As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACT 537
The act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq., known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act."
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A person with demonstrated knowledge and experience regarding
on-lot sewage disposal system design, operation, and maintenance who
is authorized by the Warwick Township Board of Supervisors to carry
out the provisions of this article. An authorized agent must be a
certified sewage enforcement officer.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors, Warwick Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage system which serves two or more lots, or two or
more equivalent dwelling units, and uses a system of piping, tanks,
or other facilities for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage
into a soil absorption area, retaining tank, or cesspool.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (DEP).
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage system which serves a single lot and a single equivalent
dwelling unit and uses a system of piping, tanks, or other facilities
for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage into a soil absorption
area, spray field, retaining tank, or cesspool.
INITIAL TREATMENT UNIT
A term used to describe the on-lot disposal system receiving
unit to which sewage is delivered from a sewage generating facility.
The term includes but is not limited to septic tanks, aerobic treatment
units, and cesspools.
LIQUID WASTE
Septage pumped from septic tanks, cesspools, holding tanks,
privies, or chemical toilets which does not include any toxic, industrial,
or hazardous wastes.
LIQUID WASTE HAULER
Any person engaged in the business of pumping and transporting
liquid waste within Bucks County. Each vehicle used for such purpose
shall be licensed by the Bucks County Health Department and shall
also be registered with Warwick Township. Haulers are required to
complete an inspection form every time they service an on-lot system
in Warwick Township. Haulers will be provided with an inspection form
upon registration with Warwick Township.
LOT
A parcel of land, used or set aside and available for use
as the site of one or more buildings and any building accessory thereto
or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street,
nor including any land within the right-of-way of a public street
upon which said lot abuts, even if the ownership to such right-of-way
is in the owner of the lot. A "lot," for the purpose of this article
may or may not coincide with a lot of record. A lot shall front on
a public street.
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR
A private independent contractor who has been given training
by the original equipment manufacturer of applicable sewage system
components, has been authorized by the manufacturer to service said
components, or has demonstrated technical expertise in the field of
on-lot sewage system maintenance.
MALFUNCTION
A condition which occurs when an on-lot sewage disposal system
discharges sewage onto the surface of the ground, into groundwaters
of this Commonwealth, or into surface waters of this commonwealth
or in any manner causes a nuisance or hazard to the public health
or pollution of groundwater or surface water or contamination of public
or private drinking water wells.
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT 537 PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal systems, adopted by the Board and approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act.
PERSON
An individual or an unincorporated organization, partnership,
association, corporation, trust or estate.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge or replace an
existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
RETAINING TANK
A watertight receptacle that receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site. This term is synomomous with the term
"holding tank."
SEPTAGE
The residual scum, sludge, and other materials pumped from,
but not limited to, initial treatment units, other treatment tanks,
retaining tanks, pump tanks, and the systems they serve.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substances being 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, or which constitutes
pollution under the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known
as the "Clean Streams Law," as amended.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Any area or areas of the Township adopted by the Board as
an area for which a sewage management program is to be implemented.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
A comprehensive set of legal and administrative requirements
encompassing the requirements of this article, the Sewage Facilities
Act, the Clean Streams Law, the regulations promulgated thereunder
and such other requirements adopted by the Board to effectively enforce
and administer this article.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for
distribution to heirs or divisees, transfer of ownership or building
lot development.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.