Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as
follows:
AUTHORITY
The Elizabethtown Area Water Authority or any municipal authority
successor thereto which provides public water service within any portion
of the Township.
[Amended 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 196-2012]
BUILDING MAIN
The extension from the water system of any structure to the
lateral of a main.
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.
LATERAL
That part of the water system extending from a main to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the street right-of-way
line or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall
mean that portion of or place in a main which is provided for connection
of any building main.
MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the water system
used or usable for water distribution purposes.
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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of West Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for production,
transmission, storage or distribution of water in, to and for this
Township and owned by the Authority.
[Amended 10-7-1996 by Ord. No. 109-1996; 5-19-1997 by Ord. No.
114-1997]
For each violation of the provisions of this article, any person
who commits, takes part in or assists in any such violation shall
be liable, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, to pay
a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for each offense,
together with the costs of prosecution. Each day or portion thereof
in which a violation exists shall be considered a separate violation
of this article, and each section of this article which is violated
shall be considered a separate violation. In default of payment of
such fine, such person shall be liable to imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 30 days.