(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge directly or indirectly into the public sewer or into any private sewer or drain emptying into the sewer system, any non-domestic industrial, commercial or other waste, except upon the issuance of a permit therefor by the borough and upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the borough in the issuance of such a permit.
(B) Terms and conditions as may be required by the borough in the issuance of a permit are as follows:
(1) A limitation upon the volume and/or concentration of waste and the rate of flow permitted from the premises;
(2) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his or her own expense, of facilities or equipment for intermittent or continuous measurement of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes discharged into the sewer system from such premises;
(3) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his or her own expense, of detention tanks or other facilities or equipment for reducing the maximum rates of discharge of sewage to such a percentage of the 24-hour rate as may be required by the borough;
(4) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his or her own expense, of such preliminary treatment facilities as may be required by the borough;
(5) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his or her own expense, of a suitable control manhole in any building sewer carrying such sewage;
(6) (a) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his or her own expense, of grease, oil and grit interceptors or traps that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any inflammable waste, and other harmful ingredients except such interceptors or traps shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units; and
(b) All interceptors or traps shall be of an approved type and capacity and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(7) The submission to and approval by the borough of the plans for any of the facilities or equipment required to be installed and maintained by the permittee;
(9) Such terms and conditions may also provide that subsequent to the commencement of operation of any preliminary treatment facilities, periodic reports shall be made by the permittee to the borough setting forth adequate data upon which the acceptability of the sewage, industrial waste or other wastes, after treatment, may be determined; and
(10) A violation by the permittee of any terms or conditions of the permit shall constitute cause for revocation or suspension of the permit.
(C) (1) Filing of an industrial/commercial waste questionnaire: all applicants for a permit to discharge sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the sewer system shall fill out and file with the borough an industrial/commercial wastes questionnaire as a prerequisite for the consideration of such a permit. The following is a partial listing of information to be furnished by the applicant for a permit:
(a) Details of production, number of employees, water consumption and usage, waste disposal facilities, and other pertinent data to enable the borough to properly determine the nature of the waste being discharged;
(b) Plan of the property showing accurately all sewers, drains and house sewer connections; and
(c) Laboratory and/or field determinations of the characteristics of the sewage, industrial waste or other wastes discharged to the sewer system.
(2) Such information shall be obtained and filed with the borough at the expense of the applicant, and when the applicant has neither the facilities nor professional personnel to properly perform these determinations, he or she shall have the determinations performed and attested to by a person or agency of recognized professional standing.
(3) The samples of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes for which a laboratory and/or field determination is to be made shall be taken in accordance with the direction of the borough and/or as shown on the industrial/ commercial waste questionnaire.
(1980 Code, Ch. 20, Part 4, § 77) (Ord. 940, passed 8-4-1972, Rules and Regulations, § 4) Penalty, see § 53.999