Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-02
AN ORDINANCE


OUCH OF DANVILLE, MON.
{ TOUR COUNTY, PENNSYL-
VANIA, TO MAKE PROPER
CONNECTIONS WITH AND USE
ALL SEWERS CONSTRUCTED
BY THE SAID BOROUGH, PRO
VII ING FOR THE METHOD OF
MAKING SUCH CONNECTIONS
PRESCRIBING THE MANNER
OF THE USE OF SUCH SEWERS
AND REGULATING THE
CHARGES THEREFOR, RE-
SPECTIVELY, AND FOR 9TH
Err PURPOSES.
Be it ordained and enacted by the
! Chief Burgess, and by the Town Coun-
Gil OF the Borough Of Danville, N the
! County Of Montour and State of Penn
! syIvania, in Council assembled, and
. it is hereby ordained and enacted by
! the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION /. That all sewers CON
structed by the said Borough of Dan
Vile be and the same are hereby de.
{ clared to be open for public use and
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SECTION 2. That each and every
owner of property in the said EOrough h
of Danville abutting on or adjoining
any street or alley in which are any
one of tie said public sewers thus con.
stracted are hereby required to make
at his, her. its, or their own sole cost
and expense uniform aud proper con.
Dection with such respective and pro
per sewer within the period Of three
months from the date of the service of
written notice from the Secretary of
the said Borough Of Danville of the
enactment of this ordinance requiring
such connection to be thus made, aud
that upon the failure or refusal of each
and every such owner or owners to
thus make such connection then and in
that event the said Borough of Dan
vile shall thereafter make such con-
nection aud shall collect all cost there.
of from such owner or owners as other
debts due TO the said Borough are by
law Collectable.
SECTION 3. That each and every
owner of property in the same respec-
tive locality f the said Borough of
Danville bat whose said property does
not thus abut or adjoin any such street
Jr alley in which are any one OF the
said public sewers as aforesaid, shall
also have the right and privilege to
thus make connection with aud use
such respective and proper sewer un-
der the same regu latlons, upon the
same conditions aud at the same prices
IespeGtively,as rs those whose properties
thus abut on or adjoin such streets
and alleys as aforesaid and which said
regulations, conditions and prices,
respectively. are hereinafter more
specifically SIT forth
SECTION 1 That the manner and
regulations. relative 10 all such con-
nectIons shall be uniform throughout
and that all of such connections shall
be thus made under the sole superviS-
ion and d rection of the Committee of
the said Town Council on Sewers III
conjunction with the superintendent
of the Water Works of the said Bor-
ough of Danville. out of such materi-
ais, in such manner, at such place
and places only and i'll strict accord
ance with such orders and speCifica.
tions as the said Committee on Sewers
shall require, designate and provide,
and that III the proper making of all
such connections the following specific
and Uniform regulations shall obtain
and prevail:
SECTION s. That the following
regulations shall govern the planning
of all house connections with all of
the said sewers:
/. That all such connections with
the said respective and proper sewer
shall be made by the use of glazed or
vltrlhed, terra Gotta pipes of adequate
dimension and capacity, properly joint
ed, ventilated I"d tapped. acce ssib BILE
for eonVenl' MT ms >peCtlOn throughout |
and lad below the reach of frost
2. That every sink drain shall have |
a proper and sufficient grease trap.
3. TEat a.! water r-ClOsets, bath tubs, !
wash basins and n j other like appoint |
ments AMI IeCcptu les shall be drained |
into the said respective and proper |
sewer i'll accordance with all modem, |
sanitary requirements, and shall be |
come ctod with fresh water
supplies sufficient TO thoroughly flush !
the same at anv and all times
SECTION 6. That all drains from
breweries, factories, mills, slaughter
houses. laundries and other like es-
shall be properly con.
nected with the said respective and
proper sewer through glazed or vitrif-
ed terra Gotta pipes for the conveyance
Of sewage matter and waste water
heretrom, but in all connections with
such breweries. factories, mill slaugh-
ter houses, laundries and other like
establishments the owner or owners,
operator or operators thereof, re,pec.
lively. shall provide suitable and de-
fectlve traps or catch basins for ar
resting grease, or any other substance
which has tendency to adhere to,
'ettle in, or clog, the pipes of the said
respective and proper sewer.
SECTION Z. That like connections
nay be made with the said respective
and proper sewer for the draining of
lrlvy vaults, CeSsEOols and cellars hut
All such connections must be properly
and trapped so as TO prevent
he escape of sewer gas or Of deleter-
ous or offensive odors
SECTION s That the placing and
connection of all soil and water piI es
hall be rs direct as the circumstances
Will properly permit and IN such a ,
manner that they can be the most
eadily examined and repaired
SECTION 9 That il shall To nm.
awful for any person or persons, firm.
ompany or corporation to throw or I
eposlt. or cause or permit to lie
brown or deposited in any vessel or
sceptacie thus connected with the