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[Adopted 1-4-1995 by Ord. No. 222]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as
follows:
- BOROUGH
- The Borough of Stockertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision, acting by and through its Borough Council
or in appropriate case, by and through its authorized representatives.
- BUILDING SEWER
- The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
starting from a point three feet outside of the outer walls of the
structured building to the lateral of a sewer system.
- IMPROVED PROPERTY
- Any property located within the Borough upon which there
is an erected structure (occupied building) intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy, for any purpose whatsoever by human
beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or
industrial waste shall be or may be discharged.
- INDUSTRIAL WASTE
- Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, or form of energy
ejected or escaping the course of any industrial, manufacturing, or
trade or business process or in the course of development, recovery,
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
- LATERAL
- That part of the sewer system extending from the sewer to
the curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line,
or if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of or place in the sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
- OCCUPIED BUILDING
- Each single dwelling unit, household unit, flat or apartment
unit, store, shop, office, business or industrial unit, or family
unit contained within any structure which is located upon any parcel
of land within 150 feet from the sewer system, and intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals,
and from which structure sanitary sewage is, or may be, discharged.
[Amended 9-6-1995 by Ord. No. 225]
- OWNER
- Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
- PERSON
- Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation, or other group or entity.
- SANITARY SEWAGE
- Normal water-carried household and toilet waste discharged
from any improved property.
- SEWER
- Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
- SEWER SYSTEM
- All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating, and/or disposing sanitary sewage
and/or industrial waste, situate in the Borough.
- STREET or HIGHWAY
- Includes any highway, street, road, lane, alley, court or
public square.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into
or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or the sewer system,
without first making application for and securing a permit for plumbing
and drainage work, in writing, from this Borough.
Application for permit required under § 191-22 shall
be made by the owner of the improved property to be served or his
duly authorized agent. No permit shall issue until the applicant submits
a permit inspection fee in an amount as set from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council.
No person shall make or cause to be made a connection of any
improved property with a sewer until such person shall have fulfilled
each of the following conditions:
A. Such person shall have notified the Borough Secretary or designee
of the desire and intention to connect such improved property to the
sewer system.
B. Such person shall have applied for and obtained a permit as required
by § 191-22.
C. Such person shall have given the Borough Secretary or designee at
least 24 hours' notice of the time when such connection will be made
so that the Borough may inspect the work of connection and necessary
testing.
D. Such person shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Borough Secretary
or designee that any tapping fee charged and imposed by the Borough
against the owner of each occupied building who connects such improved
property to the sewer system has been paid.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each occupied
building shall be connected separately and independently to the sewer
system through a building sewer. Grouping of more than one occupied
building on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under
special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good
cause shown, and then only after special permission of this Borough,
in writing, shall have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations,
and conditions as may be prescribed by this Borough. Where more than
one occupied building, as herein before defined, is contained in a
separate structure, single common connection to the lateral of the
sewer system may be permitted for accommodating all units contained
in such structure, except that separate connections shall be required
for each semidetached or row-type house or structure.
All costs and expenses of construction of a building sewer and
all costs and expenses of connection of a building sewer to the sewer
system shall be borne by the owner of the improved property to be
connected; and such owner shall indemnify and save this Borough from
all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of construction of a building sewer or of connection of
a building sewer to the sewer system.
Property owners shall be permitted to dig their own ditches
and engage in plumbing inside the walls of structures on their own
property only, subject to inspection and approval by the Plumbing
Inspector, except that only a plumber or plumbing firm holding a registered
plumber's license issued by the Borough will be permitted to
install a building sewer extending from a point three feet outside
of the outer walls of the structure (building) which connects to sewer
system.
A. No person
other than a registered master plumber, as herein provided, shall
be permitted to make sewage connections as defined herein unless he
or she has first secured a license or certificate, been registered
in the Office of the Borough, and provided verification of workers'
compensation coverage (if applicable) and liability insurance in a
minimum amount of $500,000.
B. Any master
or journeyman plumber, registered with the City of Easton, City of
Bethlehem, or City of Allentown, may, upon presentation of his or
her credentials to the Borough, be registered to work in the Borough
for one calendar year, upon payment to the Borough of a registration
fee
C. Any master
plumber, not registered with the aforementioned municipalities, may,
upon presentation of credentials to the Borough, be registered to
work in the Borough upon payment to the Borough of a registration
fee in an amount as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough
Council.
A. A building sewer shall be connected to the sewer system at the place
designated by this Borough where the lateral is provided. The building
sewer construction shall be in compliance with the sewer building
drain detail attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit A and
the standards set forth in Exhibit B.
B. The invert T of a building sewer at the point of connection to the
sewer system (lateral) shall be at the same or higher elevation than
the invert of the sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made and the
connection of the building sewer to the lateral shall be made secure
and watertight.
Where an improved property, at the time connection to the sewer
system is required, shall be served by its own sewage disposal system
or device, the existing house sewer line shall be broken within three
feet of the outside wall of the structure of such sewage disposal
system or device, and attachment shall be made, with proper fittings,
to continue such house sewer line as a building sewer.
No building sewer shall be covered until it has been inspected
and approved by this Borough. If any part of the building sewer is
covered before so being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered
for inspection at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved
property to be connected to the sewer system.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained
in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved
property.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks, and all other public property disturbed
in the course of installation of a building sewer shall be restored,
at the cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being
connected, in a manner satisfactory to this Borough.
The Borough Council is hereby authorized and directed to appoint
a competent person as Plumbing Inspector, and fix the salary thereof,
whose duties shall be to inspect all sewage connections, in conformity
with the provisions of this article and such rules and regulations
as may from time to time be adopted by Borough Council.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of notice from
this Borough, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory conditions
with respect to a building sewer, within 60 days from receipt of such
notice, this Borough may refuse to permit such person to discharge
sanitary sewage into the sewage system until such unsatisfactory condition
shall be remedied to the satisfaction of this Borough.
This Borough reserves the right to adopt, from time to time,
additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper
relating to connections with the sewer and the sewer system, which
additional rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall
be, and shall be construed as, a part of this article.
A. Any person
who shall violate this article shall be liable, upon conviction for
a first violation and for each subsequent violation, to a fine of
not more than $1,000, together with costs of prosecution in each case,
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day that a violation shall continue
shall be deemed and shall be taken to be a separate offense and shall
be punishable as such.
B. Fines
and costs imposed under provisions of this article shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
It is declared that the enactment of this article is necessary
for the protection, benefit, and preservation of the health, safety,
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Borough.
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