[Adopted 5-5-1970 by Ord. No. 270 (Ch. 18, Part 3, of the
1983 Code)]
A.
No sewers shall be extended from the Borough sewer system, and no
waterline shall be extended from the Borough water system, and no
sewerage extension installed or constructed without approval first
having been obtained from the Borough, permits obtained from the Sanitary
Water Board, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and permits, licenses and/or
approvals obtained as required from all federal, state, county and
Borough agencies.
B.
All such construction shall be done in accordance with these regulations
and the regulations of the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority, and
other applicable requirements. Any facilities extended from the Borough
into adjoining municipal subdivisions shall be approved by the Slippery
Rock Municipal Authority in addition to other approval required herein
and shall be done in accordance with the standards set forth herein.
C.
The applicant for any such construction and extension shall enter
into a written agreement with the Borough providing for all conditions
upon which approval will be granted, and water and sewerage service
be extended, in accordance with the requirements of this article.
All sewerage lines and waterlines and facilities constructed shall
be conveyed to the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority by deed of conveyance
or bill of sale.
D.
The applicant shall prepare at his cost all contract plans and specifications,
rights-of-way plans, contract documents and prepare at his cost all
other material as is required to obtain all permits, licenses and/or
other approvals, and prepare the applications relative thereto and
pay all fees.
E.
No person, corporation or partnership shall be permitted to drill
or operate an individual water well within the Borough or to obtain
water or sewer service from any other source than the Borough facilities.
A.
The construction of all sewerage facilities and water facilities
shall be subject to the applicant obtaining at his cost all permits
and approvals required by federal, state, county and Borough agencies.
B.
No application for such permits shall be submitted until preliminary
approval of the project is obtained from the Borough.
C.
The requirements of the State of Pennsylvania under the Clean Stream
Law,[1] administered by the State Department of Health for the
State Sanitary Water Board in accordance with Act Number 394 of the
General Assembly of Pennsylvania approved June 22, 1937, shall be
complied with. Said section provides as follows:
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"Approval of Plans, Designs and Relevant Data by the Sanitary
Water Board. All plans, designs and relevant data for the construction
of any new sewer system, or for the extension of any existing sewer
system, by a person or municipality, or for the erection, construction
and location of any treatment works or intercepting sewers by a person
or municipality, shall be submitted to the Sanitary Water Board for
its approval before the same are constructed, erected or acquired.
Any such construction or erection which has not been approved by the
Board by written permit, or any treatment works not operated or maintained
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board, is hereby
also declared to be a nuisance and abatable as herein provided."
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
D.
All permits for the construction of new sewerage facilities by private
developers or other private interests shall be obtained in the name
of the Borough of Slippery Rock or the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority,
as follows:
(1)
The installation of any facility "in, along, across or projecting
into all streams and bodies of water" of the commonwealth, as provided
in an Act approved June 25, 1913, and as amended May 6, 1937, must
be approved by a permit to be obtained from the Water and Power Resources
Board of the Department of Forests and Waters prior to actual construction.
(2)
For the installation of facilities or work within the right-of-way
of any public roadway, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
requires that a highway occupancy permit be obtained from that Department.
(3)
The state requires that all sewer construction conform to the regulations
for excavation and construction of the Department of Labor and Industry.
Notice by the contractor must be given to the Department of Labor
and Industry on prescribed forms before any excavation is started.
An exception to this requirement of notice is allowed for any person
the majority of whose revenue is not obtained from contracting or
construction, and who digs or orders dug by its own employees more
than 200 excavations in any one year, where the following requirements
are met:
A.
A written application on the forms furnished by the Borough, unless
otherwise indicated, shall be submitted for the purpose of requesting
approval of a sewer line extension, waterline extension and/or any
other work related thereto, and the obtaining or furnishing of water
and sewerage service therefrom.
B.
Such application is to be signed by the owner or owners and shall
be subject to the terms and conditions set forth and included herein,
and Borough and Slippery Rock Municipal Authority regulations, and
to the execution of a written agreement, and this application, together
with the regulations of the Borough, shall regulate and control all
such installation and extension.
C.
Applications for sewage and water service must be accompanied by
all plans, documents, reports and other required materials as set
forth herein.
D.
The submission of the application shall be in strict accordance with
the regulations of the Borough.
A.
An applicant for sewer and/or water service shall submit preliminary
plans and reports to the Borough for general review and recommendations
and then prepare and submit applications, final plans, necessary permits
and reports for approval.
B.
The applicant shall submit preliminary plans and reports, in triplicate,
in accordance with the following:
(1)
A formal request for review and recommendations.
(2)
An engineers report setting forth a full description of the proposed
system and setting forth the basis for the design. The report must
include a statement and description of the extent of the area which
it is proposed to include within the system at the present time, and
in the future; the estimated present and future population to be served;
the estimated per capita rates or volume of sewage to be provided
for; the general character of the sewage and the proportion and nature
of any industrial wastes; and such other data and information as is
necessary to evaluate the application.
(3)
Where industrial wastes are involved, all applications for service,
regardless of location of the premises, must be accompanied by a detailed
report setting forth the quantities and character of the wastes, the
proposed rates of discharge and such other facts as required.
(4)
Such report must include a detailed summary, relative to the drainage
areas and areas to be served, of the sewerage or water system, showing
sizes of all sewers, distances between manholes, grades, capacities
and future ultimate flows in main and intercepting sewers.
(5)
Preliminary plan showing the layout of all sewers and manholes, showing
sizes and distance between manholes, grades, types of sewers, and
approximate invert elevations of all manholes. Design features should
be submitted at least in sketch for special conditions, inverted siphons
and such other features.
(6)
Copies of such report shall be supplied to the Borough Planning Commission
for review.
C.
Final plans. The applicant shall submit five copies of final plans
and reports, and other required items, in accordance with the following:
(1)
A formal letter of request for final approval, preparation of an
agreement, and such other related actions are required.
(2)
An engineers report setting forth the information and data required
in the preliminary report, and if no revisions or additional data
are required after preliminary review, the preliminary report may
be used as the final report.
(3)
All application forms, modules, reports and such other data as required
by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and all applications, plans,
exhibits and supporting data required for submittance to all agencies
having jurisdiction in order to obtain licenses, permits and approvals.
(4)
Such report must include a detailed summary, relative to the drainage
areas and areas to be served, of the sewerage or water system, showing
sizes of all sewers, distances between manholes, grades, capacities
and future ultimate flows in main and intercepting sewers.
(5)
Preliminary plan showing the layout of all sewers and manholes, showing
sizes and distance between manholes, grades, types of sewers, and
approximate invert elevations of all manholes. Design features should
be submitted at least in sketch form for special conditions, inverted
siphons and such other features.
(6)
Copies of such report shall be supplied to the Borough Planning Commission
for review.
A.
All final plans must be in uniform size and in accordance with the
requirements set forth in the Sewerage Manual of the State Department
of Health and regulations of the Borough.
B.
The plans shall be prepared on sheets 24 inches by 36 inches in size,
with a one-inch border on the left side and a one-half-inch border
on all other sides. A three-inch by five-inch title block shall be
located in the lower right-hand corner.
C.
The general plan shall be on the scale not smaller than 300 feet
to one inch, preferably, and not more than 100 feet to one inch. All
other plans shall be drawn to a scale to permit all necessary information
to be shown plainly. Sewer profiles shall be on a horizontal scale
of not more than 50 feet to the inch and a vertical scale of not more
than 10 feet to the inch, and plan view of sewers shall be drawn to
the same scale as the profile view.
D.
Subsequent to completion of construction, the applicant shall submit
as-built plans to the Borough. No sewer or water service shall be
furnished until these plans are submitted.
A.
The cost of all engineering, permit fees and construction shall be
paid by the applicant.
B.
The costs shall include the following:
(1)
The cost of all sewer lines and waterlines, of the size required
for the project, none to be less than six inches for waterlines and
eight inches for sewer lines, and of all manholes and other sewer
line and waterline appurtenances.
(2)
The cost for connection to existing sewer lines and waterlines.
(3)
The cost of all land and rights-of-way; such land and rights-of-way
to be deeded to the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority.
(4)
The cost of obtaining all permits, licenses and such other approvals
as required.
(5)
The payment of a minimum of 10% of the total construction costs to
defray legal, engineering and overhead cost, if the project is to
be constructed and designed by the Borough. All such costs in excess
of 10% shall be paid by the applicant. Where the project is designed
and constructed by the applicant, the applicant must pay the Borough
costs involved in the evaluation and review of the contract plans
and specifications, field work, legal work, administrative and such
other costs in connection with the project.
(6)
All costs due to the Borough as specified, whether the applicant
elects to construct the project himself, or requests the Borough to
undertake the construction, shall be paid prior to the extension of
service; and the written agreement required herein shall contain provisions
for furnishing security for such payment by surety bond, right to
file municipal lien or such other security as the Borough, in its
sole discretion, may require. Such security may include, but is not
limited to, a maintenance bond for a period of one year.
(7)
The cost of a resident engineer or inspectors furnished by the Borough
to supervise and/or inspect the construction of the project, such
costs of supervision to be the per diem rate currently in effect in
the area, plus mileage and expenses. Deposits shall be made in advance
for two months' estimated costs and continue each two months until
completion of inspection work, such costs to be adjusted as required
at the end of each period.
(8)
The paying of all tapping, sewage treatment and other fees.
(9)
Any other related costs.
Applicants shall enter into a written agreement with the Borough
prior to final approval and the execution of any work, said agreement
to contain such conditions as the following:
A.
The cost of all construction and application expense to be borne
by the applicant.
B.
The materials and workmanship to be in accordance with the specifications
and requirements of the Borough.
C.
The highways, streets, alleys and lanes in which sewer and water
extensions are to be located must be dedicated to public use, the
lines and grades thereof established and the rough grading completed.
D.
The ownership title to all land and easements, sewer systems, water
systems, related facilities and all rights-of-way to be conveyed to
the Slippery Rock Municipal Authority.
E.
The Borough to have the right to make further extensions beyond and
laterally from such sewers and waterlines, such extensions not being
considered as connections subject to refund.
F.
The payment of refunds with respect to the sewer lines or waterlines
to the owner for additional new customers abutting on and connected
directly to the lines installed, to be subject to such conditions
as set forth herein or as agreed upon and limited to a number of years.
G.
Provision by applicant for permanent easements on all plans of lots
for all sanitary sewers and waterlines, and for future extensions
as required by the Borough. All easements shall be obtained and provided
at the cost of the applicant and conveyed to the Borough prior to
requesting final approval of the construction.
H.
Provision for all insurance, bonds and other such items as required
by the Borough with respect to municipal improvements, including sewerage,
and also including maintenance bonds where required.
I.
Such other related conditions and improvements.
