A.
All persons owning any premises, residential or nonresidential, accessible
to the sewers upon which a building is now erected, or upon which
a building is hereafter constructed, shall immediately, or at the
time of construction, as the case may be, at their own cost and expense,
connect said structure to the sewer system.
B.
In the event of the failure of any person owning any premises to make such connection as required by Subsection A hereof, after 30 days' notice from the Borough to do so, the Borough may make such connection and collect the cost thereof from such person or persons by the filing of a municipal lien or action of assumpsit, as provided by law.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning any occupied building
or premises accessible to the sewer system to erect, construct, use
or maintain, or cause to be erected, constructed, used or maintained,
any privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other receptacle on
such premises for receiving sewage.
Any person who erects, constructs or maintains a privy, cesspool,
septic tank or sinkhole on any property accessible to the sewer system
in violation of this article shall be deemed and declared to be erecting,
constructing and maintaining a nuisance, which nuisance the Borough
is hereby authorized to abate, as provided by law.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning any occupied building or premises accessible to the sewer system to discharge into the sewer system any nondomestic waste, except under rules and regulations which may, from time to time, be adopted by the Borough Council, or any roof or surface waters, exhaust stream, oils, tar, grease, gasoline, benzine or other combustible gases or liquids, garbage or insoluble solids or waste having any of the characteristics defined in § 127-12, General regulations, or any other substance which would impair, impede, interfere with or endanger the sewer system or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever or the function of the processes of sewage treatment.
[Amended 9-18-2018 by Ord. No. 928, approved 9-18-2018]
A.
All users
located within or outside the limits of the Borough of Shippensburg
who connect to the Borough's wastewater treatment system shall comply
with the rules and regulations of the Borough Council or as may be
otherwise required by law.
B.
Service
connections. The maintenance and repair of the service connection
is the sole responsibility of the owner. Service connections shall
be maintained in good condition and any break or malfunction shall
be promptly repaired by the owner. Failure to promptly make repairs
may result in the discontinuance of service.
C.
Access.
Employees or authorized agents of the Borough shall have the right
of access, at all reasonable hours, to property served by the sewer
system for the purpose of reading meters, inspection, measurement,
sampling, testing, or other functions relating to the provision of
sewer service. Failure to provide access may result in discontinuance
of service.
A.
All owners of property, whether residential, industrial or commercial,
making connection with the sewers, sewage system and sewage treatment
works of the Borough of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and all owners
of property who may hereafter connect and have use of said sewerage
system shall pay tapping fees and connection charges, as hereinafter
provided, for the use, whether directly or indirectly, of such sewerage
facilities, based on the following schedule of rates in accordance
with the following classifications.
B.
Additional costs and future connections.
(1)
Tapping fee. There is hereby fixed and imposed upon the owner of
each property making any connection to the sewer system, directly
or indirectly, including those changing the type of use of property
previously connected or connecting one or more new uses of the types
hereinafter referred to through an existing connection, regardless
of whether such property is connected separately or through one or
more existing or new lateral sewer or sewer connections or collection
lines owned by any owner other than the Shippensburg Borough Authority
or the Borough of Shippensburg, a tapping fee of $1,324.22 per equivalent
dwelling unit, or part thereof, according to the Schedule of Equivalent
Dwelling Units, as set forth herein, for each connection within the
Borough of Shippensburg. The imposition of this tapping fee is in
accordance with the Act 57 of 2003 Calculation of Tapping Fee April
2005 study prepared by ARRO Consulting, Inc. Tapping fees shall, hereafter,
not exceed those schedules which shall be adopted, from time to time,
by resolution of the Council of the Borough of Shippensburg, provided
that such fees are based on future studies by the Borough's engineer
and in compliance with current laws.
(2)
Schedule of Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDU).
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Property to be Connected
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EDU Value
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Each private dwelling unit or living unit, including each home,
townhouse, condominium unit or apartment unit
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1 per unit
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Firehouse or municipal building
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1 per connection
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Church
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1 per connection
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Retail store
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1 per 3,000 square feet or part thereof
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Enclosed shopping mall, in lieu of separate calculations for
each retail store or restaurant
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1 per 2,000 square feet or part thereof
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Office, office building or portion of building used for a business
and/or professional offices
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1 per 1,000 square feet or part thereof
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Warehouse, in addition to office space
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1 per 25,000 square feet
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Doctor's office
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1 per 2 examining rooms
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Dentist's office
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1 per 3 dental chairs
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Retail gas station without car washing facilities
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2 per service connection
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Retail gas station with car washing facilities
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3 per service connection
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Hotel or motel, in addition to restaurant or bar:
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Each living unit without kitchen and/or laundry facilities in
unit
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1 per 2.5 rooms
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Each living unit with kitchen and/or laundry facilities in unit
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1 per room
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Restaurant, bar room or other commercial establishment (not
otherwise classified herein) which regularly dispenses food and/or
beverages
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1 per 10 seats
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General hospital
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1 per 1.5 beds
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Rest home or nursing home
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1 per 2.5 beds
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Funeral home
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1 per 2 viewing rooms
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Public/private day school, in accordance with rated capacity
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1 per 15 students, teachers and employees
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Boarding school
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1 per 3 pupils
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Day-care school, in accordance with rated capacity
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1 per 15 students, teachers and employees
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Self-service laundromat
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1 per washing machine
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Theater
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1 per 100 seats
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Bowling alley
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1 per 2 lanes
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Industrial user
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1 per documented Chapter 94 Municipal Wasteload Management Report gallons per day (average daily flow)
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Beauty salon or barbershop
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1 per 3 chairs
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Fraternities/sororities
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1 per 2 bedrooms
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Health and fitness club
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1 per 3,500 square feet or part thereof
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Any use not classified above
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As determined by Borough Council
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(3)
Connection charges. The cost of each connection, including labor
and materials, in additional to the above schedule, shall be paid
by the owner of the property to be served by the Borough of Shippensburg
promptly upon completion of the connection and before service shall
be supplied to the property. The basis for the calculation of the
cost shall be the actual cost to the Borough of Shippensburg for the
labor, materials and equipment included in the installation, plus
overhead expenses calculated at 20%.
A.
The owners of unimproved lands lying within the corporate boundary
of the Borough shall be responsible for the construction of all necessary
sewer collection lines and related improvements and/or facilities
reasonably required to serve said lands.
B.
Said sewer collection lines and related improvements and/or facilities
shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications
provided to the sewer engineer for the Authority and shall not be
earth covered until inspected by the Authority representative or agent
and tested in accordance with a testing schedule provided by the Authority
or its representative or agent.
C.
Upon completion, the sewer collection lines and related improvements
and/or facilities shall be deemed dedicated to the Authority without
further documents; however, the Authority may request formal documents
providing for the grants of easements and rights-of-way.
E.
The developer shall be required to furnish to the Authority upon
completion of the installation of the improvements two sets of as-built
drawings.
