[Adopted 10-3-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-583 (Ch. 144, Art. I, of the 2005
Code of Ordinances)]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this chapter shall be as
follows:
The Bath Borough Authority, a municipal authority incorporated,
organized and existing under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public
Health Association.
Includes, as applicable, each of the following: a commercial
establishment, a dwelling unit, an industrial establishment and an
institutional establishment.
The Borough of Bath, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a
municipality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through
its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized
representatives.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for
use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale and distribution
of any product, commodity, article or service.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and occupied or intended
for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group
of persons living together or by a person living alone.
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any property located within this Borough 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.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for
use, in whole or in part, in the operation of one business enterprise
for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling
of any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
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.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer system which does not constitute
a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
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.
Any improved property in which shall be located more than
one billing unit.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located within this Borough.
Any individual, partnership, company association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
Parts per million, by weight.
Garbage that has been chopped to such a degree that all its
particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such ground, surface or stormwater as
may be present.
That part of the sewer system constructed and owned by the
Authority and operated by this Borough for the purpose of treating
and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer
system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough, owned by
the Authority and leased to this Borough for operation and use.
Any street, road, lane, court, public square, alley or highway.
Solids either dissolved in or floating on the surface of
the liquid, as determined by appropriate procedures found in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage"
published by the American Public Health Association.
All solids as determined by appropriate procedures found
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
Any poisonous substance, including copper, cyanide, chromium,
beryllium, cadmium, lead, nickel, tin and zinc ions, and any phenolic
bodies or radioactive isotopes.
The facilities used for the supply of water to the public
in and adjacent to this Borough.
