[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall make any
opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb, in any manner,
any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first obtaining
a permit, in writing, from this Borough.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
Application for a permit required under § 18-451 shall be made by the owner of the improved property served or to be served or by the duly authorized agent of such owner.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012; as amended by Ord.
1-2016, 3/14/2016]
Any owner or person seeking to make a new connection or tapping
into the sewer system shall pay a connection fee of $1,500 per lateral
to the Borough.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
No person shall make or shall cause to be made a connection
of any improved property with a sewer until such person shall have
fulfilled each of the following conditions:
1.
Such person shall have notified the Borough Manager or other designated
representative of this Borough of the desire and intention to connect
such improved property to a sewer;
3.
Such person shall have given the Borough Manager or other designated
representative of this Borough at least 48 hours' notice of the
time when such connection will be made so that this Borough may supervise
and inspect or may cause to be supervised and inspected the work of
connection and necessary testing; and
4.
If applicable, such person shall have furnished satisfactory evidence
to the Borough Manager or other designated representative of this
Borough that the connection fee and any other applicable fee or charge
that may be charged and imposed by this Borough against the owner
of each improved property who connects such improved property to a
sewer, has been paid.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each improved
property shall be connected separately and independently with a sewer
through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one improved property
on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special
circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown,
but then only after special permission of this Borough, in writing,
shall have been secured and only subject to such rules, regulations
and conditions as may be prescribed by this Borough.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
All costs and expenses of acquisition, construction, operation
and maintenance of a building sewer and of the lateral serving any
improved property shall be borne by the owner of the improved property
served thereby, unless otherwise provided by this Borough. All costs
and expenses of connection of a building sewer to a lateral, and connection
of a lateral to a sewer, including such costs and expenses of acquiring,
installing, operating and maintaining a grinder pump or similar apparatus
approved by the Borough, shall be borne by the owner of the improved
property so connected, unless otherwise provided by this Borough.
Each such owner shall indemnify and shall save harmless this Borough
from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of construction, connection, operation or use of a building
sewer or of a lateral.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
1.
A building sewer and the appropriate lateral shall be connected to
a sewer at the location designated by this Borough. If this Borough
furnishes the lateral, the building sewer shall be connected to the
sewer at the place where the lateral is located. The owner of each
improved property shall provide this Borough any information requested
pertaining to the existing or proposed location of a building sewer
and of the lateral.
2.
The invert of a building sewer at the point of connection shall be
at the same or a higher elevation (unless a grinder pump is required
as part of the building sewer) than the invert of the sewer. A smooth,
neat joint shall be made and the connection of a building sewer and
lateral, or other designated point of connection, shall be made secure
and watertight.
[Ord. 2012-1, 3/12/2012]
If the owner of any improved property located within this Borough
which is adjoining or adjacent to or whose principal building is within
150 feet from any part of the sewer system, after 60 days' notice
from this Borough, either by personal service or by registered mail,
requiring the connection of such improved property with a sewer, in
accordance with this article, shall fail to connect such improved
property and use the sewer system, as required, this Borough may enter
upon such improved property and construct such connection and may
collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof in the manner
permitted by law and may seek any other remedies contained herein.
