[Ord. 01-2016, 1/4/2016]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Upper Tioga River Regional Authority, a municipality
authority incorporated pursuant to provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 56, of the commonwealth.
BUILDING MAIN
The extension from the water system of any structure to the
lateral of a main.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected a structure capable of continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy, or use by human beings or animals, except those industries and farms which have their own supply of water for uses other than human consumption to the extent described in §
26-902, Subsection
1, hereof.
LATERAL
That part of the water system extending from a main to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line,
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of, or place in, a main which is provided for connection
of any building main.
MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the water system
used or usable for water distribution purposes.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority, or other
group or entity.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Richmond, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, a political
subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of
Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized
representatives.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for supply, transmission,
and distribution of water, owned by the Authority.
[Ord. 01-2016, 1/4/2016]
It is declared that enactment of this Part is necessary for
the protection, benefit, and preservation of the health, safety, and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.