Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ABSORPTION AREA EASEMENT
A portion of a lot, tract, or parcel that encompasses the
primary and replacement absorption area and which shall be delineated
and preserved. The primary and replacement absorption areas need not
be contiguous.
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24,
1966, P.L. (1965) 1535, No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §
750.1 et seq.
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A certified Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO) or a licensed
pumper/hauler for the Township.
BOARD
The Board of Commissioners for Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
collection of sewage of a liquid nature from two or more lots, and
the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on one or more of the
lots or at any other site and which shall comply with all applicable
regulations of the Department.
DEP/DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (DEP).
DEVELOPER
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity
which erects or contracts to erect a building on property owned by
it with the intent to sell the building to some other party upon its
full or partial completion, or upon the conveyance of property on
which the building is to be built.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
For the purpose of determining the number of lots in a subdivision
or land development, that part of a multiple-family dwelling, commercial,
industrial, or institutional establishment with sewage flows equal
to 400 gallons per day.
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any 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 and any waters of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or by means of conveyance to another site for final disposition, and
which is located upon the lot which it serves.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Land development includes any of the following activities:
(1)
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts,
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a)
One or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether
proposed initially or cumulatively, on a lot or lots, regardless of
the number of occupants or tenure; or
(b)
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purpose of, streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
(3)
Development in accordance with Section 503(1.1) of the Municipalities
Planning Code.
LOT
A parcel of land used or intended to be used as a building
site or separate parcel to be created as a result of approval of a
subdivision or land development application. The term lot shall include
parcels equal to or greater than 10 acres in size where the lot may
be occupied by one or more persons or families.
MALFUNCTION
The condition which occurs when a sewage system causes pollution
to the ground or surface waters of the commonwealth, contamination
of private or public drinking water supplies, nuisance problems or
hazards to public health.
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan for the provision of adequate sewage
systems adopted by the Township and approved by the Department in
accordance with the Act and with applicable Department regulations.
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (OLDS)
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.
OWNER
Any person having legal title to land within the Township.
PERSON
Any individual, association, partnership, public or private
corporation whether for profit or nonprofit, trust, firm, estate,
or other legally recognized entity. Whenever the term "person" is
used in connection with any clause providing for the imposition of
a fine or imprisonment or the ordering of the action to comply with
the terms of this article, the term "person" shall include the members
of an association, partnership or firm or other legal entity.
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
A revision to the Township Official Sewage Facilities Plan
submitted in connection with the request for approval of a subdivision
or land development in accordance with the Department regulations.
PUMPER/HAULER
Any person which engages in cleaning on-lot sewage disposal
systems and transports the septage removed from those systems.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge, or replace an
existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
REPLACEMENT ABSORPTION AREA
A location designated as the future location of an OLDS that
shall be installed should the OLDS installed or to be installed fail
or otherwise become inoperable and which shall meet all the regulations
of the Department and all applicable Township ordinances for an OLDS.
Both primary and replacement absorption areas must pass percolation
and probe tests.
RETAINING TANK
A watertight receptacle that receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
the sewage at another site. The term includes, but is not limited
to the following:
(1)
CHEMICAL TOILETA permanent or portable nonflushing toilet using chemical treatment in the retaining tank for odor control.
(2)
HOLDING TANKA tank, whether permanent or temporary, to which sewage is conveyed by a water-carrying system.
(3)
PRIVYA tank designated to receive sewage, where water under pressure is not available.
(5)
COMPOSTING TOILETA device for holding and processing human and organic kitchen waste employing the process of biological degradation through the action of microorganisms to produce a stable, humus-like material.
(6)
RECYCLING TOILETA device in which the flushing medium is restored to a condition suitable for reuse in flushing.
SEPTAGE
The residual scum, sludge and other materials pumped from
septic or aerobic treatment tanks and the systems they serve.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any waste products or excrement
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals; a substance
harmful to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the
use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or a substance
which constitutes pollution to the waters of the commonwealth under
the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.), as amended.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
A person certified by the Department, who is employed/appointed
by the Board to administer the provisions of this article, the provisions
of the Act, and as further defined in the Act and in Chapters 71,72
and 73 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code.
SEWAGE FACILITIES
Any method of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment, and
disposal, which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage into the waters of this commonwealth, or otherwise
provide for the safe treatment and disposal of sewage or other waste.
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.
SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP
The ownership of a lot by one or more persons which ownership
is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.
SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM
An on-lot system that uses the renovation capacity of the
soil for final treatment of the effluent. The SEO permitted systems,
except retention tank systems, are soil absorption systems.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or other 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 devisees, transfer of ownership or building
lot development. 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
Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
TREATMENT TANK
A watertight tank designed to retain sewage long enough for
satisfactory bacterial decomposition of the solids to take place.
The term includes the following:
(1)
SEPTIC TANKA treatment tank that provides for anaerobic decomposition of sewage prior to its discharge to an absorption area.
(2)
AEROBIC SEWAGE TREATMENT TANKA mechanically aerated treatment tank that provides aerobic biochemical stabilization of sewage prior to its discharge to an absorption area.