A. 
It shall be unlawful for any property owner and/or lessor and/or lessee of property within the Borough of Clarion whose premises are connected to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated by the owner to discharge or permit to be discharged any stormwater or surface water from the premises into the owner's sanitary wastewater collection system.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any property owner and/or lessor and/or lessee within the Borough of Clarion to maintain any connection of a roof drain, downspout, french drain or other surface or stormwater collection system to the owner's sanitary wastewater collection system.
The owner/Manager or his designee, bearing proper identification, shall be permitted to enter any premises during business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or at any other reasonable time, for the purpose of inspecting and/or testing to ensure compliance with § 174-15 of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell property located within the Borough of Clarion on which a building or improvement exists without first delivering unto the purchaser a document of certification or temporary document of certification issued by the owner. The owner shall not issue a municipal lien letter for the subject property transaction unless and until a document of certification or temporary document of certification has been issued.
A. 
Any person selling property located within the Borough upon which exists any structure or improvement shall make application for a document of certification to the owner at least 14 days prior to the date of sale of the subject property.
B. 
The application shall be submitted on a form furnished by the owner and shall be accompanied by payment of an established fee, which fee represents the costs incurred by the owner in performing the required test(s) and in processing the application.
C. 
The information set forth on the application form shall include, but not be limited to, the name and address of the seller, the location of the property being sold, the name and address of the buyer and a description of the structure and/or improvement on the property.
D. 
The owner shall then have an inspector proceed to the subject property and perform a dye test, smoke test or air test of the stormwater and waste drainage systems on the subject property. The purpose of such test(s) is to determine whether any surface water and/or stormwater is being discharged into the owner's sanitary wastewater collection system in violation of this article.
E. 
The owner's inspector shall have the right to conduct as many of the above-referenced tests as he deems necessary. The owner shall also have the right to rely on the results of any internal televising of the main sewer completed by the owner or its contractor.
A. 
In the event that there are no illegal stormwater or surface water discharges and the existing drainage system is sound, the owner shall issue a document of certification.
B. 
When an illegal stormwater or surface water discharge or malfunctioning drainage system is discovered by means of the above-referenced testing, no document of certification will be issued until the illegal discharge and/or malfunctioning drainage system are permanently removed and/or repaired and the system retested and certified by the owner. The established fee described in § 174-18B of this article must be paid to the owner prior to each retesting required.
C. 
In the event of discovery by the owner of an illegal discharge and/or a malfunctioning drainage system, a notice describing said violations and the required remediation will be sent from the owner to the applicant.
A. 
A temporary document of certification may be issued at the sole discretion of the owner when either:
(1) 
The owner determines that the required testing cannot be performed because of weather conditions and, when such is the case, the applicant shall provide the owner with a signed written acknowledgment from the purchaser of the subject property agreeing to correct, at the said purchaser's sole expense, any unlawful discharges that may be discovered as a result of subsequent testing.
(2) 
The application shall also provide the owner with full payment of the owner's established fee for the testing and processing costs.
(3) 
Within 30 days of the date of issuance of a temporary document of certification, the owner will perform adequate testing of the subject property and will issue a document of certification if the testing reveals no unlawful discharges. If unlawful discharges are found during this testing, the purchaser of the property will be held responsible for immediate remediation.
(4) 
A failure to remediate within a reasonable time specified by the owner may result in the imposition of a fine for violation of this chapter.
B. 
When an unlawful discharge or malfunctioning drainage system has been discovered and the necessary remedial activities to correct such violation(s) would require a length of time such as to create a practical hardship for the applicant, the applicant may apply to the owner for a temporary document of certification, which may only be issued when the applicant provides the owner with all of the following:
(1) 
A bona fide executed contract between the applicant and a registered, licensed plumber to complete the necessary remedial work;
(2) 
A deposit equal to the amount of said plumbing contract posted with the owner as surety for work completion; and
(3) 
An agreement by the purchaser to be responsible for all cost overruns related to the remedial work, together with a license to the owner to enter upon the property to complete work in case of default by the contractor. The owner/Manager or his designee shall determine when such temporary document of certification shall expire. At the expiration of such time period, if the remedial work has been completed on the subject property, the deposit shall be returned to the applicant together with a document of certification.
(4) 
If the time period set forth on the temporary document of certification should expire prior to the completion of the required remediation work, the deposit will be forfeited in the amount required by the owner to complete the necessary remedial work.
A. 
The owner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make reasonable rules and regulations for the application and/or issuance of the required document of certification as it deems necessary, which shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) 
Establishing acceptable forms of security or guarantees;
(2) 
Establishing the appropriate fee for the required testing and processing;
(3) 
Establishing acceptable testing methods;
(4) 
Establishing the forms of application, purchaser acknowledgment, document of certification and temporary document of certification; and
(5) 
Limiting the times of year in which temporary documents of certification are available for weather-related reasons.
B. 
All rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall be in writing and shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the owner prior to such rules and regulations becoming effective.