[Adopted 12-6-1982 by Ord. No. A-822 as Ch. 18, Part 1, of the 1982 Code]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Kane whose property abuts upon any accessible public sanitary sewer presently in existence or to be constructed in the future shall connect, at its own cost, the house, building or other structures located on said property with the aforementioned public sanitary sewers for the purpose of disposing of all acceptable sanitary sewage emanating from said property.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupier of any property in the Borough of Kane abutting upon any public sanitary sewer to employ any means, either by septic tank, cesspool, privy vault, mine hole or otherwise, for the disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage other than into and through said public sanitary sewers.
Where any house, building or structure in the borough abutting any public sanitary sewer is now or hereafter may be using any method for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than through said public sanitary sewers, it shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or such other person as shall be authorized by the Borough Council to notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such structure, in writing, either by personal service, certified mail or registered mail, to disconnect the same and make proper connection for the discharge and disposal of all acceptable sanitary sewage through said public sanitary sewers, as herein provided, within 45 days after receipt of such notice.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for human excrement shall at the present time or at any time hereafter be connected with the aforesaid public sanitary sewers.
[Amended 7-6-1993 by Ord. No. A-890]
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made any connection with any of the aforementioned public sanitary sewers , or any such sewers hereafter constructed, until he has made proper application and received a permit therefor from the borough, and has paid such permit fee as may from time to time be established by Council.
The construction of all building sewer lines or house service sewers shall be done in accordance with the specifications, plans and procedures established by the borough, as the same may from time to time published and amended, copies of which shall be placed on file with the Borough Secretary.
If the owner or owners of any occupied houses, buildings or structures in the borough shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article or the written notice as prescribed in § 205-3 hereof, the borough may perform or cause to be performed such work and labor, and furnish or cause to be furnished such material as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this article at the cost and expense of such owner or owners, together with 10% additional thereof and all charges and expenses incidental thereto, which sum shall be collected from said owner or owners for the use of the borough as debts are by law collectible, or said borough may, by its proper officer, file a municipal claim or lien therefor against said premises as provided by law.
A. 
Normal domestic sewage shall be those wastes having a suspended solids content of less than 250 ppm, a chlorine demand not to exceed 50 ppm, and a five-day, 20º centigrade, BOD of 250 ppm or less.
B. 
"Acceptable sanitary sewage" is defined as that sewage or industrial waste which shall not:
(1) 
Have a temperature higher than 100º F.;
(2) 
Contain more than 120 ppm by weight of tar, oil or grease;
(3) 
Contain any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other inflammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases;
(4) 
Contain any garbage which has not been ground up by household type or other suitable garbage grinders;
(5) 
Contain any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood paunch manure, cotton, wool, or other fibers, or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing interference with the proper operation of the sewer system;
(6) 
Have a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0, or have any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewer system;
(7) 
Contain concentrations of chemical substances in excess of the following:
Type
Amount
Phenol compounds
1 ppm
Cyanedes (CN)
1 ppm
Cyanates (CNO)
10 ppm
Iron (Fe)
5 ppm
Trivalent Chromium
3 ppm
Hexavalent Chromium
0.5 ppm
Nickel (Ni)
3 ppm
Copper (Cu)
2 ppm
Zinc (Zn)
2 ppm
(8) 
Contain noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating a public nuisance.
C. 
The Borough reserves the right to refuse permission to connect, to compel discontinuance of use, or to compel pretreatment of industrial wastes or unacceptable sanitary sewage in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful or to have a deleterious effect upon any portion of the sanitary sewer system and treatment facilities. The Borough also reserves the right to require any users having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install acceptable regulating devices for equalizing waste flows at the user's expense. The Borough's representatives shall have access at all reasonable times to all premises in the Borough to inspect and test any meters used for establishing or determining water consumption, water excluded from the sewer system, and sewage or waste waters discharged to the sewer system from said premises.
In addition to any penalty hereinabove prescribed, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $300, or be sentenced to undergo imprisonment of not more than 30 days in the county jail.