[Ord. 1-1997, 1/15/1997, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved property to the lateral of a sewer.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use in the operation of a business enterprise for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service.
DOMESTIC SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged from any improved property.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly to indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes, including both public and private schools or colleges.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT or EDU
The unit of measure by which a user charge may be imposed upon an improved property, as determined in this Part or in any subsequent ordinance of the Township, which shall be deemed to constitute the estimated, equivalent amount of domestic sanitary sewage discharged by a single-family dwelling unit.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within the Township upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located in the Township used wholly or in part for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved property located in the Township from which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, other than sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, including institutional dormitories and educational establishments, which does not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the property line.
MULTIPLE USE IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any improved property upon which there shall exist any combination of a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment, educational establishment or institutional establishment.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged from any improved property.
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, transporting, pumping, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewerage and/or industrial wastes, in or about the service area of the Township as prescribed, to be constructed, acquired, owned, maintained and operated by the Township in, adjacent to and for certain portions of the Township, but not including building sewers.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Montour, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Board, by and through its authorized representatives.
USER
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of, or is required under Subpart B of this Part to discharge, wastewater into the sewer system or the WWTF.
USER CHARGE
The rentals or charges imposed by the Township hereunder, as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property, or other user, for the use of the sewer system and services rendered or available to be rendered thereby.