[Adopted 5-14-1974]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any public or private sanitary sewer system or individual sanitary
sewage disposal facility.
Stormwater, cooling water and all other unpolluted
process water or drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are
specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved
by the Borough.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall
injure, break or remove any part of the sewer system, or throw, deposit
or cause to be thrown in any sewer opening, sink, water closet or
other receptacle connecting with the sewer system any fluid or substance
whatever other than household sewage, unless special permission shall
be given by the Borough Council.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public or private sanitary sewer system or
individual sanitary sewage disposal facility:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150º F.
B.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
C.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, wax, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of
the sewage works.
F.
Any waters or wastes having corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel
of the sewage works or sewers.
G.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Borough, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Borough and shall be located as to be readily and
easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes
in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight
and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place,
shall be gastight and watertight.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner at his expense in continuously efficient
operation and subject to inspection at all times.
Where preliminary sewer treatment facilities
are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Borough, the owner of any
property served by a sewer lateral carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the house service connection
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located,
and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the
Borough. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense
and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at
all times. In the event that any materials or fluids of any kind are
discharged into the sewer system that are liable to injure, damage
or obstruct the system, and the owner shall fail to correct the condition
within three days after notice thereof, then and in that event the
Borough may cut off the sewer connection and prevent the discharge
into the system.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes shall be determined in accordance
with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," and
shall be determined at the control manhole, or upon suitable samples
taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole
has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the
downstream manhole in the street sewer nearest to the point at which
the sewer lateral is connected.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the Borough and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste
of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Borough for
treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
Any person violating or failing to comply with
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,250, imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days or a period of community service not
to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of
the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.
