[Adopted 2-8-1965 by Ord.
No. 127 (Ch. 18, Part 1, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances)]
As and when the sewage treatment plant has been sufficiently
completed to enable the Borough to commence treatment of sewage therein
and the sewage collection system or parts thereof are completed so
that sewer service becomes available to property owners, each and
every owner of improved property within the Borough on which sanitary
sewage is generated and abutting on or adjoining any street, alley
or any other public highway in which a sewer of the sewer system is
located, or which is otherwise accessible to such a sewer, shall,
upon written notice from the Borough that sewer service is available
and that connection is required, connect his property with the sewer
system in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough
without delay.
As from time to time sewer service becomes available to additional
properties within the Borough limits by reason of the improvement
of properties abutting on, adjoining or accessible to the sewer system,
or by reason of the construction of extensions to the sewer system,
each and every owner of such additional properties shall likewise,
upon receipt of written notice of the Borough ordering connection,
be required to connect his property with the sewer system without
delay.
If any owner of improved property within the Borough who is required to connect his property with the sewer system by § 237-1 or 237-2 of this article shall fail to connect therewith promptly after written notice from the Borough ordering connection, the Borough shall give such owner 45 days' written notice of this article, and upon the failure of such owner to make the required connection within said forty-five-day period, the Borough may make such connection and collect the cost thereof from such owner by a municipal claim or in an action in assumpsit.
Whenever the Borough shall have given notice to the owners of properties within the Borough limits to connect with the sewer system pursuant to § 237-1 or 237-2, it shall be unlawful for the property owner to operate or use within the Borough a privy, cesspool, vault, septic vault, septic tank or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage upon his property, or to connect any such privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle with the sewer system, or to discharge sewage into any storm sewer or other sewer or outlet other than the sewer system. No owner of any property which abuts on or adjoins any street, alley or other public highway in which a sewer of the sewer system shall at the time be located and ready for service, or which shall at the time be otherwise accessible to such sewer, shall construct or install any privy, cesspool, vault, septic tank or similar receptacle on his property.
No property owner shall discharge or permit to be discharged
into the sewer system any exhaust steam or any oils, tar, grease,
benzene or other combustible gases or liquids, or any garbage (unless
pretreated in an approved manner), offal, insoluble solids or other
dangerous or harmful substances which would adversely affect the functioning
of the sewer system or the processes of sewage treatment. No property
owner shall discharge or permit to be discharged into the sewer system
any roof drainage, surface water, or groundwater or waste from underground
drainage fields.
[Amended 1-8-1968 by Ord.
No. 146; 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 244]
If any owner of property within the Borough shall have failed to connect his property with the sewer system as required by § 237-1 or 237-2 and the Borough shall have given such owner 45 days' written notice of this article pursuant to § 237-3, and if such owner shall have failed within said forty-five-day period to make the required connection, such failure shall be and hereby is declared a violation of this article, and such owner shall, upon conviction before the Magisterial District Judge, forfeit and pay for the use of the Borough a sum not exceeding $1,000 for each 90 days or fraction thereof such violation shall persist, together with costs of prosecution, which sum shall be collected as prescribed in the Borough Code. The sum herein forfeited shall be considered a penalty.
[Amended 1-8-1968 by Ord.
No. 146; 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 244]
If any owner of property within the Borough shall violate § 237-4 or 237-5 of this article he shall, upon conviction thereof by the Magisterial District Judge, forfeit or pay for the use of the Borough a sum not exceeding $1,000 for each 90 days or fraction thereof such violation shall persist, together with costs of prosecution, which sum shall be collected as prescribed in the Borough Code. The sum herein forfeited shall be considered a penalty.
Notices of this article to property owners under § 237-3 may be given either by personal service or by certified mail sent to the last known address of such owner.
