[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Collingdale as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water — See Ch. 583.
[Adopted 8-2-2010 by Ord. No. 672]
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
of the terms and phrases used in this article shall be as follows:
The person, custodian, guardian, trustee, caretaker, executor
or administrator in whose name the deed for a property is designated.
Any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association,
corporate political body, joint ownership or any other entity capable
of functioning in the context used herein.
Any building or other structure to which water service is
or can be furnished.
Any real property located within the Borough of Collingdale
intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by
human beings or animals.
Any excavation that is drilled, cored, washed, driven, dug
or otherwise constructed for the location, diversion or acquisition
of underground waters or charging of waters into the underground strata.
A.
In every instance where a property owner wishes to supply a property
within the Borough of Collingdale with water, said property owner
shall be required to utilize the public water supply to provide water
to the property.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, person, occupier or lessee of
any property within the Borough of Collingdale to use or drill a private
groundwater well as a source of water for domestic, commercial and/or
industrial or irrigation purposes.
Any owner or person who violates this article shall, upon being
found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced
by the Borough of Collingdale, pay a penalty of a maximum of $1,000
for each violation, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the Borough. Each day of violation of this article
shall be a separate violation for the purpose of enforcement.
If this article is modified or eliminated by future action of
Borough Council, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) must first be notified. In addition to any rights already
possessed by the Department, this article grants to the Department
a right of reasonable access of the property in connection with implementation
or enforcement of this article.
