[Ord. No. 4-1970, §§ 301 — 319, 11/9/1970; Ord. No. 117-1981, 8/11/1981]
1. 
As used in this chapter, words and phrases shall have the meanings given herein:
APARTMENT HOUSE
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three or more families living independently of each other.
BUILDING SEWER
The piping carrying liquid wastes from a building to a treatment tank, or to a collector pipe of a community or public sewage system.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage from two or more dwelling units, or for the collection of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, or both, and including various devices for the treatment of such sewage or wastes, or which discharges into a public sewage system.
DISPOSAL FIELD
An area in which open joint or perforated piping is laid in covered trenches or excavations, for the purpose of distributing liquid from a treatment tank into the soil.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes, having a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities, and arranged for occupancy by one family.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities, serving only a single dwelling unit, and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into the soil of the property, or into any waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or discharging into a community or public sewage system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Liquid wastes resulting from the processing of materials in any commercial, industrial or manufacturing process or establishment.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
A. 
The erection or installation of a building, for residential or other purposes, the useful occupancy of which will require disposal of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes.
B. 
Any improvement or use of land which results in a need to provide for the disposal of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable or portable vehicle or structure designed for or capable of use for living or commercial purposes, or as an office or place of assembly whether contained in one unit, or in two units designed to be joined in one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at the site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and is constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation, with or without the removal of wheels, rollers, skids or tongue except one that is displayed for sale.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any site, lot, field or tract of ground, or part thereof:
A. 
Where two or more mobile homes are parked.
B. 
Which is used by the public as a parking space for two or more mobile homes, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure, used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such a park.
MUNICIPALITY
South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
PUBLIC SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system of collector and interceptor piping, located in public rights-of-way or easements, discharging into and including centralized sewage treatment plants and all auxiliary facilities, providing means for a large number of sewers in a general area to dispose of sewage.
RECREATION FACILITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system for the collection and disposal, with or without treatment, of sanitary sewage serving any facility or land used seasonally or periodically occupied for recreational purposes, whether or not the facility or land use includes permanent or portable structures or enclosures.
SEEPAGE PIT
A covered pit with open-jointed lining, through which liquid from a treatment tank can seep or leach into the soil.
SEWAGE
Any substance which 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 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.
SEWAGE FACILITIES OFFICER
The person, or his duly authorized agent, appointed by the Township to have the responsibility for administering the provisions of this chapter, issuing permits and making inspections as herein provided.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a single lot, tract, or parcel of land, or part thereof, into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land including changes in street lines or lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development; provided, however, the division of land for agricultural purposes in parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access, shall not be included within the meaning of "subdivision."
TREATMENT TANK
A water-tight tank designed to retain sewage solids long enough for satisfactory bacterial decomposition to take place:
A. 
SEPTIC TANKA water-tight tank receptacle which receives sewage and is designed and constructed to provide for sludge storage, sludge decomposition, and the separation of solids from the liquid, through a period of detention before the liquid is discharged.
B. 
AEROBIC TREATMENT TANKAny unit which incorporates, as part of the treatment process, a means of introducing air into the sewage held in a storage tank or tanks so as to provide aerobic biochemical stabilization during a detention period.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shall be inclusive of any and all rivers, streams, creeks, rivulets, lakes, dammed water, ponds, springs, and all other bodies of surface or underground water, or parts thereof, whether natural or artificial, within or on the boundaries of the commonwealth.