[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Colwyn 1-21-1946 by Ord. No. 175, approved 1-21-1946 amended in its entirety 12-17-2009 by Ord. No. 542. Subsequent Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Plumbing — See Ch. 111.
Damage to sewers by trees — See Ch. 130.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DWELLING and UNIT
Any building or portion of a building equaling one or more rooms with plumbing facilities comprising an independent self-contained area occupied for living quarters or for civic, religious, nonprofit, commercial or business purposes.
A. 
Applicability. The owners of all improved property in the Borough of Colwyn abutting on or adjoining any street or alley in which is a sanitary sewer are hereby required to make connection with said sewer, in such manner as is provided by the rules and regulations relating thereto, for the purpose of discharging and removing from said premises all liquid household waste incidental to housekeeping, all liquid manufacturing wastes and all human sewage and fecal matter, but no surface or stormwater shall be allowed therein.
B. 
Connection required. The owners of all improved property in the Borough of Colwyn may be given notice of this chapter and that they must connect their properties with said sanitary sewer within 45 days from the receipt thereof or the Borough will make the connection and collect the costs from them by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
C. 
Connection by Borough; cost; penalty. If the owner of any improved property in the Borough of Colwyn shall fail to connect the same with the sanitary sewer, as above provided, within 45 days after receipt of notice of this chapter and instructions so to do signed by the Secretary of the Borough Council, then the Borough may enter upon said property and connect the same with said sewer, and the cost thereof is hereby assessed against said premises and shall be collected from the owner, with a 10% penalty, by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
No person shall make a connection with a sanitary sewer in the Borough without first having obtained from the Plumbing Inspector the necessary permit therefor. All connections shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any other relevant provisions of these Codified Ordinances or any other relevant ordinance of the Borough.
A. 
There is hereby a charge imposed for connection to the Borough of Colwyn sanitary sewer system. For the calendar year 2010, and until amended by ordinance thereafter, the annual fee shall be $365 per dwelling or unit.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 3 of Ord. No. 542, which comprises this chapter, provided as follows: "The fees imposed by this ordinance shall be effective on 1-1-2010, and all calendar years thereafter unless repealed or modified by ordinance of the Borough of Colwyn."
B. 
Before January 1 of each year, when necessary, the Borough Council shall fix and levy by ordinance the amount of sewer rental that is to be levied upon dwellings and other properties in the Borough.
C. 
All sewer rental charges due pursuant to this section shall be due and payable by the owner of the unit on or before May 31 of each year. In the event payment is not received by May 31, a penalty of 10% shall be added to the bill and interest on the unpaid amount charged at the maximum rate permitted by law. All sewer rental charges due under this section shall be collected by filing a lien in accordance with law or other lawful means.
D. 
Unpaid charges to become lien. In the event that charges for sewerage service are not paid within 30 days after the rendition of the bill for such service, such charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent and thereafter such delinquency shall constitute a lien upon the real Colwyn for which such service is supplied. The Secretary of the Borough of Colwyn is hereby authorized to take such steps as may be necessary for the collection of the liens under the existing laws.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 91, Municipal Claims and Liens.
For sewer rental charge purposes, a school unit shall consist of eight people. The sewer rental charge for schools shall be determined and charged by multiplying the number of units by the per unit charge.
It shall be unlawful to make any connection to the sanitary sewer system whereby rainwater or surface or subsoil water shall be permitted to pass into said sewer; and it shall be unlawful to connect any garbage grinder to the sanitary sewer system.
Sewer rental charges shall be collected by the Tax Collector, who shall receive compensation for his or her services in an amount to be determined from time to time by motion of Council.
A. 
The owner of any property situated outside the territorial limits of the Borough may exercise the privilege of tying his or her sewer pipes into the sewer system of the Borough by requesting and obtaining the permission of the Colwyn Borough Council, the Borough Engineer and the governing body of any borough, township, city or other municipality wherein such property is situated.
B. 
Any property owner who has received such permission shall give 24 hours' notice of the time such connection is made to the Engineer so that the Engineer or his authorized agent can be present to supervise the work of connection. All connections shall be made at the place and in the manner designated by the Engineer.
C. 
Before any connection is made to the Borough sewer system, the applicant shall pay an inspection fee equal to the costs to the Borough for the Borough Engineer to perform the inspection of each connection.
A. 
No person shall erect or construct any dwelling house or building on any street laid out or opened in the Borough without first having constructed and installed sanitary sewers in the bed of such street and connected such building thereto and without first having installed storm sewers in the bed of such street.
B. 
No dwelling house or other building shall be erected or constructed on any new street laid out in the Borough, or on any street in any development for the construction of dwelling houses or other buildings in the Borough, unless and until plans for such buildings have been approved by the Borough.
C. 
No such plan shall be approved by Borough Council unless and until proper and adequate storm sewers and sanitary sewers are laid out and shown thereon and approved by the Borough Engineer.
D. 
No plan of streets or sewers shall be approved by the Borough Council until the sewerage plan and sewer system has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A. 
This section is adopted to promote the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and other aspects of the general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the specific enforcement of the various regulations promulgated by the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), the Philadelphia Southwest Water Pollution Control Plant, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), and such other agencies which may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards, 40 CFR 401 et seq.
B. 
Local limitations. The eastern area local limitations for discharge of wastewater as provided by DELCORA Resolution 91-05, adopted May 22, 1991, as amended and codified through December 2009, and adopted herein by reference as if fully set forth, are adopted as the local limitations for all discharges of wastewater within the Borough.
C. 
Violations. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be subject to pay a fine of up to $1,000 or the maximum legal limit of the fining authority, whichever is greater, and/or, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that each violation of such section continues shall constitute a separate offense.