Definitions.
ABSORPTION AREA EASEMENT
A portion of a lot, tract, or parcel that encompasses the
primary and replacement area and which shall be delineated and preserved.
The primary and replacement areas need not be contiguous.
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24,
1966, P.L. (1965) 1535, No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. § 750.1
et. seq.
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A certified Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO) for the Township
of South Hanover.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors for the Township of South Hanover,
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
collection of sewage of a liquid nature from two or more lots, and
the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage or industrial waste on
one or more of the lots or at any other site and which shall comply
with all applicable regulations of the Department.
DEP/DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (DEP).
DEVELOPER
Any person, partnership or corporation which erects or contracts
to erect a building on property owned by it with the intent to sell
the building to some other party upon its full or partial completion,
or upon the conveyance of property on which the building is to be
built.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
For the purpose of determining the number of lots in a subdivision
or land development, that part of a multiple-family dwelling, commercial,
industrial, or institutional establishment with sewage flows equal
to 230 gallons per day.
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system of piping, tanks, or other facilities serving
a single lot and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or in
part into the soil and any waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or by means of conveyance to another site for final disposition, and
which is located upon the lot which it serves.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
A land development as defined in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247 as amended
and reenacted, 53 P.S. § 10101 et. seq.
LOT
A parcel of land used or intended to be used as a building
site or separate parcel to be created as a result of approval of a
subdivision or land development application or a condominium unit.
MALFUNCTION
The condition which occurs when an on-lot system causes pollution
to the ground or surface waters of the commonwealth, contamination
of private or public drinking water supplies, nuisance problems or
hazards to public health.
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal systems adopted by the Township and approved by the Department
in accordance with the Act and with applicable Department regulations.
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (OLDS)
Any system for disposal of domestic sewage involving pretreatment
and subsequent disposal of the clarified sewage into a subsurface
soil absorption area or retaining tank; this term includes both individual
sewage systems and community sewage systems.
OWNER
Any person, corporation, partnership, etc., holding deed
or title to lands within the Township.
PERSON
Any individual, association, partnership, public or private
corporation whether for profit or nonprofit, trust, firm, estate,
or other legally recognized entity. Whenever the term "person" is
used in connection with any clause providing for the imposition of
a fine or imprisonment or the ordering of the action to comply with
the terms of this article, the term "person" shall include the members
of an association, partnership or firm and the officers of any public
or private corporation, whether for profit or not-for-profit.
PLANNING MODULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
A revision to the Township Official Plan submitted in connection
with the request for approval of a subdivision or land development
in accordance with the Department regulations.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge, or replace an
existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
REPLACEMENT ABSORPTION AREA
A location designated as the future location of an OLDS that
shall be installed should the OLDS installed or to be installed fail
or otherwise become inoperable and which shall meet all the regulations
of the Department and all applicable Township ordinances for an OLDS.
Both primary and replacement absorption areas must pass percolation
and probe tests.
RETAINING TANK
A watertight receptacle that receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
the sewage at another site. The term includes, but is not limited
to the following:
A.
CHEMICAL TOILETA permanent or portable nonflushing toilet using chemical treatment in the retaining tank for odor control.
B.
HOLDING TANKA tank, whether permanent or temporary, to which sewage is conveyed by a water-carrying system.
C.
PRIVYA tank designated to receive sewage, where water under pressure is not available.
E.
COMPOSTING TOILETA device for holding and processing human and organic kitchen waste employing the process of biological degradation through the action of microorganisms to produce a stable, humus-like material.
F.
RECYCLING TOILETA device in which the flushing medium is restored to a condition suitable for reuse in flushing.
SEPTAGE
The residual scum, sludge and other materials pumped from
septic or aerobic treatment tanks and the systems they serve.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any waste products or excrement
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals; a substance
harmful to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the
use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or a substance
which constitutes pollution to the waters of the commonwealth under
the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. § 691.1001), as amended.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
A person certified by the State Board for the Certification
of Sewage Enforcement Officers, who is appointed by the Board to administer
the provisions of this article, the provisions of the Act, and as
further defined in Chapters 71, 72 and 73.
SEWAGE FACILITIES
Any method of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment, and
disposal, which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage into the waters of this commonwealth, or otherwise
provide for the safe treatment and disposal of sewage or other waste.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Any area or areas of the Township designated in the Official
Sewage Facilities Plan adopted by the Board as an area for which a
sewage management program is to be implemented.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
A comprehensive set of legal and administrative requirements
encompassing the requirements of this article, the Sewage Facilities
Act, the Clean Streams Law, the regulations promulgated thereunder
and such other requirements adopted by the Board to effectively enforce
and administer this article.
SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP
The ownership of a lot by one or more persons which ownership
is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.
SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM
An on-lot system that uses the renovation capacity of the
soil for final treatment of the effluent. The SEO permitted systems,
except retention tank systems, are soil absorption systems.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of
land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of
land, including changes in existing lot lines. The enumerating of
lots shall include as a lot that portion of the original tract or
tracts remaining after other lots have been subdivided therefrom.
TOWNSHIP
Township of South Hanover, Dauphin County.
TREATMENT TANK
A watertight tank designed to retain sewage long enough for
satisfactory bacterial decomposition of the solids to take place.
The term includes the following:
A.
SEPTIC TANKA treatment tank that provides for anaerobic decomposition of sewage prior to effluent discharge to an absorption area.
B.
AEROBIC SEWAGE TREATMENT TANKA mechanically aerated treatment tank that provides aerobic biochemical stabilization of sewage prior to its discharge to an absorption area.