Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
APARTMENT COMPLEX
A building or group of buildings that contain four or more
units or suites of rooms that form a residence, and which are rented
for independent residential use of each unit.
CERTIFICATION
As described herein, shall reference the document issued
by the Township certifying the subject inspected lateral as having
met the necessary standards for issuance of an accompanying private
sanitary sewer lateral inspection permit.
(1)
A residential certification shall be valid for up to two years.
(2)
A nonresidential certification shall be valid for up to 10 years.
COMMON LATERAL
The sanitary sewer lateral where more than one private sanitary
sewer lateral is connected to form a common or manifold of multiple
laterals. This portion of the lateral is generally owned, maintained
and the responsibility of an association such as a homeowner's
association or another entity. The common lateral is generally identified
on Exhibit B.
COMPLIANCE
Compliance with the provisions of this article as set forth
herein, and any amendments thereto; the Township Code of the Lower
Makefield Township, including, but not limited to, Chapter 322, Sewers;
all rules, regulations, and resolutions of any applicable municipal
authority and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection;
sound engineering practice; and the standard specifications governing
connection to and use of sanitary sewer collection systems.
EMPLOYEES
Such employees, agents, and designated representatives or
officials of the Lower Makefield Township as the Township shall, from
time to time, designate and utilize in the making of the inspection
and/or tests hereafter described in carrying out the duties as prescribed
herein to be performed on behalf of the Township.
FALLS TOWNSHIP SERVICE AREA
The portion of Lower Makefield Township identified on the
plan shown in Exhibit A as the Falls Township Service Area. The sanitary sewer
mains and manholes in this area are owned and maintained by the Township
of Falls Authority. The private sanitary sewer laterals which are
owned and the responsibility of the property owners extend from the
building to the connection point to the sanitary sewer main.
I/I
Inflow and infiltration of groundwater and surface water
into the sanitary sewer mains, manholes and laterals that either connect
to or are a component of the public sanitary sewer system.
NONRESIDENTIAL UNITS
Any unit or property in Lower Makefield Township which is
not used for residential purposes as defined by the Lower Makefield
Township Zoning Code. Nonresidential units shall include, but are
not limited to, any and all commercial, industrial and institutional
buildings that are connected to the public sanitary sewer system.
NOTICE
Advisements of inspections and tests of the system to be
performed by the Township.
POSS
The publicly owned sanitary system located in Lower Makefield
Township. This includes all of the sanitary sewer mains, manholes,
laterals (from sanitary sewer main to right-of-way of a road or edge
of a sanitary sewer easement), pump stations and related sanitary
sewer facilities.
PRIVATE SANITARY SEWER LATERAL
The sewer pipe extending from a building to the right of
way of a public street or the edge of a sanitary sewer easement in
all areas of Lower Makefield Township except for the Falls Township
service area where the private sanitary sewer lateral extends all
the way from the building to the sanitary sewer main.
SUMP PUMP
Any pump connected to the private sanitary sewer lateral,
or to any pipe connected to the private sanitary sewer lateral that
is being used to pump groundwater or surface water into the sanitary
sewer system.
SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, and disposing of
sanitary sewage, which are owned by the Township or the Township of
Falls Authority.
TRANSFER
The transfer of title to real estate when sale or gift is
intended, but excluding transfers that occur for the following reasons:
(1)
Conversion: A change in an entity's form or organization,
place of organization, or name.
(2)
Financing transaction: When realty is transferred by the debtor
solely for the purpose of serving as security for the payment of a
debt, or when no sale or debt is intended.
(3)
Living trust is established.
(4)
Confirmatory or corrective deeds.
(5)
Deeds that transfer title of ownership from a single individual
into the names of the marital unit of husband and wife, or from the
marital unit of husband and wife to an individual in accordance with
terms of a divorce decree or other court document.
USER
The owner, lessee, or occupant of the property on which the
buildings and/or appurtenances that are connected to the system are
located.