§ 129-14Connection to public sewer required.
§ 129-15Individual systems prohibited.
§ 129-16Notice to connect.
§ 129-17Connection of individual system
to public sewer prohibited.
§ 129-18Roof drains, other waste water
prohibited.
§ 129-19Conditions required for connection.
§ 129-20Construction specifications.
§ 129-21Separate connections required
for each building; exceptions.
§ 129-22Industrial wastes.
§ 129-23Work done by Township; recovery
of costs.
§ 129-24Violations and penalties.
Every owner of property in the Township of Daugherty whose property is accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet from the public sanitary sewer system of New Brighton Borough Sanitary Authority, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, shall connect, upon due notification, at his own cost, the building, buildings or other structures located on said property with the aforementioned sanitary sewer system for the purpose of disposing of all sanitary sewage and industrial wastes as is customarily disposed of in such a system of sanitary sewers.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property in the Township accessible to such public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes other than into and through said sanitary sewer.
Where any accessible structure in the Township is now or hereafter using any method for the disposal of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes other than through said sanitary sewer, it shall be the duty of the Township Secretary or the New Brighton Borough Sanitary Authority, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, as agent for the Township, to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connections for the discharge and disposal of acceptable sewage and industrial wastes through said sanitary sewer, as herein provided, within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at any time now or hereafter be connected with any public sanitary sewer.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation connected to any public sanitary sewer to connect any roof drain thereto or permit any roof drain to remain connected thereto or to permit, allow or cause to enter into said sanitary sewer any stormwater, foundation drain water, spring water, surface water or any sewage or industrial waste from any property other than that for which a permit is issued.
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made any connection with any public sanitary sewer until he has fulfilled all of the following conditions:
He shall make application to the New Brighton Borough Sanitary Authority, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, upon a permit form to be formulated and supplied by said Authority, for permission to connect to said sanitary sewer. Among other things, the applicant must state the character and use of each structure located upon the property.
He shall pay the tapping fee in the amount imposed by said Authority to said Authority or its designated agent at the time of making application for permission to make a connection.
No work shall commence before the payment of the tapping fee and issuance of the aforementioned connection permit.
He shall give the designated inspector of said Authority at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be made in order that said inspector can be present to inspect and approve the work of connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the connection by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned connection permit in the possession of the permittees.
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner or owners of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete access to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in each building and in and about all parts of the property. No building sewer line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until after it is inspected and approved by said inspector.
The construction of all building sewer lines or house service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans and procedures established by said Authority, as the same may from time to time be published and amended, copies of which, upon adoption by said Authority, shall be maintained on file with the Township Secretary.
Unless written permission is obtained from the Authority, separate connections and tapping fees will be required for each individual occupied building, whether constructed as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row, but a single connection will be permitted to serve a school, factory, apartment house or other permanent multiple-unit structure whose individual apartments or units may not be subject to separate ownership. The Authority, however, does not assume any obligation or responsibility for damages caused by or resulting from any permitted single connection for multiple units as aforementioned.
All sanitary sewage discharged in any public sanitary sewer shall meet the requirements of the rules and regulations to be established by the Authority. The discharge of industrial wastes into any public sanitary sewer without the prior written consent of the Authority is hereby prohibited. Any industrial establishment desiring to discharge industrial wastes into any public sanitary sewer shall make application to the Authority for a permit therefor. The applicant for such permit shall furnish the Authority with such information as is required for the purpose of determining whether the proposed discharge of industrial wastes will conform with the requirements of the rules and regulations of the Authority. The granting of such permit may be made contingent upon the applicant providing and maintaining, at the expense of the applicant, apparatus for regulating the rate of discharge and/or pretreating such wastes prior to discharge and for the proper sampling thereof, from time to time, as the Authority may deem necessary.
If the owner or owners of any occupied building or buildings in the Township shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 129-16 hereof, the Township or the Authority, as the Township's agent, may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incident thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the Township as debts are by law collectible, or the said Township may, by its proper officer or agent, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm or corporation failing to make a proper connection within 60 days after receipt of notice as provided in § 129-16 hereof or violating any of the other provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000, plus costs, or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both.
