§ 346-18. Permits to make connections.

A. 

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 obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Authority, as agent for the Borough.

B. 

Application to the Authority for a permit required under this section shall be made by the owner of the property to be served, in such form as may be prescribed by the Authority. The application shall be accompanied by the required connection charge and necessary tapping fee, imposed by the Borough Council.

C. 

No person other than the Borough, the Authority, or their agents, shall make or cause to be made the connection of any property with a lateral sewer until such person shall have fulfilled each of the following conditions:

(1) 

Such person shall have notified the Borough of the desire and intention to connect to a lateral sewer;

(2) 

Such person shall apply for and obtain a permit as required by this section;

(3) 

Such person shall have given the Borough at least 24 hours' notice of the time when such service line is to be connected and such connection made so that the Borough may inspect the service line and the work of connection and perform necessary testing.

D. 

Payment of the above-mentioned connection charge and necessary tapping fee shall entitle the applicant to have one lateral sewer installed to the curbline of his property, but in no case longer than 50 feet, at the expense of the Authority, including repairing. All additional costs of constructing a longer lateral sewer, and all costs and expenses in connecting such lateral sewer to a service line shall be borne by the owner of the property to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough and the Authority from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly, as a result of the construction which the owner is required to perform.

E. 

Whenever the surface of any public street, sidewalk or cartway is disturbed by the construction of a service line, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant for a connection to obtain necessary permits and permission from the Borough, or highway occupancy permits from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Unless otherwise required, all surfacing materials must be restored in kind, thickness and construction to the satisfaction of the Borough and of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, as the case may be. (See Chapter 390, Streets and Sidewalks, of the Code of the Borough of Walnutport.)

Amended 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2