[Adopted 11-11-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-20 (Part 11, Ch. 3, Art.
A, of the 1976 Code of Ordinances)]
The Manheim Township Board of Commissioners has adopted a three-phase
plan for the extension of waterlines in certain areas of the Township
not presently served with a public water supply system over periods
of five, 10 and 15 years. In furtherance of the first phase of that
plan, the General Municipal Authority of Manheim Township, as assignee
of the Township, has undertaken the construction of a water main on
Fruitville Pike and Koser Road to Airport Road which, upon completion
and pursuant to the terms of a municipal connector's agreement
made between the City of Lancaster and the Authority, as assignee
of the Township, dated December 18, 1984, shall be connected to the
water system of the city, shall be leased to the city for a stated
period and shall be operated and maintained by the city, as lessee,
during the term of the lease. To complete the first phase of the plan
and to provide public water to those remaining areas included in that
phase, the Authority has entered into an additional municipal connector's
agreement with the city, dated September 30, 1985, upon similar terms
and shall construct or acquire additional waterlines in those areas.
It is expected that the Authority shall, in the future, proceed with
the second and third phases of the plan. This article is enacted pursuant
to Section 2708 of the First Class Township Code, Act of June 24,
1931 (P.L. 1955, No. 569), as amended, to compel connection with the water supply system being
constructed or to be constructed by the Authority under all phases
of the plan.
Unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the
following terms, words and phrases, as used in this article, shall
have the following meanings:
AUTHORITY
The General Municipal Authority of the Township of Manheim,
organized and existing under the Municipality Authorities Act, Act
of June 19, 2001, P.L. 287, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.,
as amended and supplemented.
BOARD
The Board of Commissioners of Manheim Township.
CITY
The City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any structure or any portion thereof intended to be used
wholly or in part for the purpose of carrying on a trade, business
or profession or for social, amusement, charitable or public uses.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the
manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly
of any product, commodity or article.
OWNER
With respect to any property located in the Township and
connected or to be connected to the water system, any person vested
with an ownership interest, legal or equitable, sole or partial, in
any such property; or in open, peaceable and notorious possession
of any such property, as apparent owner thereof; or the reputed owner
thereof in the neighborhood of such property.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or other group or entity.
PRIVATE DWELLING OR LIVING GROUP
Any structure or dwelling or part thereof intended to be
occupied as a whole by one family, an apartment intended to be occupied
as a whole by one family, or any other one-family living unit, provided
that hospitals, hotels, boardinghouses, rooming and lodging houses,
motels, recreational campgrounds (excluding mobile home parks) and
the like, offering overnight or transient accommodations for patients
or guests, shall not be considered to be private dwelling or living
units but shall be considered to be commercial establishments within
the meaning of this article.
PROPERTY
The tract or tracts of ground owned by an owner and upon
which is located a private dwelling or living unit or units and/or
a commercial establishment or establishments and/or an industrial
establishment or establishments.
TOWNSHIP
Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
WATER SYSTEM
All water mains, extensions, and distribution pipelines,
from the main to the point of service connections, and all appurtenances
thereto which are constructed or acquired and owned by the Authority.
[Amended 12-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-28]
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall,
for every such violation, be subject to a fine or penalty of not less
than $25 nor more than $1,000, and costs, provided that each day on
which a violation takes place shall constitute a separate violation.