Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this article, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated and if no definition is set forth in Article
II but a definition is provided in Article
III, the definition of Article
III shall apply:
AUTHORITY
Hatfield Township Municipal Authority.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of the sewer system.
CONNECTION UNIT
Each structure or portion of a structure for which a use
and occupancy certificate is required upon original occupancy or resale
or for which one or more additional laterals are required pursuant
to rules, regulations and specifications of the Authority.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
A source of wastewater of 250 gallons/day, which is equivalent to that generated by a single-family dwelling unit. Every building or use connected to the sewer system shall constitute a least one EDU. For the purposes of residential use, the number of EDUs applicable shall consist of the total number of residential dwelling units, together with the EDUs applicable to any common-use areas calculated as set forth herein for nonresidential use. For the purposes of a nonresidential use, the number of EDUs applicable to that use shall consist of the actual or estimated total discharge of wastewater per day, divided by 250 or that number of EDUs specified in the table set forth in §
224-15.
HARMFUL WASTE
Any product or substance which, when released in the sewer
system, may alone, or in combination with other substances in the
sewer system cause harm to any person, property, the sewer system
or the treatment plant.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the sewered area 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any premises used in whole or in part for the manufacturing,
processing, cleaning or assembly of any product, commodity or article,
or any other premises from which wastewater other than sanitary sewage
is discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, rejected or escaping
in the course of any industrial, commercial, institutional or professional,
manufacturing, trade or business process or practice or in the course
of the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, which
is discharged into the sewer system, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL (also referred to as a "service lateral")
That part of the sewer system extending from the sewer main
to street right-of-way line or, if there shall be no street right-of-way
line, extending to the edge of the right-of-way sewer easement.
METERING FACILITIES
A flow-measuring system, designed and installed in accordance
with accepted engineering practices, and approved by the Authority
for the measurement of sewage flows. For industrial establishments
and nonresidential users, publicly metered water use records may be
considered "metering facilities" if approved by the Authority.
NONRESIDENTIAL USER
Any person making a commercial, institutional, professional
or industrial use, other than a residential use unit of improved property,
which is connected to the sewer system and from which sanitary sewage
or industrial waste is or may be discharged into the sewer system.
OUTSIDE SEWER FACILITIES
The system of sanitary sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage that is located outside of the
municipal boundaries of Hatfield Township, and is owned and operated
by the Township and/or Authority.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of real property located in the sewered area.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
PLUMBING CODE
The BOCA Plumbing Code of the Township. Wherever no other specific standard is stated, the specifications
of the BOCA Plumbing Code shall apply.
PRIVATE SEWER SYSTEM
The system of sanitary sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage that is located on private property
or in noneasement areas and is not owned and maintained by the Township
or Authority.
PROCESS WASTEWATER
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product or by-product,
excluding sanitary wastes, noncontact cooling water and boiler blowdown.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
Each private dwelling; each dwelling unit in a double house
or in a row of connecting houses; each apartment, each room, group
of rooms, house, trailer, mobile home or any structure occupied or
intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or
group of persons living together or by persons living alone, which
accommodation is connected to the sewer system, and from which sanitary
sewage is or may be discharged into the sewer system.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The type of toilet or other water-carried wastes normally
discharged from residential properties and may be referred to as domestic
sewage.
SEWERED AREA
That portion of the Township in which there shall be constructed
a sewage collection system as from time to time constructed and extended
by the Authority, the Township or others, and that part of areas outside
the Township in which sewage collection facilities shall be constructed
which connect to the sewage treatment plant of the Authority located
in the Township.
SEWER MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
used or usable for sewage collection purposes, other than a lateral
or the building sewer.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial waste, situate
in the sewered area and/or otherwise owned and/or operated by the
Authority or the Township.
STREET
Any street, road, lane, court, alley or public square, whether
public or private.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
or as the context may require, the Board of Commissioners (in connection
with matters requiring action of the Commissioners) or such officers
or employees of the Township as are authorized to act for the Township
in the premises including, but not limited to, the Township engineers,
Sewage Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector and Zoning Officer.
TREATMENT PLANT
The facility owned and operated by the Authority situated
at 3200 Advance Lane, Hatfield Township.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any other waters which may be present, whether treated
or untreated, which are contributed into or permitted to enter the
POTW.