Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the
meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
Upper Montgomery Joint Authority,[1] a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
The Borough of Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania
municipal corporation, acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate
cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to
the lateral of a sewer.
Any property within this borough 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 and/or industrial wastes
shall be or may be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy rejected
or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business
process or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural
resources, as distinct from sewage, including such groundwater, surface water
or stormwater as may be present.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer 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
sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial,
of any property located in this borough.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation
or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved
property.
[Amended 6-6-1960 by Ord. No. 142]
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system, used
or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping,
treating and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent
to this borough and owned, maintained and operated by the Authority.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, alley and public square.
