Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
EASEMENT
A grant of limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public
purpose.
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 and from which structure sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer 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 sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
OBSTRUCTION
Any shed, fence, pool, swing set, playhouse, tree, shrub
or any other object that limits access or repairs to the sewer system.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land legally dedicated for public purposes, including, but
not limited to, a street, alley or interior walk.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned or leased
to this Township for operation and use.
STREET
Any street, road, lane, court, public square or alley.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Union, Washington County, Pennsylvania, a
Pennsylvania municipal corporation, acting by and through its Board
of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its
authorized representatives.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.