Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in Part
1 of this chapter shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Muhlenberg Township Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within this Township 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 sewage
and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
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 sewage, including
such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may be present.
LATERAL
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.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such groundwater, surface water or stormwater
as may be present.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes, situate
in or adjacent to this Township and owned, maintained and operated
by the Authority.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, a
political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.