(A) Any person selling real estate (including the subdivision of property in which an existing structure is located) located within the Borough of Grove City shall make application on a form furnished by the Borough of Grove City at least 14 days before the date of sale. The applicant shall then have a plumber, who has completed all required elements of the Borough of Grove City sewer lateral inspection standards as set by resolution of Borough Council, televise and/or dye test all elements of the sewer drainage system on the property to be sold (or subdivided), meeting all requirements of the Grove City sewer lateral inspection standards. The plumber shall notify the borough at least two working days before the test is made so that the borough may witness the test if they desire. The borough shall have the right to approve the test as performed and/or to require that additional tests be made.
(B) The plumber shall complete the appropriate portions of the form after completing the test and certify that test has been completed to all established standards. The plumber shall then provide the required form, application fee as set by resolution of the Borough of Grove City Council, and media containing a recording of the test to the Borough of Grove City for review.
(C) In the event that there are no illegal stormwater or surface water connections, there are no structural and/or maintenance defect(s) requiring repair and the existing drainage system is sound, the Borough of Grove City shall issue a document of certification. This document of certification shall be good for a period of three years.
(D) From the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, new construction shall be deemed compliant for a period of three years from the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. After the three-year period has expired, they shall be required to follow all elements of this chapter.
(E) When an illegal stormwater or surface water connection, structural and/or maintenance defect(s) requiring repair or malfunctioning drainage system is discovered by the means of the above-mentioned testing, no document of certification will be issued until the illegal connection/malfunctioning drainage system is removed/repaired, the system is retested and certification of such removal/repair by a plumber is received. The borough application fee shall be retained even if the property fails its inspection. Furthermore, properties that require retesting shall be subject to a fee (as set forth by Borough Council resolution) for said retest.
(F) It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to repair or replace all defective lateral sewer pipe to the point of connection to a sewer maintained by the borough.
(G) In instances where the property owner's lateral connects to a lateral sewer not maintained by the borough and used by other property owners, then, absent an agreement to the contrary, each property owner shall be responsible for repairing or replacing the shared sewer lateral in proportion to the number of properties using the section(s) being replaced. In the event that any of the other property owners using the shared lateral being repaired or replaced under the provisions of this subchapter are unwilling or unable to pay their share of the costs, the borough may, but is not required to, pay their share of the costs and collect the costs by civil action or under the Municipal Claims and Lien Law.
(Ord. 1492, passed 8-21-2023) Penalty, see § 53.999