[Adopted 11-8-2010 by Ord. No. 369]
[Amended 8-8-2011 by Ord. No. 373]
Every property in the Borough, adjoining or abutting upon any street, alley or easement in which a public sewer is now or shall hereafter be located, shall comply with Article XIV, entitled Sewage Disposal Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny County Health Department, mandating the connection with such sewer in such a manner and within such time as the Borough may order, for the purpose of the discharge of all fecal matter, human excrement, kitchen and laundry waste and other sewage from such property. All such sewage shall, after such connection, be conducted into such sewer. Every such property shall be connected separately and independently with the sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite the building or nearest to the building in a downstream direction. The groupings of buildings on one house sewer is not permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons with special permission granted by Council upon the recommendation of the Borough Engineer.
If the owner of any property, after 45 days' notice from the
Borough to make a connection of such property with a sewer, fails
to make such connection, the Borough may make such connection and
may collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal claim
or in an action in assumpsit, as is provided by law.
No person shall make or cause to be made any connection of his
or her property with any of the Borough sewers until he or she has
fulfilled all of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall notify the Borough Secretary of his or her wish
and intention to make such connection and shall submit such application
as the Borough may require
B.
In the event it is necessary to excavate a Borough street, such person shall have first applied for and obtained a permit to excavate in the street, in accordance with Chapter 158 of the Borough's codified ordinances.
C.
Such person shall have given the Borough Secretary at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection shall be made, in order that
the Borough Engineer, or his or her authorized agent, can be present
to supervise the work of such connection. All connections are to be
made between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time,
Monday through Friday.
D.
Such person shall pay a sewer connection fee to the Secretary, for
the use of the Borough, based on use and occupancy, in accordance
with the following schedule:
(1)
Every single-family dwelling unit will be charged a sewer connection
fee of $200.
(2)
Multifamily dwelling units will be charged a sewer connection fee
of $200 for each unit in the dwelling.
(3)
For all uses other than residential, such person shall pay a minimum
sewer connection fee of $200, which shall entitle the person to two
water closets or urinals. An additional fee of $50 shall be charged
for each additional water closet or urinal in the building or structure
over the first two water closets or urinals.
All work of making connections to any of the Borough sewers
shall be done under the personal supervision of the Borough Engineer,
or his or her authorized agent, and shall conform to the following
requirements:
A.
All sewer connections shall be made at the place where the "Y" in
the Borough sewer is provided, but if no "Y" is provided in the Borough
sewer, the property owner making such connection shall, at his or
her own expense, put in the "Y" in making such a connection.
B.
All joints shall be sealed and airtight, smooth and clean inside,
with all sewers in straight alignment and of proper grade so as to
provide for the free flow of sewage without any obstruction, and made
in accordance with the specifications of the Borough for its sanitary
sewers.
A.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected with any of the
public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly, any steam exhaust,
boiler blowoff, sediment drip or any pipe carrying or constructed
to carry hot water or acid, germicide, grease, gasoline, naphtha,
benzene, oil or any other substance detrimental to the sewers or to
the operation of the sewage system or sewage disposal.
B.
No person shall connect or cause to be connected with any of the
public sewers in the Borough, directly or indirectly, any industrial
or commercial waste without first receiving the consent of, and making
satisfactory arrangements with, ALCOSAN and the Borough concerning
such industrial or commercial waste.
A.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement
shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected with any of the
Borough sewers.
B.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement
shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises from which connection
with any of the Borough sewers has been made. Every such privy vault,
cesspool or other receptacle shall, within 30 days after final enactment
of this article in the case of premises now connected with a sewer,
or within 30 days after connection with a sewer in the case of premises
hereafter so connected, be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the
direction and supervision of the Allegheny County Health Department.
Any such privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle not abandoned,
cleansed and filled as required by this section shall constitute a
nuisance, and such nuisance shall be abated on order of the County
Health Department, as provided by law, at the expense of the owner
of such property.
In all cases where the Borough is required to pay ALCOSAN for
a delinquent account incurred by a resident of the Borough, the resident
who incurred such delinquency and is responsible therefor shall reimburse
the Borough in full for all sums that were required to be paid by
the Borough through ALCOSAN as a result of such delinquency for failure
to pay the charges assessed by ALCOSAN.
The Borough Secretary is hereby directed to notify the person
responsible for a delinquent account, in writing, setting forth the
total amount that the Borough was required to pay to ALCOSAN on behalf
of such person and request that reimbursement be made forthwith.
Upon failure to receive the requested sum, as set forth in §§ 148-29 and 148-30 above, within 30 days from the date of notice of a delinquent account, the Borough Secretary, at the discretion of Council, is hereby authorized to shut off the water supply to the property involved or to proceed to collect the sum involved in the manner provided by law for the collection of such accounts, whichever in the Secretary's discretion is deemed advisable.
A.
In addition to requiring the reimbursement to the Borough of all sums paid to ALCOSAN on behalf of a delinquent account, the Borough shall assess to each and every such account a delinquency penalty of 25% of the amount of the delinquent account to cover the costs and expenses incurred by the Borough in the processing and handling of such account, and, if such account remains unpaid for 30 days after the person responsible for such account has been notified of the delinquency, as provided in § 148-30, the Borough shall further assess interest at the rate of 6% on the total delinquent amount.
B.
The proper officers of the Borough of Rosslyn Farms are hereby authorized
to enter into a shutoff agreement and amendments thereto with the
Pennsylvania-American Water Company, a current copy of which shall
be kept on file in the Borough offices and available for inspection
and copying as authorized by law.
C.
As authorized in the shutoff agreement, the Borough shall be authorized
to request the Pennsylvania-American Water Company, or its successors,
to shut off the supply of water from its system to any premises in
the Borough for which the rentals, rates and charges for sewer, sewage
or sewage treatment services supplied by or imposed by the Borough
are unpaid, for a period of at least 30 days from the date due thereof,
and to which the Borough has sent such notices as may be required
by 53 P.S. § 2261 et seq., [1]and the regulations thereunder as set forth in the shutoff
agreement, or as the same may be amended hereafter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Effective immediately, 53 P.S. § 2261
to 53 P.S. § 2265 were repealed 4-14-2006 by P.L. 85, No.
28, § 4001(2). See now 53 P.S. § 3102.501 et seq.
D.
In addition to the assessment and collection of all unpaid rentals,
rates and charges imposed for sewage services, there is hereby imposed
upon delinquent accounts any and all fees, costs and penalties, including,
but not limited to, the Water Company's charge for termination of
water supply, the Water Company's cost to restore water services and
the amount billed and paid by the Borough to the Water Company for
the Water Company's loss of water revenues, resulting from such shutoff
services, together with any and all other charges authorized by 53
P.S. § 2261 and the regulations contained therein.
E.
Any and all fees, costs and/or penalties assessed or imposed upon
the Borough as authorized by the shutoff agreement, or as amended
hereafter, shall be and are hereby imposed upon the delinquent account
holder and shall be collectable and payable as a condition of the
Borough authorizing the restoration of water services to the delinquent
account.
F.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Borough Secretary, with prior authorization
from Council, from accepting payments on account of such delinquent
accounts or, in appropriate hardship cases, as may be determined at
the discretion of and as authorized by Borough Council, from suspending
such termination notice once issued.
G.
The right of the Borough to assess the delinquent accounts and the
fees, charges and costs set forth herein and as authorized in 53 P.S.
§ 2261 and the regulations contained therein, and as set
forth in the shutoff agreement, shall be in addition to, and not in
lieu of, those charges authorized by law and as otherwise contained
in this chapter.
