Specific terms. For the purposes of this article and
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words
and terms shall have the following meanings.
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A licensed sewage enforcement officer, professional engineer
or sanitarian, plumbing inspector, soils scientist, or any other qualified
or licensed person who is delegated to function within specified limits
as the agent of the Board of Supervisors of East Manchester Township
to carry out the provisions of this article and other ordinances of
the Township.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Manchester,
York County, Pennsylvania.
DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any successor agency.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the Township 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
shall or may be discharged.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
A land development as defined in either the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq, or Chapter
208, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township of East Manchester.
MALFUNCTION
The condition which occurs when an on-lot sewage disposal
system causes pollution to the groundwater or surface water, contamination
of private or public drinking water supplies, nuisance problems or
hazard to public health. Indications of malfunctioning systems include,
but are not limited to, foul odors, lush grass growing over the system,
backup of wastewater in the attached buildings, soggy ground over
the system, surfacing sewage effluent flowing over the ground and
occurring at any time of the year.
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The program established by this article which shall encompass
all areas of the Township serviced by on-lot sewage facilities or
any alternative system which discharges into the soils of the Township.
OWNER
Any person holding legal or equitable title to lands within
the Township.
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
A revision to, or exception to the revision of, the Township
Official Plan submitted in connection with the request for approval
of a subdivision or land development in accordance with DEP regulations.
PUMPER/HAULER
Any person, company, partnership or corporation which engages
in cleaning community or individual sewage systems and transporting
the septage removed from such systems.
REPLACEMENT AREA
An area designated as the future location of an individual
on-lot sewage system that shall be installed should the initial individual
on-lot systems installed or to be installed fail or otherwise become
inoperable and which shall meet all the regulations of the DEP and
all applicable Township ordinances for an individual on-lot sewage
system, and shall be protected from encroachment by an easement noted
on the final plan as recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds
of York County.
SEO; SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The Township's certified Sewage Enforcement Officer or alternate
Sewage Enforcement Officer, as designated by the Board to act on its
behalf under this article.
SEPTAGE
The residual scum and sludge pumped from an on-lot sewage
disposal system.
SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP
The ownership of a lot by one or more persons which ownership
is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.
TOWNSHIP
East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania.