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.