[Adopted 6-24-1987 by Ord. No. 99]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as
follows:
AUTHORITY
Maidencreek Township Water Authority, a municipality authority
of the commonwealth.
BUILDING WATER SERVICE LINE
The extension from the internal water service line system
of any structure to the curb stop of an Authority water service line.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located within this Township and used
or intended for use, wholly or in part for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article.
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.
STREET
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Maidencreek, Berks County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
WATER MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the water system
used or usable for water distribution purposes.
WATER SERVICE LINE
That part of the water system extending from an Authority
water main to the curb stop located on the owner's property line.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
distributing, transmitting, and treating of water, situate in or adjacent
to this Township and owned by the Authority.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to the general penalty provisions as prescribed in Article
I of Chapter
1, General Provisions.
It is declared that enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
[Adopted 12-13-1988 by Ord. No. 107]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
The Maidencreek Township Water Authority.
WATER CONSERVATION
Any procedure or method deemed appropriate for curtailing
water use including rationing.
Water conservation measures shall be placed
into effect for this Township from time to time as may be deemed appropriate
through resolution of the Authority. When water conservation measures
are in effect, no person, firm, or corporation shall use any water
in violation of any provision of this article or implementing resolution
of the Authority.
The water conservation measures that may from
time to time be placed into effect pursuant to this article shall
be established and administered on behalf of this Township by the
Authority.
The necessity for water conservation measures
may occur through directives or recommendations of any federal or
state governmental unit or the Authority as the Authority may from
time to time deem necessary. This article's water conservation measures
shall be implemented by an appropriate resolution of the Authority.
This resolution shall specify the water conservation measures required.
Prior to this resolution's adoption, a minimum of three days' notice
shall be given to the public through one advertisement appearing in
a local newspaper of general circulation setting forth the date, time,
and place that this resolution will be considered for adoption by
the Authority. Upon this resolution's adoption, the Authority shall
notify the public through advertisement or other means of its adoption.
When water conservation measures are no longer
required, the Authority shall notify the public through advertisement
or other means that these measures are no longer in effect.
This article's water conservation measures may
be in addition to any other federal or state governmental directive
requiring voluntary or mandatory water conservation measures for the
Township.
Any person who violates any provision of this article or implementing resolution of the Authority shall be subject to the general penalty provisions as prescribed in Article
I of Chapter
1, General Provisions.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement
of this article or any remedy provided by law, shall not be deemed
mutually exclusive; rather they may be employed simultaneously or
consecutively at the option of the Township.