Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
Part 1 shall be as follows:
Lower Providence Township Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania
municipality authority.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property located 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
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
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 sanitary sewage.
The water entering any sewer by way of a building sewer from
the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes,
pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include,
and is distinguished from, inflow.
[Added 7-1-2010 by Ord.
No. 590]
The water entering any sewer by way of a building sewer from
such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, basement, yard
and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers and catch basins. Inflow
does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
[Added 7-1-2010 by Ord.
No. 590]
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.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
[Amended 8-14-1972 by Ord. No. 169]
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes, situate in or adjacent to this township and owned, maintained
and operated by the Authority.
The Township of Lower Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
