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This chapter provides for the regulation of the installation
and use of public and private sanitary wastewater and stormwater transmission
lines, drains and disposal systems within the Borough of Clarion.
The chapter is intended to prevent damage to the public wastewater
collection system within the Borough of Clarion to reduce maintenance
costs and to enhance and maintain adequate flow capacity within the
system.
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The chapter and all the rules, regulations and requirements
established therein shall apply to all residents of the Borough of
Clarion, both private and commercial.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Clarion.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough of Clarion or
his designee.
All or part of a privately owned device or devices intended
to treat and/or dispose of sanitary wastewater discharged from structures
located on two or more parcels of land.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
An official statement from the Manager of the owner or his
designee stating that there are no known illegal stormwater or surface
water connections to the owner's sanitary wastewater collection system
on the specific property which is being sold.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate greater than 35 gallons
per minute (gpm) which is installed underground outside the structure
being served and which extracts grease content from sanitary wastewater
prior to the discharge of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the owner.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate of 35 gallons per minute
(gpm) or less which is installed in the sanitary wastewater drainage
system of an individual premises, which mechanism extracts grease
content from sanitary wastewater prior to the discharge of said wastewater
into the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the owner. Grease traps shall be rated at a minimum of 22.5 gpm.
Those industries identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1967, as amended and supplemented, under
the category "Division D, Manufacturing" and such other classes of
significant waste producers as deemed appropriate under the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes from commercial
buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated.
The Wastewater Commissioner of the owner or his designee.
A writing from the proper official of the owner concerning
outstanding liens.
Any owner and/or occupier of premises used for purposes other
than residential and who discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the owner. This term shall
include, but not be limited to, any and all commercial and/or manufacturing
operations, commercial buildings and nursing and/or group homes with
more than 10 residents.
Any food preparation conducted for consumption by a person
or persons other than those residing on the subject premises and/or
their household guests. This includes all restaurants, whether eat-in
or takeout, cafeterias, snack bars, church kitchens and halls, grocery
store kitchens, banquet halls, nursing and/or group homes with more
than 10 residents and food processing businesses.
The Clarion Area Authority or its successors and assignees.
A discharge which exits the owner's wastewater treatment
facility into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities
or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the owner's NPDES permit, including an increase in
the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any person, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, corporation,
institution, agency, authority or other entity recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties.
All or part of any privately owned device or devices located
on an individual parcel of land and intended to treat and/or dispose
of the sanitary wastewater discharged from any structure or structures
located on that parcel of land.
Owner and/or occupier of premises used only for human residency
and who discharges sanitary wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the owner.
Includes all sanitary sewer lines in Clarion Borough and
the sewage treatment plant owned and operated by the owner.
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
commercial and/or industrial and/or institutional buildings or structures.
A pipe extension from a structure's sanitary wastewater plumbing
system to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the owner.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
A sewer for conveying stormwater, surface water and other
waters not intended to be transported to a sanitary wastewater facility.
A pipe extension from a premises to the storm sewer collection
system owned and/or operated by the Borough of Clarion.
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
A temporary statement of certification from the proper officer
of the owner, issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
A combination of liquid gray water and water-carried sanitary
wastes from residential dwellings, residential buildings, commercial
buildings, industries and institutions.
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they
are intended to reinforce and clarify those ordinances and regulations
in force immediately prior to the enactment of this chapter, are intended
as a continuation of such ordinances and not intended as new enactments.
If any section is found to be in conflict with previous enactments,
the more restrictive section shall apply.
