[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-04, 10/1/2020]
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into
or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewerage
system without first making application for and securing a permit,
in writing, from the Township.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985]
Application for a permit required under § 18-301 shall be made by the owner of the improved property to be served or his duly authorized agent.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-04, 10/1/2020]
1.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any improved
property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each
of the following conditions:
A.
Such person shall have notified the Township of the desire and intention
to connect such improved property to a sewer.
C.
Such person shall have given this Township at least 24 hours'
notice of the time when such connection will be made so that the Township
may inspect the work of connection and necessary testing.
D.
Such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence to the Township
that any tapping fee charged against the owner of each improved property
who connects such improved property to a sewer has been paid.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-04, 10/1/2020]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each improved
property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer
through a building sewer and sewer lateral. Grouping of more than
one improved property on one building sewer or sewer lateral shall
not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good
sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special
permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured and
subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed
by the Township.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. 2011-12, 10/6/2011]
1.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building sewer or sewer lateral, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joining, testing and back-filling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, with amendments [Chapter 5, Part 1], and other applicable rules and regulations of the Township. In the absence of the code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF manuals of practice shall apply.
2.
The connection of the building sewer to the sewer lateral shall be
made with an approved gas-tight and water-tight joint or connection,
designed for the intended use or pressure, as required by testing.
4.
All sewer lateral connections to the public sewer for locations at
which branch fittings were not installed shall be made by means of
an approved saddle fitting, which shall be secured to the public sewer
in such a way as to provide a watertight connection.
5.
The owner of any improved property shall maintain and repair the
building drain and building sewer at his own expense and shall remove
all trees, tree roots and other obstructions to the building drain
and the building sewer.
6.
Where existing building sewers and sewer laterals connected to a
public sanitary sewer are to be abandoned by reason of demolition
of buildings and structures or for any other reason, the building
sewers and sewer laterals shall be disconnected and permanently sealed
at the curb line or at the public sewer as directed by the Plumbing
Inspector.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-04, 10/1/2020]
All costs and expenses of construction of a building drain,
building sewer and sewer lateral and all costs and expenses of connection
of same to a sewer, including testing, shall be borne by the owner
of the improved property to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify
and save harmless the Township from all loss or damage which may be
occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of construction or
connection of a building sewer or sewer lateral to a sewer.
[Ord. 1985-7, 10/17/1985; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-04, 10/1/2020]
If the owner of any improved property located in this Township
and accessible to and whose principal building is within 150 feet
from the sewerage system, after 60 days' notice from the Township,
in accordance with this Part, shall fail to connect such improved
property, as required, the Township may make such connection and may
collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof. In such case,
the Township shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an
itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to
the owner of the improved property to which connection has been so
made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of neglect or
refusal by the owner of such improved property to pay said bill, the
Township shall file a municipal lien for said construction within
six months of the date of the completion of the construction of said
connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general
law provided for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.
