
such installation or connection. All costs and expenses incident to
the maintenance and repair of the sewer connection and connection
of the premises with the sewer system shall also be borne by the owner
or owners of the premises.
A separate sewer connection shall be provided
for every principal building, except that where one building stands
at the rear of another and no separate connection to the sewer system
can be made through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the
sewer connection from the front building may be extended to the rear
building upon written approval of the Sewer Inspector.
[Amended 9-19-1988 by Ord. No. 281-88]
All sewer connection here and after installed
or replaced, materials therefor, joining materials, excavation and
methods used shall at all times be subject to the direction, supervision
and approval of the Sewer Inspector. Before any installation, replacement,
maintenance, repair or excavation of a sanitary sewer connection is
commenced, the property owner or owners shall notify the Lake City
Borough Sewer Inspector thereof. Upon advice of the Sewer Inspector,
or the Borough's consulting engineer, as may be appropriate, Lake
City Borough may require that all excavations between the sewer main
and an existing or proposed sewer connection be performed by Lake
City Borough. In the event Lake City Borough performs any such excavation,
a bill of costs shall be sent to the owner or owners of the premises
by Lake City Borough Council, which shall be payable immediately.
In case the owner or owners neglect or refuse to pay such bill of
costs, Lake City Borough Council may file a municipal lien for the
cost of construction within six months after the completion of the
excavation, construction and backfilling of any such connection as
provided by law, or Lake City Borough may pursue any other legal or
equitable remedy available to it for collection of the costs.
[Amended 1-21-1991 by Ord. No. 296-91]
A.
The size and slope of the sewer connection shall be
subject to the approval of the Sewer Inspector, but in no event shall
the diameter be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of such
four-inch pipe be less than 1/8 of an inch per foot. The invert of
the sewer connection at the point of connection with the building
or premises shall be at a higher elevation than the invert at the
point of connection with the sewer system. At the street line a cleanout/inspection
fee shall be installed on all new or replaced sewer connections conforming
to the Borough standards. All connection and sewer pipe hereafter
installed or replaced shall conform to one of the materials and standards
listed below:
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Material
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Standard
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|---|---|---|
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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic
pipe
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ASTM D2661; ASTM F628
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Cast iron pipe
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ASTM A74; CISPI 301
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Copper or copper alloy tubing
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ASTM B75; ASTM B88;
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(Type K or L)
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ASTM B251
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic pipe
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ASTM D2665; ASTM D2949
|
B.
All joints shall be gastight and watertight and of
a material and design specifically intended for use with the size
and type of pipe installed.
No person or persons shall connect with the sewer system other than through, by or into existing Y's and T's in the sewer system without first receiving a special sewer connection permit, in addition to the permit required by § 52-4 of this Part 1, and a designation of the location of the proposed new Y's and T's by the Sewer Inspector. No person shall drill into or tap any of the sewer system without written permission from the Sewer Inspector.
Each owner holding a sewer connection permit
shall notify the Sewer Inspector when the sewer connection is ready
for inspection and connection with the sewer system. In no case shall
any backfill be placed until such inspection has been made.
All excavations for sewer connections shall
be adequately guarded with barricades and lights to protect the public
from hazards. All streets, sidewalks and public property disturbed
in the course of making a sewer connection shall be restored in a
manner satisfactory to the Sewer Inspector.
Sixty days after an owner or owners have received
notice to connect with the sewer system as above provided, such owner
or owners shall forthwith abandon all privies, cesspools, sinkholes,
septic tanks and other receptacles on the premises for receiving sewage;
and such owner or owners shall not at any time thereafter erect, construct,
use or maintain any pipe, conduit, drain or other facility for the
discharge of sewage except into the sewer system; and no connection
shall be permitted from any privy, vault, cesspool, sinkhole or similar
receptacle to the sewer system.
No owner or owners of property connected with
the sewer system shall discharge or permit the discharge into the
sewer system of any stormwater, surface water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Part 1 shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not less than
$10 nor more than $300 for each and every violation or offense, to
be collected as fines or penalties are recoverable by law; and whenever
such person shall have been notified, in writing, by the Borough or
by the service of a summons in a prosecution that he is violating
a provision of this Part 1, each day that such person shall continue
such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate
offense, punishable by a like fine or penalty.
The duties of the Sewer Inspector, prescribed
by this Part 1, shall be performed by the Borough Council or by such
person or persons as shall be designated as Sewer Inspector by resolution
of the Borough.
The Borough may from time to time adopt such
further particular rules and regulations, in addition to the rules
and regulations set forth in this Part 1, as the Borough, with the
advice of its consulting engineer, shall deem necessary or appropriate
to effectuate fully the purpose of this Part 1.
