No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter or disturb in any manner any sewer or any part of the sewer system without
first obtaining a permit in writing from this Borough.
Application for a permit required under §
38-8 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following
conditions:
A. Such person shall have notified the Secretary of this
Borough or other designated person of the desire and intention to connect
such improved property to a sewer.
B. Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required by §
38-8.
C. Such person shall have given the Secretary of this Borough
or other designated person at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such
connection will be made so that this Borough may supervise and inspect the
work of connection and necessary testing.
D. Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Secretary of this Borough or other designated person that any tapping
fee charged and imposed by the authority against the owner of each improved
property who connects such improved property to a sewer has been paid.
Except as otherwise provided in this §
38-11, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown and then only after special permission of this Borough, in writing, shall have been secured, and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by this Borough.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and all costs
and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a sewer, including testing,
shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be connected; and
such owner shall indemnify and save harmless this Borough from all loss or
damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction
of a building sewer or of connection of a building sewer to a sewer.
A building sewer shall be connected to a sewer at the place designated
by this Borough and where the lateral is provided. The invert of a building
sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or a higher elevation
than the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the
connection of a building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure and watertight.
If the owner of any improved property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sewer, after 45 days' notice from this Borough requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in accordance with §
38-2, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, this Borough may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by a municipal claim, an action in assumpsit or such other legal proceeding as may be permitted by law.