[Adopted 5-21-1951 by Ord. No. 114]
The owner or owners of lots of ground within the Borough of Churchill having buildings erected thereon and fronting or abutting on or adjoining any street, roadway, thoroughfare or right-of-way of this Borough in which a sanitary sewer line shall be constructed, laid and made available for use, shall connect the buildings erected to such sanitary sewer line at the proper cost of the owner for the disposal of all sanitary sewage from such buildings, within 90 days from the date of the completion of the construction of such sanitary sewer line by this Borough.
No connection shall be made to any sanitary sewer line of this Borough without first securing from this Borough a permit authorizing such connection to be made. Applications for such permits shall be made to the Borough Manager on forms to be prepared and provided by the Borough Manager.
The pipe used for connecting any building to the sanitary sewer line shall be not fewer than six inches in diameter and shall bypass any septic tank on the property. No such connection shall run through or over any septic tanks on the property. No connection shall be covered until the same shall have been inspected and approved by the Borough Manager. A house trap and vent shall be furnished. The trap shall be on the outside of the buildings and approximately five feet therefrom. The top of the vent shall be not fewer than four inches above the existing grade of the property.
Only sanitary sewage shall be permitted to drain into the sanitary sewer lines of this Borough. No storm or surface water nor any inflammable or volatile liquids shall be emptied into or permitted to enter the sanitary sewers of the Borough and no connection shall be made and no apparatuses shall be constructed which shall be intended for or shall render possible such entry.
[Amended 7-12-1955 by Ord. No. 178]
No permit shall be granted for a sanitary sewer connection as provided herein, unless and until the assessment for the main sanitary sewer line against the property for which the permit is requested or the charge fixed and established for tapping or draining into such main sanitary sewer by ordinance of this Borough, now in effect or hereafter enacted, has been paid in full; and if such assessment or charge has not been levied or fixed at the time of application for such permit, there shall be required the payment of the assessment or charge as estimated by the Borough Engineer or by such officer or employee as Council of the Borough of Churchill shall designate, which estimated assessment or charge shall be subject to additional payment or refund when the amount of such assessment or charge is finally determined.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any owner or owners, to dispose of sanitary sewage from any building on his or their property in this Borough by means of a septic tank where such property fronts or abuts on or adjoins any street, roadway, thoroughfare or right-of-way of this Borough in which there is a sanitary sewer line which has been made available for connection and use for a period of more than 90 days.
[Amended 3-10-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall for each offense and each separate violation be subject to the payment of a fine of not more than $600, plus costs, upon conviction therefor before the District Justice of this Borough and, in default thereof, may be imprisoned for a period of not more 30 days. Each day any such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Further, for any violation of any provisions of this ordinance, the Borough Manager shall be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be disconnected any such unlawful sewer connection made or to disconnect any sewer through which stormwater or surface water or waste matter other than sanitary sewer is permitted to drain into the sanitary sewer line of this Borough.