[Ord. 649, 1/2/1996, Art. I]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Hamburg Municipal Authority of Berks County, a Pennsylvania
municipality authority.
The Borough of Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, acting
by and through its Council or, in appropriate cases, by and through
its authorized representatives.
Any property located within this Borough upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The water supply system owned by the Authority, including
the existing water works, water supply works and water distribution
system facilities, together with all appurtenant facilities and properties,
including all property, real, personal and mixed, rights, powers,
licenses, easements, rights-of-way, privileges, franchises and other
property or interests in property of whatsoever nature used or useful
in connection with all such facilities and together with all additions,
extensions, alterations, improvements and betterments thereof or thereto
which may be made, installed or acquired, from time to time, by or
for the Authority.
[Ord. 649, 1/2/1996, Art. II]
1.
The owner of any improved property abutting upon any street in which
there is constructed a water main constituting a part of the water
system shall connect such improved property to the water system in
such manner as this Borough may require within 90 days after notice
to such owner from this Borough to make such connection.
2.
The notice by this Borough to make a connection to the water system referred to in Subsection 1 shall consist of a copy of this Part, including any amendments and/or supplements at the time in effect, or a summary of each section thereof and a written or printed document requiring the connection in accordance with the provisions of this Part and specifying that such connection shall be made within 90 days from the date such notice is given. Such notice may be given at any time after a water main is in place which can supply water to the particular improved property. Such notice shall be served upon the owner in accordance with law.
[Ord. 649, 1/2/1996, Art. III]
1.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use,
alter or disturb, in any manner, any water main constituting a part
of the water system without the prior written consent of the Authority.
2.
The Authority shall make all connections to its water mains. Upon
the payment of the required tapping fee, the Authority will tap the
water main, insert a corporation cock, install a service line and
insert a curb stop, all of which facilities shall be and shall remain
the property of the Authority and shall be maintained by the Authority.
3.
All service lines from the curb stop to the structure (and through
the wall of the structure and housing facility for the meter) to be
served shall be installed by the owner of the improved property to
be served, at his own expense, shall be of pipe approved by the Authority
and shall be kept in good repair at the expense of the owner of the
improved property to be served. No service line or other connection
facility between the curb stop and the structure to be served shall
be covered up in the process of installation until inspected and approved
by the Authority. If any service line or other connection facility
is covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered
for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property.
4.
The size of the service connection from the water main to the curb
stop necessary to serve adequately an improved property and the location
of such service connection shall be determined by the Authority. If
any person shall request a service connection of a greater capacity
than that determined by the Authority to be adequate, or if any such
person shall request that a service connection be located in a location
different than that determined by the Authority, the Authority, in
its discretion, may install such service connection in accordance
with the request of such person.
5.
When it is necessary to replace an existing service connection from
the water main to the curb stop, the Authority will provide for the
replacement of said service connection in the same location as the
old service connection; provided, however, that if the owner of the
particular improved property, for his own convenience, desires the
new service connection at some other location and agrees to pay to
the Authority all expenses of cutting off the old service connection
at the water main and any other additional expenses incurred by the
Authority in complying with said request, then the Authority will
install the new service connection at the location desired, if said
location is approved by the Authority.
6.
Only persons properly authorized by the Authority shall be permitted
to make service line and service connection installation.
7.
This Borough reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with the water system, which additional rules and regulations,
to the extent appropriate, shall be and shall be construed as part
of this Part.
[Ord. 649, 1/2/1996, Art. IV]
1.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
2.
Fines and costs imposed under provisions of this Part shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
[Ord. 649, 1/2/1996, Art. VII]
It is declared that enactment of this Part is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of this Borough.
