[Ord. 2006-6, 9/19/2006]
The terms defined in this section, wherever used or referred
to, shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context
clearly and specifically indicates otherwise:
ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Nondomestic waterborne waste not containing toxic, radioactive,
explosive, or fibrous materials injurious to sewers or sewage treatment
processes, or any other material which could potentially cause interference
or pass through at the wastewater treatment plant.
AVERAGE DAILY FLOW
The average flow calculated by dividing the total sewage
waste flow under consideration for any period of time by the number
of days in that period.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Mifflinburg; the incorporated governing body
responsible for the interpretation and administration of this Part.
Reference to the "Borough" also includes the individual designated
agents employed by Mifflinburg Borough or consultants working for
the Borough of Mifflinburg.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter,
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory
procedure shall be that defined in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by
the American Public Health Association.
BUILDING
A structure built, erected or framed of component structural
parts designed for the housing, shelter, enclosure, or support of
persons, animals, or property of any kind. This definition shall include
structures built on site or at any remote location or factory.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage
pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys such discharge
to the building sewer system.
CAPACITY FEE
The cost for that portion of the overall tapping fee that
is attributed to the cost of the construction of all treatment facilities,
including plant, pumps, disposal equipment and facilities, development
of sources, and water transmission mains. This fee shall be determined
and assessed individually for water and sewer.
CELLAR DRAIN
A protected and trapped drain for the purpose of carrying
off spent water from the basement of a dwelling, factory, laboratory,
workshop or other building, but excluding any drainage from rainwater,
springs, wells, or other ground- or surface water.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
A separate building, group of buildings, or group of rooms
on a parcel of land held in separate ownership, wherein business activity,
trade or commercial enterprise is carried on by any person (for example,
restaurants, stores, hotels, resorts, etc.). It shall include an office,
room or suite of rooms in a building accommodating a number of separate
offices or businesses. The determination by the Borough as to what
constitutes a separate "commercial establishment" shall be final.
COMMERCIAL USER
Includes any person who owns, operates, or has a proprietary
interest in a commercial establishment, as that term is defined herein.
A "commercial user" includes any nonresidential, nonindustrial or
noninstitutional user who contributes primarily segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences into the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm
sewer, or as an industrial sewer and a storm sewer.
CONNECTION FEE
The fee charged by the Borough based upon actual cost to
the Borough for the connection, inspection, and administration associated
with the connection of a consumer to the sewer system.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
For Mifflinburg, the firm of Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic,
Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and in the event that said firm ceases
to serve as consulting engineers for Mifflinburg, an engineering firm
of professional engineers having favorable repute for skill and experience
in the construction and operation of sewage and water treatment facilities,
registered in Pennsylvania, and chosen and employed by Mifflinburg
Borough.
CONSUMER
Includes a person, partnership, association or corporation,
and shall mean anyone to whom sewer service is supplied by the Borough,
whether as owner, tenant, operator, or occupier, which to a major
degree is a separate institution and receives service for the dwelling
unit.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, or its successor in authority.
DEP PERMIT
The permit(s) which is required by the Department of Environmental
Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the construction
of a new sanitary sewer line or the extension of an existing sanitary
sewer system.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
DOMESTIC WASTE
Normal household waste from kitchens, water closets, lavatories
and laundries discharged into the sewer system from any building.
Said waste shall have a biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids,
pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified
in the Mifflinburg Borough National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permit which the wastewater treatment facilities are
able to efficiently and effectively treat.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, mobile home, flat,
apartment unit or other structure intended for use as a separate living
quarters by a family or other group of persons or by persons living
alone. In all cases, the determination of Mifflinburg as to what constitutes
a "dwelling unit" shall be final.
ENGINEER
The Mifflinburg Borough Engineer.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
A unit of service provided to nonresidential users equivalent
to that provided to a single dwelling unit for purposes of calculating
tapping fees as defined and enumerated in the current adopted resolution
of Mifflinburg Borough.
EXTRA-STRENGTH SEWAGE
All sewage wastes characterized by BOD greater than 250 mg/l
or suspended solids greater than 150 mg/l.
GREASE TRAP
A facility installed on a sewer service line to prevent grease
in any form from entering the public sewer system.
HOLDING TANK
Any vessel, tank, or structure designed and or otherwise
constructed for the purpose of collecting and containing sanitary
sewage, domestic, or industrial waste.
ILLEGAL CONNECTION
Any sewer service line or other facility connected to the
Mifflinburg public sewer system which is not in full conformance or
compliance with the rules and regulations of this Part and/or the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a building intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
and to which building water shall be or may be provided and/or from
which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be
or may be discharged.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
only a single property or multiple users on a single property that
is designed to dispose of sewage in whole or in part into the soil
or into any water of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
A separate building, group of buildings, or room or group
of rooms on a parcel of land held in separate ownership, wherein manufacturing
or industrial activity is carried on by any person. Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) codes may be consulted by Mifflinburg to determine
whether an establishment meets the definition of "industrial establishment."
An industrial establishment also includes any user of the wastewater
system which discharges wastewater which contains toxic pollutants
or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, which may potentially
injure or interfere with the sewage treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create
any hazard in or have an adverse effect on the receiving waters of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The determination of Mifflinburg
as to what constitutes a separate "industrial establishment" shall
be final.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Includes any person(s) who owns, operates, or has a proprietary
interest in an industrial establishment, as that term is defined herein.
"Industrial user" involves both industrial dry and industrial wet
categories.
1.
An industrial dry user involves an industrial establishment
which does not contribute wastewater and/or industrial waste from
a manufacturing or industrial process into the wastewater system and
does not introduce more than 25,000 gallons per day of primarily segregated
domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences into the wastewater
collection and treatment facilities.
2.
An industrial wet user involves an industrial establishment
which either contributes wastewater and/or industrial waste from a
manufacturing or industrial process into the wastewater system or
introduces more than 25,000 gallons per day of primarily segregated
domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences into the wastewater
collection and treatment facilities.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid, radioactive, 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 sanitary sewage
or domestic waste.
INFLOW AND INFILTRATION
Identified extraneous non-sewage-related water flow entering
into the sewer system, whether private or public. Such flow shall
constitute an illegal connection as provided for in this Part.
INSPECTION FEE
The fee charged by Mifflinburg to any party for sewer line
construction or reconstruction inspection services or other services
as provided. Such fee may be by a contractual basis or by time and
materials as set by resolution of the Mifflinburg Borough Council.
INSPECTOR
An authorized representative of Mifflinburg or a person or
persons appointed by Mifflinburg whose function is to determine compliance
with the provisions and terms of the ordinances of Mifflinburg or
other construction methods as approved by contract or Mifflinburg.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
A separate building, group of buildings, or room or group
of rooms on a parcel of land held in separate ownership, used by an
organization generally having a public character or purpose (for example,
local, state or federal government agency or body) but may also be
privately operated. An institutional establishment involves any nonindustrial,
noncommercial, nonresidential establishment which introduces primarily
segregated domestic wastes or waste from sanitary conveniences into
the wastewater collection and treatment facilities greater than 25,000
gallons per day (for establishments less than 25,000 gallons per day,
see definition for "small commercial establishments"). Such establishments
shall include healing and preventive care facilities, mental health
facilities, hospitals, educational facilities, correctional and penal
institutions, nursing homes and county and/or city homes. In all cases,
the determination of Mifflinburg as to what constitutes an "institutional
establishment" shall be final.
INSTITUTIONAL USER
Includes a person(s) who owns, operates, or has a proprietary
interest in an institutional establishment, as that term is defined
herein.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
The improvement of one lot or two or more continuous lots,
tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
1.
A group of two or more buildings;
2.
The division or allocation of land or space between or among
two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for
the purpose of, streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building
groups or other features; or
3.
Any other project requiring the approval of Mifflinburg or pursuant
to any other act or ordinance of Mifflinburg.
LOT
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from the curbline,
or if there shall be no curbline, from the right-of-way or 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 service line. The lateral is the responsibility of the property
owner.
MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
that is used or usable for sewage collection and transportation to
the treatment facilities.
MAXIMUM DAILY FLOW
The maximum total sewage wastes flow under consideration
for a twenty-four-hour period, usually a calendar day.
MAY
Permissive, as distinct from "shall" which means mandatory
subject to approval by Mifflinburg.
METER(ING)
The mechanical devices and/or other means for measuring and
recording the volumetric quantity of flow through sewer lines.
mg/l
Milligrams per liter.
MIFFLINBURG
A general term meaning the legal governing entity, authority,
or designated agent of the Borough of Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania,
as representative owner and legal authority and control of the sewer
system as defined herein.
MONITORING
The mechanical or other means to determine the chemical,
physical and bacteriological constituents of wastewater in a sewer;
synonymous with sampling, inspecting, testing, etc.
MULTIPLE UNIT
A building used for and containing several dwelling units,
and/or commercial or industrial units, specifically including apartment
houses and office buildings.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTE
The wastewater discharging from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings (including apartment buildings, hotels, office buildings,
churches, schools, institutions and/or industrial plants) which meets
the discharge limitations of these regulations.
NPDES PERMIT
Any permit or equivalent document or requirement issued by
the State of Pennsylvania to regulate the discharge of pollutants
pursuant to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
as established by the EPA.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The practical application of a method or process to keep
in an existing or improved state to efficiently preserve from failure
or decline, the existing or future treatment or transmission facilities;
includes the term "replacement," which is defined as obtaining and
installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances that are necessary
during the service life of the existing water or sewer treatment facilities
to maintain the capacity and performance for which such facilities
were designed and constructed.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
pH (HYDROGEN ION CONTENT)
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PPM
Parts per million by weight.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, association,
society, trust, corporation or other group or entity.
PRETREATMENT
The treatment of wastewater from the source of such wastewater
before introduction into the public sewer/public sewage system. Degree
of treatment shall be such so as to render the wastewater free from
incompatible pollutants or excessive strength of compatible pollutants.
PUBLIC SEWER/WATER SYSTEM
The sewer and/or water collection and distribution systems
and the sewage and water treatment plants and storage systems owned,
operated, and/or maintained by Mifflinburg and any improvements and
extensions thereof.
PRIVATE SEWER SYSTEM
Any portion or component of the sewer system that is not
owned, controlled, or maintained by Mifflinburg. Ownership shall be
determined by deeds of dedication or property located within public
legal rights-of-way or easements.
RESERVED CAPACITY
Treatment capacity in Mifflinburg's sewer treatment plant,
in the maximum quantities as defined and paid for and/or guaranteed
to a specific party, and reserved for such party's exclusive use per
an agreement approved and executed by the parties involved. Any fee
for said reserved capacity shall be acted upon and approved by the
Mifflinburg Borough Council.
SANITARY SEWAGE/WASTE
All water-carried domestic waste discharged into the sewer
system from any improved property. The strength of sanitary sewage/waste
is established herein as 250 mg/l of BOD and 150 mg/l SS, and these
concentrations shall be applied in determining equivalent volumes
of process waste or combined discharges of sanitary and process wastes
for the purposes of industrial cost recovery.
SERVICE LINE
That portion of the sewer system extending from the outside
of the building or end of the inside plumbing system to the right-of-way,
easement, or curbline of the public sewer system. This term shall
be equivalent in meaning to a lateral and shall include all connected
facilities, including, but not limited to, cleanouts, fittings, private
grinder/pumping stations, force laterals, etc.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes, situated in or outside of the Borough of Mifflinburg
and owned by Mifflinburg. The term shall also include similar facilities
owned and operated by any parties outside the Borough and connected
to Mifflinburg's sewage system.
SEWER TRAP
A device, fitting or assembly of fittings installed on the
service line to prevent circulation of air between the drainage system
of the building and the service line.
SEWAGE WASTES
Sanitary sewage or industrial wastes or any combination thereof,
but only to the extent that industrial wastes have been pretreated,
if required hereunder, and otherwise meet the requirements of this
agreement.
SHALL
Mandatory, as distinct from "may," which means permissive,
subject to approval by Mifflinburg and other parties to this agreement.
SLUG
Any discharge of sewage wastes, as measured by rate of flow
and/or concentration of pollutants, which results in the exceedance
of any design parameter of the sewer system for any amount of time,
which interferes with sewage treatment or the disposal of sludge,
or which, in the opinion of the owner of the respective sewer system,
creates a dangerous or unsafe condition or a condition which could
cause the violation of state or federal law. The term particularly
applies to the sudden emptying of large vats, tanks or swimming pools
into the sewer system.
STORM SEWER OR DRAIN
A pipe or conduit which carries stormwater, groundwater,
surface water, drainage, and certain industrial waste discharges,
such as cooling and air-conditioning waters, but excludes sewage and
industrial wastes.
SURCHARGE
The assessment in addition to the user charge which is levied
on those customers or property owners whose wastes are greater in
strength than the concentration values established as representative
of normal sanitary waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
or dissolved in water, sewage or other liquids and which shall be
determined by laboratory analysis under standard laboratory procedure.
The standard laboratory procedure shall be that defined in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater"
published by the American Public Health Association.
TAPPING FEE
Fees established by Mifflinburg and approved by resolution
of the Mifflinburg Borough Council, as amended from time to time,
to include the total cost of making a new connection to the public
water and/or sewer system. This charge may include capacity cost,
connection fee, or customer facility fees for water and/or sewer.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any poisonous substance, including, but not limited to, wastes
containing cyanide, lead, copper and/or chromium ions or any substance
having a deleterious impact on the treatment of sanitary sewage or
sewage treatment plant or facilities in any way.
USER
Any person connected to the public sewer system by a service
lateral or connection deliberately discharging wastewater into it
or otherwise provided service by the respective system.
USER FEE
A system of charges to assure that each user of the respective
system or recipient of sewer service pays his or her proportionate
share of the applicable cost(s) of operation and maintenance, including
replacement and improvement of the wastewater treatment facilities
and system, including both base and variable consumption or user-based
charges.
WATER
Filtered and treated water meeting regulatory requirements
provided by Mifflinburg to the water system.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for transporting,
treating, storing, and distributing water, situated inside or outside
of the Borough of Mifflinburg and owned by Mifflinburg. The term shall
also include similar facilities owned and operated by any parties
to this agreement and connected to Mifflinburg's water system.
[Ord. 2006-6, 9/19/2006]
Notwithstanding any other provisions or implications of this
Part to the contrary, Mifflinburg reserves the right at all times
to refuse to render or to continue to render sewer service and/or
water service to any property or through any lines whenever it appears
that the connection of the property to the sewer system has been improperly
made or whenever it appears there has been a violation of the Mifflinburg
Code of Ordinances with respect to the installation or use of the
sewage disposal facilities. In the event that Mifflinburg shall elect
to discontinue water and/or sewer service to any user connected to
its lines, Mifflinburg shall give 10 days' written notice by certified
mail to the owner prior to disconnecting the property from the sewer
system.
[Ord. No. 2022-02, 1/18/2022]
All construction and design standards shall comply and be in
accordance with the Borough's Construction and Design Standards
for Sewage Facilities, as from time to time reenacted and amended
by resolution of Borough Council.