Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Each single dwelling unit, household unit, flat or apartment
unit, store, shop, office, business, commercial or industrial unit,
or family unit contained within any structure, erected and intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, or either thereof, is or may be discharged, located in the
Township.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which is part of the sewer system and which carries
sanitary sewage and/or treated industrial wastes and to which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing
plants, processing plants, commercial establishments, or other places
in which such wastes are produced, together with such groundwater,
surface water, stormwater or other water as may be present.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Uwchlan, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
An engineer employed or appointed by the Township or an authorized
member of his staff.
[Amended 12-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-05]
[Added 4-12-1982 by Ord. No. 82-02]
A. No person shall uncover, shall connect with, shall
make any opening into or shall use, shall alter or shall disturb,
in any manner, any sewer or any part of the sewer system without first
obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Township.
B. No person shall open or enter into any manhole, pumping
station, metering chamber, or other structure of the sewer system
or enter into such facility without first having obtained the approval
of the Township Sanitation Superintendent or his authorized representative.
C. Any person who intends to open any manhole, pumping
station, or metering chamber or who intends to open or excavate around
any portion of the sewer system must first satisfy the Township Sanitation
Superintendent or his authorized representative that adequate protective
measures and procedures will be employed.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized
employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and bearing proper
identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for
the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and
testing, in accordance with the provisions of this article.