[Adopted 8-10-1982 by Ord. No. 3-1982 (Ch. XVIII, Part 2,
of the 1976 Code of Ordinances)]
A.
PERSON
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any natural person, partnership, association, firm
or corporation.
B.
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
Every building in the Borough of Verona used as a dwelling and
every other building from which sewage and/or waste matter is discharged,
if located upon property abutting and/or adjoining any street, public
way, right-of-way or other easement or place in which there is a sanitary
sewer, shall be connected with and shall use such sanitary sewer.
Such connection shall be the responsibility of the owner of such building
and shall be made in conformity with all the provisions of this article.
Such connection shall be made so as to carry into the sanitary sewer
all wastewater and sewage from such building, except roof water or
stormwater.
If any owner of property abutting upon any sewer as hereinabove
provided shall fail or neglect to make such connection with such sewer,
the Borough Secretary shall notify such owner to make such connection
within 30 days of such notice. If such owner shall fail to make such
connection, as hereby required, within such time limit, he shall be
guilty of a violation of this article and shall be subject to the
penalty hereinafter prescribed, and in addition, the Borough shall
have authority, at the expiration of such time limit, to make such
connection and to collect the cost of the same from such owner in
default by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit.
[Amended 4-25-1996 by Ord. No. 5-1996]
A.
Prior to making any connection with any sanitary sewer in the Borough, whether or not such connection shall be made pursuant to notice from the Borough Council as referred to in § 202-6 of this article, the owner of the property to be connected to the sewer shall obtain a tapping or connection permit from the Borough Secretary. No such permit shall be issued until:
(1)
The owner of the property shall have submitted to the Borough Secretary
all necessary information, including plans if deemed necessary by
the Secretary, to indicate that such connection will be in conformity
with the technical requirements of this article and of any other applicable
ordinance of the Borough and of any applicable regulation or code
of the County of Allegheny.
B.
It shall be a condition of the permit that such connection shall be made in strict conformity with the terms of the permit as to the location and manner of the connection and the conformity with the technical requirements referred to in Subsection A(1) of this section, provided that no permit shall be issued applicable to any multiple-dwelling structure unless such structure shall provide a standpipe to enable the use of standard fire hose, such connection to be approved by the Borough Fire Chief prior to issuance of the permit.
Any municipality desiring access to the sewer lines of the Borough
of Verona must conform to the following conditions:
A.
Provide the Borough of Verona with a written request for such usage
which specifies the exact number of proposed tap-ins.
B.
Determination by the Borough of Verona Engineer and Sewage Committee
that the Borough lines have the capacity to accommodate such tap-ins.
C.
The municipality shall have paid to the Borough of Verona a tap-in
fee of $50 per family.
D.
Such municipality shall pay the Borough of Verona a yearly maintenance
fee to be agreed upon by such municipality and the Borough of Verona.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a private sewer or
house drain connection without providing an intervening catch basin
to catch the silt and heavy substances carried into the sewer and
without also providing at all inlets suitable gratings to prevent
the admission of solid matter.
Although the work of making sewer connections shall be subject
to inspection by personnel of the County of Allegheny, nothing herein
shall preclude the Borough Council from supervising or inspecting
any aspect of such work in order to determine whether the terms of
the tapping or connection permit shall have been adhered to.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
for each and every violation, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $250 and costs of prosecution and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days, provided that each day's violation of
any provision of this article shall constitute a separate violation.
