As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CAPACITY-RELATED FACILITIES
As used in the article, shall mean components of the sanitary
sewer system relating to treatment, transmission, trunk, interceptors
and mains, sludge treatment or disposal, interconnection or other
general system facilities. As used herein, "capacity-related facilities"
may include those such facilities that provide existing service and/or
those that will provide future service.
COLLECTION FACILITIES
As used in this article, shall mean components of the sanitary
sewer system related to the provision of collection services, including
but not limited to, mains and pumping stations. As used herein, "collection
facilities" may include those such facilities that provide existing
service and/or those that will provide future service.
COMMERCIAL USER
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all retail
stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private
business and service establishments of any kind or nature, except
those which are industrial users, single family residential users,
institutional users or government, public schools and university users,
as those terms are defined herein.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXISTING FACILITIES
Those facilities which comprise part of the sanitary sewer
system as of the effective date of this article.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking, and serving of food.
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Includes legislative, judicial, administrative and regulatory
activities of the Federal, State and local governments, agencies and
authorities and similar users, and public schools and universities,
which are users of the Borough of Charleroi's public wastewater system.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Includes any user of the publicly owned treatment works and/or
sewerage system which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented,
under the following divisions: Division A - Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishing; Division B - Mining; Division D - Manufacturing; Division
E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary; and
Division I - Services. As used herein, "industrial user" shall also
include any user who/which discharges wastewater containing toxic
or poisonous substances or any substance(s) which cause(s) interference
in wastewater facilities.
INSTITUTIONAL USER
Includes social, charitable and religious activities and
organizations such as churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions
and similar users.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process, sludge disposal system, or their operation, which
substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING/MULTIUNIT DWELLING
Includes any apartment, apartment houses, doublehouses, townhouses,
garden apartments, condominiums, hotels, motels, rooming houses, boarding
houses, high rise dwellings, and similar buildings that are rented
out to the public and/or provides lodging for the public.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any
other body of surface or groundwater.
NONRESIDENTIAL USE
Any use other than a single family residential use or government
and public schools.
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program,
whether administered by the EPA or by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease, or occupy property
with building sewers which discharge, or will discharge into the Borough
and/or Authority's wastewater system.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency,
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in the wastewater prior to discharge to the wastewater system.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Includes wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying storm and surface waters, which are
not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries, and institutions, together with
any groundwater, surface water, or stormwater infiltration that may
be present.
WASTEWATER (SANITARY SEWERAGE) SYSTEM
Any devices and systems for the collection, transmission,
storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage,
domestic sewage or liquid industrial wastes. These include intercepting
sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power
and other equipment, treatment works and their appurtenances, extensions,
improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof, elements
essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment
units and clear well facilities; and any works including site acquisition
of the land that will be an integral part of any treatment process
or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment
(including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost
and land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment
systems before land application), or any other method or system for
preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing
of, municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined
stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
If the drainage from any establishment causes a deposit, obstruction,
or damage to any part of the sanitary sewer system, the Borough and/or
Authority shall cause the deposit or obstruction to be promptly removed
or cause the damage to be promptly repaired. The cost for such work,
including materials, labor, and supervision, shall be borne by the
person causing such deposit, obstruction, or damage.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the Borough and/or Authority's wastewater
facilities. Any person who violates this section shall be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law under the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A § 3304.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
Public notice shall be given in accordance with applicable provisions
of the Borough Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301.1 et seq., other
Borough ordinances, and state and federal law, prior to adoption of
any amendments of this article.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
Penalties shall be as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, Enforcement; General Penalty, of this Code.
This article shall become effective on October 10, 2002.