Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT 537 PLAN
The Doylestown Township Official Plan as defined in the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966 P.L. 1535 (1965), No.
537, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1-750.20a ("Sewage
Facilities Act" or "Act 537").
AUTHORITY
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority, as defined by
the Municipality Authorities Act of 2001 (2001, June 19, P.L. 287,
No. 22, and as amended thereafter, 53 Pa.C.S. § 5601 et
seq.).
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 Doylestown Township upon which there
is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human being or animals and from which structure
sewage shall or may be discharged.
OFFICIAL PLAN REVISION
A change in Doylestown Township's Act 537 Plan to provide
for additional or newly identified future of existing sewage facilities
needs, as defined fully in Section 1 of the Sewage Facilities Act,
35 P.S. § 750.1.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in Doylestown Township.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and 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
which constitutes pollution under the Clean Stream Law, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1-691.1001,
as amended.
TOWNSHIP
Doylestown 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 Doylestown Township, and
the development designates that the proposed properties be served
by such a connection.
The Authority and the Township are hereby authorized
and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations concerning sewage
which it may deem necessary from time to time to effect the purposes
herein. The Authority and the Township are further authorized and
empowered to take such other actions as are necessary, including but
not limited to entering into agreements with property owners that
assure proper operation and maintenance of sewage facilities within
Doylestown Township's borders, including but not limited to sewage
grinder pumps and any associated force mains or low-pressure laterals.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, any violation of §
136-49 above shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by the Authority and Township by either seeking mitigation of the nuisance or appropriate equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.
All such rules and regulations adopted by the
Authority and Township to effectuate this article shall be in conformity
with the provisions herein, all other ordinances or resolutions of
the Authority and Township, and all applicable laws, and applicable
rules and regulations of administrative agencies of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.