Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT 537 PLAN
The Township's official plan as defined in the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1535,
No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 through 750.20a
("Sewage Facilities Act" or "Act 537").
DEPARTMENT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
GRINDER PUMP
Any electric motor-driven, submersible, centrifugal pump
capable of macerating all material found in normal domestic sanitary
sewage, including reasonable amounts of objects such as plastics,
sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, rubber and the like, to a fine
slurry and pumping this material through a small-diameter discharge.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage
shall or may be discharged.
OFFICIAL PLAN REVISION
A change in the Township's Act 537 Plan to provide for
additional or newly identified future or existing sewage facilities
needs, as defined fully in Section 2 of the Sewage Facilities Act,
35 P.S. § 750.2.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the Township.
QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN
A plumber who is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and possesses adequate insurance as required by the Township.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
or any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation or any substance
that constitutes pollution under the Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1
through 691.1001, as amended.
TOWNSHIP
Thornbury Township and/or its Board of Supervisors.
The connection of existing properties or proposed new land development
to an existing or proposed sewerage system through the use of sewage
grinder pumps, their associated force mains, or low-pressure laterals
shall occur only after an official plan revision to the Township's
Act 537 Plan, approved by both the Township and the Department, designates
that the proposed properties be served by such a connection.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of §
105-62 or
105-63 above shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by the Township by either seeking mitigation of the nuisance or by any appropriate equitable or legal action available.
All rules and regulations adopted by the Township to effectuate
this article shall be in conformity with the provisions herein, all
other ordinances of the Township, and all applicable laws and applicable
rules and regulations of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.