8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 20 - Sanitary Sewers

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Laying Out, Construction and Operation of Sanitary Sewers and Construction of Sewage Treatment Works

• Section 2000 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 2001 - Power To Lay Out And Construct
  (a) General rule.-- (1) Upon enactment of an ordinance, boroughs may lay out and construct sanitary sewers and branches of sanitary sewers in streets...
• Section 2002 - Assessments
  Assessments, whether based according to benefits conferred or by the front foot basis, and assessment awards, if any, shall be calculated pursuant to Chapter...
• Section 2003 - (Reserved)
• Section 2004 - (Reserved)
• Section 2005 - (Reserved)
• Section 2006 - (Reserved)
• Section 2007 - (Reserved)
• Section 2008 - (Reserved)
• Section 2009 - Extensions Beyond Borough Limits And Eminent Domain
  The borough may extend the necessary sewer mains, pipes and outlets beyond the limits of the borough to a point where the sewage is...
• Section 2010 - Notice Of Certain Ordinances
  No ordinance for any construction of sewers or treatment works beyond the limits of the borough shall be enacted until notice of the ordinance...
• Section 2011 - (Reserved)
• Section 2012 - Unlawful To Build Within Right-of-way Of Sanitary Sewers
  It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any building or make any improvement within the right-of-way of any sanitary sewer after due...
• Section 2013 - Opening Sanitary Sewers
  (a) General rule.--A proceeding to open a sanitary sewer shall be void if a borough: (1) lays out any sanitary sewer over or under...

Subchapter B.  Joint Sanitary Sewers

• Section 2021 - Joint Sanitary Sewer Systems
  (a) General rule.--Pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation), boroughs may contract with other municipal corporations providing for the...
• Section 2022 - (Reserved)
• Section 2023 - Connections With Sanitary Sewers Of Adjacent Municipalities
  A borough may connect with an existing sanitary sewer, owned by an adjacent municipality, for sewerage purposes in the manner prescribed in sections 2024...
• Section 2024 - Applications To Court
  If a borough desires to connect with the existing sanitary sewer of an adjacent municipality and no agreement, either upon the basis of a...
• Section 2025 - Appointment Of Viewers
  If the court determines that the connection can be made without impairing the usefulness of the existing sanitary sewer, it shall appoint three viewers...
• Section 2026 - Report Of Viewers And Appeals To Court
  The viewers shall report to the court the result of their investigation. The report shall be confirmed within 30 days unless exceptions are filed....

Subchapter C.  Power to Supply Sewerage Service Outside Borough Limits (Reserved)
Subchapter D.  Acquisition of Community Collection or Disposal Systems

• Section 2040 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 2041 - (Reserved)
• Section 2041.1 - Power To Acquire Community Sewage Collection Or Disposal Systems
  (a) General rule.--A borough may, by ordinance, acquire ownership of a community sewage collection or disposal system by purchase or by the exercise of...
• Section 2042 - (Reserved)
• Section 2043 - Community Sewage Collection Or Disposal Systems
  (a) General rule.--After a community sewage collection or disposal system has been acquired under this subchapter by the borough, the council shall have the...

Subchapter E.  Connection and Use of Sanitary Sewers

• Section 2051 - Ordinances To Require Sanitary Sewer Connections
  A borough may, by ordinance, require any owner of property benefited, improved or accommodated by a sanitary sewer to make connections with the sanitary...
• Section 2052 - (Reserved)
• Section 2053 - Tapping Fees
  The following shall apply to tapping fees: (1) Any borough may, by ordinance, provide for charging a tapping fee if the owner of any...
• Section 2054 - (Reserved)

Subchapter F.  Monthly, Quarterly or Annual Rentals

• Section 2061 - Ordinance For Monthly, Quarterly Or Annual Rental
  If a borough constructs any sanitary sewer, sewer system or sewage treatment works or acquires, wholly or partially, the same at public expense, as...
• Section 2062 - Rental Amount
  (a) Included amounts.--The monthly, quarterly or annual rental may include: (1) The amount expended monthly, quarterly or annually by the borough in maintenance, repair,...
• Section 2063 - Collection Of Rental
  (a) General rule.--The monthly, quarterly or annual rental or charge or the fixed sum shall be authorized and collected as provided by general ordinances...
• Section 2064 - (Reserved)

Last modified: October 8, 2016