(A) Each owner of any building within the borough and Authority’s service area located on property abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way in which a sewer main has been provided by the Authority, and where any pan of a building wherein wastewater is generated is within 150 feet of the sewer main, at his or her own expense, shall connect the building to the sanitary sewer system in accordance with the Rules and Regulations within six months after the date of official written notice to do so from the borough, unless otherwise approved in writing by the borough.
(B) Each owner of any building within the borough and Authority’s service area, already connected to the sanitary sewer system and for which a new sewer main has been provided by the Authority, at his or her own expense, shall connect the building to the new sanitary sewer system in accordance with the Rules and Regulations within six months after the date of official written notice to do so from the borough, unless otherwise approved in writing by the borough.
(C) In the event any owner refuses or neglects to connect within the six-month period, he or she shall be deemed to be in violation of the authority of the Rules and Regulations and this subchapter.
(D) Failure to connect or reconnect to the sanitary sewer system within the six-month time frame shall be deemed a violation of the Rules and Regulations. In such circumstances, the borough may take one or more of the following enforcement actions:
(1) The borough and/or Authority may file a civil action in order to enforce the penalty in § 52.99(B);
(2) The borough may discontinue water service to the property; and/or
(3) The borough and/or Authority may enter the property to install a properly functioning sewer lateral and collect the cost of such correction(s) plus 10% of all costs.
(E) Any owner that fails or neglects to connect to the sanitary sewer system shall nonetheless be assessed all ongoing service charges that would otherwise have been payable had the owner connected, as required by the Rules and Regulations. The payment of service charges shall not relieve the owner of the requirement to connect.
(Ord. 2022-03, passed 3-7-2022) Penalty, see § 52.99