Borough of Lake City, PA Article XIV Sewage Disposal

§ 57-83 General requirements.

A. An adequate and safe sewerage system shall be provided in all parks, conveying and disposing of sewage from mobile homes, service buildings and other accessory facilities. Such system shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Health or local regulations.

B. All trailer parks shall be connected to public sewage treatment plants where such facilities are available within 500 feet.

§ 57-84 Individual sewer connections.

A. Each mobile home lot shall be provided with at least a three-inch-diameter sewer riser pipe. The sewer riser pipe shall be so located on each stand that the sewer connection to the mobile home drain outlet will approximate a vertical position.

B. The sewer connection (see definition in § 57-52) shall have a nominal inside diameter of not less than three inches, and the slope of any portion thereof shall be at least 1/4 inch per foot. All joints shall be watertight.

C. All materials used for sewer connections shall be semirigid, corrosive resistant, nonabsorbent and durable. The inner surface shall be smooth.

D. Provision shall be made for plugging the sewer riser pipe when a mobile home does not occupy the lot. Surface drainage shall be diverted away from the riser. The rim of the riser pipe shall extend at least 1/2 inch above ground elevation.

§ 57-85 Sewer lines.

All sewer lines shall be located in trenches of sufficient depth to be free of breakage from traffic or other movements and shall be separated from the park water supply system. All sewer lines shall be constructed of materials approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and shall have watertight joints.

§ 57-86 Private sewage disposal facilities.

Where the sewer lines of the mobile home park are not connected to a public sewer, all proposed sewage disposal facilities shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health prior to construction.