As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ALTERNATE SYSTEM
Any system that is listed in the PADEP document, "Alternate
Systems Guidance," effective date September 20, 2003. (Minor revisions
were made on February 6, 2004).
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A sewage enforcement officer, employee of Lower Salford Township,
professional engineer, plumbing inspector, or other qualified or licensed
person who is authorized to function within specified limits as an
agent of Lower Salford Township to administer or enforce the provisions
of this article.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors, Lower Salford Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any sewage system, whether publicly or privately owned, for
the collection of sewage from two or more lots, or two or more equivalent
dwelling units and the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on
one or more lots or at any other site.
COUNTY
The Montgomery County Health Department (MCHD).
DEPARTMENT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP).
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
lot and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into
the soil or into any waters of this commonwealth.
LOT
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided. Whenever a lot is
used for a multiple-family dwelling or for commercial or industrial
purposes, the lot shall be deemed to have been subdivided into an
equivalent number of single-family residential lots as determined
by estimated sewage flows.
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,
backs up into a building connected to the system or in any manner
causes a nuisance or hazard to the public health or pollution of goundwater
or surface water or contamination of public or private drinking water
wells. Systems shall be considered to be malfunctioning if any condition
noted above occurs for any length of time during any period of the
year.
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal systems, adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Lower Salford
Township and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system for disposal of domestic sewage involving pretreatment
and subsequent disposal of the clarified sewage into a subsurface
soil-absorption area or retaining tank; this term includes both individual
sewage systems and community sewage systems.
PERSON
Any individual, association, public or private corporation
for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate, department,
board, bureau or agency of the commonwealth, political subdivision,
municipality, district, authority, or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. Whenever
used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty or imposing
a fine or imprisonment, the term "person" shall include the members
of an association, partnership or firm and the officers of any local
agency or municipal, public or private corporation for profit or not
for profit.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge or replace an
existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
SEPTAGE
Domestic septage is either liquid or solid material removed
from a septic tank, dosing tank, cesspool, portable toilet, or similar
storage or treatment works that receive only domestic sewage.
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 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
A person certified by PADEP who is employed either directly
or indirectly by Lower Salford Township or by the Montgomery County
Health Department. Such person is authorized to conduct investigations
and inspections, review permit applications, issue or deny permits
and do all other activities as may be provided for such person in
the Sewage Facilities Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and this article or any other ordinance adopted by Lower Salford Township
or the Montgomery County Health Department. Only the SEO employed
by the Montgomery County Health Department is authorized to administrate
the sewage facilities permitting program under Chapter 72 of the PADEP
regulations.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Any area or areas of Lower Salford Township designated in
the Official Sewage Facilities Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors
as an area for which a sewage management program is to be implemented.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
A program authorized by the official action of a municipality
for the administration, management and regulation of the disposal
of sewage; this 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 of Supervisors to
effectively enforce and administer this article.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or other parcel
of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines. The enumerating
of lots shall include as a lot that portion of the original tract
or tracts remaining after other lots have been subdivided therefrom.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Lower Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.