As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings
herein described unless otherwise provided:
AUTHORITY
Centre Hall/Potter Sewer Authority (CHPSA).
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Potter Township.
DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND
An interest-bearing revolving fund, established for or by
the authority with monies contributed by each COLDS developer/user,
for the purpose of financing major equipment and facility repair,
maintenance, and replacement or upgrade. A separate capital reserve
fund shall be established for each COLDS.
COMMUNITY ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (COLDS)
Any sanitary sewage treatment and disposal system which treats
and disposes of sewage generated from two or more equivalent dwelling
units (EDUs) by utilizing a subsurface absorption bed or land application.
This definition specifically excludes any treatment or disposal system
that serves only one dwelling unit or one dwelling unit with an absorption
field located off property.
DESIGN STANDARDS
Design standards for COLDS as established by DEP (25 Pa.
Code, Chapter 73) as well as relevant installation and locational
standards established by such regulations, and specifications for
the design, installation, and use of COLDS as set forth by the Township.
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 sanitary
sewage shall or may be discharged.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and noxious or deleterious substances harmful or inimical to the public
health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic
water supply or for recreation. This definition specifically excludes
wastewater of industrial origin.
SEO
The Potter Township Sewage Enforcement Officer.
TOWNSHIP
Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
The Board shall have the right and power to fix, alter, charge
and collect rates, assessments and other charges at reasonable and
uniform rates as authorized by applicable law.
The collection, treatment, and disposal of all sewage from any
improved property utilizing a COLDS shall be done solely by a DEP
permitted hauler and to a DEP permitted disposal plant.
Any person failing to comply with any provisions of this article
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and costs, and not
more than $5,000 and costs, or in default thereof shall be confined
in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days. Each day
of noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.