Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms and phrases used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Council, or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within the Borough upon which there is erected a principal structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which principal structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged, provided that the principal structure is within 250 feet of the sewer (i.e., the horizontal level distance between the closest point of the perimeter of the improved property and the closest point on the principal structure as determined by the Borough).
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property located in the Borough, 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 Borough 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.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, extending 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.
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 sewage and/or industrial wastes, situate in the Borough, to be constructed, acquired, owned, maintained and operated by the Borough or its designated entity in, adjacent to and for certain portions of the Borough.