The following shall apply to tapping fees:
(1) Any borough may, by ordinance, provide for charging a tapping fee if the owner of any property connects the property with a sanitary sewer system constructed or acquired by the borough if the tapping fee is calculated in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607 (relating to purposes and powers). The tapping fee shall be in addition to any charges assessed and collected against the property in the construction or acquisition of the sanitary sewer by the borough.
(2) If a sanitary sewer system or any part or extension of a sanitary sewer system owned by a borough has been constructed by the borough at the expense of a private person or corporation or has been constructed by a private person or corporation under the supervision of the borough at the expense of the private person or corporation, the borough shall have the right to charge a tapping fee calculated in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607 and refund the tapping fee or any part of the fee to the person or corporation who has paid for the construction of the sanitary sewer system or any part or extension of the sanitary sewer system in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607. The total of the refunds shall never exceed the cost of the system or any part or extension of the system to the person or corporation paying for the construction of the system or any part or extension of the system.
(3) Where the property connected or to be connected with the sanitary sewer system of the borough is not equipped with a water meter, the borough may install a meter at its own cost and expense. If the property is supplied with water from the facilities of a public water supply agency, the borough shall not install a meter without the consent and approval of the public water supply agency.
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