[Adopted 8-11-1955 by Ord. No. 182 (Ch. 18, Part 2, of the 1983 Code)]
All owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or alley in which there is a sanitary sewer owned or constructed by the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority, County of Butler, Pennsylvania, are hereby required to connect at their own cost, and in accordance with the regulations and charges of the Authority, the buildings erected on said property to such sewer for the purpose of discharging all household waste liquids and other matter customarily directed into a sanitary sewer system and shall be required to pay the usual and customary tapping fee and the service charge for such sewage service to the said Authority. Oils, grease, tar, gasoline or any other liquids that are not of the usual household nature, including stormwater or drainage due to rain or snow, shall not be emptied into or permitted to enter the sanitary sewer system.
Every such property shall be connected separately and independently with the sewer through the house connection branch directly opposite the building or nearest in a downstream direction. Grouping of buildings upon one house sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances, and for good sanitary reasons, with special permission granted by the Authority upon recommendation of the Borough Engineer.
The owners of property abutting on or adjoining any street or alley in which there is a sanitary sewer shall be given 45 days' notice in writing by the Secretary of the Council of the Borough of Slippery Rock of the requirement that all buildings erected upon abutting property shall have sewer connections, and, upon his, her, its or their failure to make such connections within said period, the Borough may make the same and collect the costs thereof from the owner by a municipal claim or in an action of assumpsit as is provided by law.
Any person required to connect with said sanitary sewer system shall make application for a tapping permit to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority on forms provided by the Authority and shall not open any street or alley or make any connection with the sanitary sewer system until a written permit has been issued and the fee for the issuing of said permit has been paid in full to the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at any time, now or hereafter, be connected with the sanitary sewer system.
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement shall hereafter be maintained upon any premises from which connection with the sanitary sewer system shall have 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, and within 30 days after connection with a sewer, in the case of premises hereafter so connected, be abandoned, cleaned and filled under the direction and supervision of the Health Officer of the County of Butler or State of Pennsylvania. Any such privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle not abandoned, cleaned and filled as required by this section shall constitute a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated on order of the Board of Health as provided by law, at the expense of the owner of such property.
[Added 11-28-1958 by Ord. No. 197]
No house trailer or other living quarters constructed on movable chassis shall be installed for living purposes in the Borough of Slippery Rock unless the same is connected with the Borough sewerage system.
[Added 3-3-1981 by Res. No. 162; amended 12-7-1983 by Ord. No. 328]
From and after the date of this section, there shall be no on-lot septic systems installed within the Borough of Slippery Rock, and any owner, developer of land, or builder shall provide for the extension of line for any new construction to be run to and tapped into the sanitary sewer lines of the Borough of Slippery Rock.
[Amended 12-7-1983 by Ord. No. 328]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.