[Adopted 6-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-07]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The East Cocalico Township Authority, a municipality authority
of the commonwealth.
BUILDING MAIN
The extension from the water system of any structure to the
lateral of a main.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located within this Township and used
or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article.
LATERAL
That part of the water system extending from a main to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property line or,
if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean that
portion of, or place in, a main which is provided for connection of
any building main.
MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the water system
used or usable for water distribution purposes.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation, municipality, municipality authority or other
group or entity.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of East Cocalico, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal subdivision of the commonwealth, acting by and through
its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through
its authorized representatives.
WATER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for production,
transmission, storage and distribution of water in, to and for this
Township and owned by the Authority.
It is declared that enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of inhabitants of this Township.