Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Any municipal authority authorized by the Board of Supervisors
of North Whitehall Township to supply water within the Township for
public and private uses.
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.
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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of North Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Township
Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized
representatives.
WATER SYSTEM
The water distribution facilities, including all related
facilities (owned by the Authority and/or Township), including all
property, real, personal and mixed, rights, powers, licenses, easements,
rights-of-way, privileges, franchises and other property or interest
in property of whatsoever nature used or useful in connection with
such facilities, and together with all additions, extensions, alterations,
improvements and betterments thereof or thereto which may be made,
installed or acquired, from time to time, by or for the Authority
for its operation and use. For the purpose of this article and for
the purposes of requiring certain owners to connect to the water system,
the system shall include and mean only that area depicted on the plan
which is attached hereto, incorporated herein by reference and marked
Exhibit A.
[Amended 5-17-1978 by Ord. No. 1978-3]
[Amended 5-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1]
Violations of this article shall be punishable as a summary offense as set forth in §
1-16A of this Code.
This article shall become effective five days after adoption,
as provided by law.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part
of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence, clause
or part of this article, it being the intent of this Township that
such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.
It is declared that enactment of this article is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
article shall be and the same expressly are repealed.