For the purposes of this article, certain terms
and words used herein shall have the following meaning:
AUTHORIZED AGENT
The Township Zoning Officer, a sewage enforcement officer,
employee of the Township, professional engineer, or any other qualified
or licensed person who is authorized to function within specified
limits as an agent of Thornbury Township to administer or enforce
the provisions of this article.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Thornbury Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY ON-LOT DISPOSAL SYSTEM (COLDS)
A sewage collection, treatment and disposal system serving
a nonresidential use generating in whole or in part other than sanitary
waste; or a nonresidential use generating more than one EDU of sanitary
waste per day, or serving more than one single-family dwelling unit;
or serving an institutional use. A dormitory, hotel, bed-and-breakfast
or rooming housing shall not be considered as a single-family dwelling
unit.
LOT
A parcel of land, the land area of which is contiguous and undivided by a street and which conforms to the provisions of Chapter
115, Subdivision and Land Development, and Chapter
155, Zoning, and any other Township ordinances, codes, regulations, plans and maps, or any other parcel or tract of land, whether or not improved.
MALFUNCTION
The condition that occurs when any sewage facility pollutes
ground- or surface water; contaminates private or public drinking
water supplies: or creates a nuisance or a hazard to public health:
ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system of piping, treatment tanks or other facilities serving
a single lot and collection, treating and disposing of sewage into
a subsurface absorption area or spray irrigation system.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health or to animals or aquatic life or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
The official of the local agency (Chester County Health Department
and The Department of Environmental Protection) who reviews permits
application and sewage facilities planning modules, issues permits
as authorized under the Act, and conducts the investigations and inspections
that are necessary to implement the Act.
TOWNSHIP
Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
TREATMENT TANK
A watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of sewage
from a house or building sewer line and is designed and constructed
so as to permit settling of settleable solids from the liquid digestion
of the organic mailer by detention and discharge of the liquid portion
into a distribution system or pit for underground dispersion or elevated
sand mound, individual spray irrigation. Treatment tanks include septic
tanks, cesspools, aerobic units and the like.
When the Township becomes aware of violations
of this article or County Health Department regulations, it shall
be reported to the Chester County Health Department and become subject
to their rules and regulations.
Any person who violates or permits the violation
of any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in
a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be subject to the payment of a fine of not less than $100 and not
more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county
prison for a term not more than 30 days. Each section of this article
violated shall constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion
thereof in which a violation of this article is found to exist shall
constitute a separate offense, each of which violations shall be punishable
by a separate fine imposed by the District Justice of not less than
$100 and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, or upon
default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the county prison for a term of not more than 30 days. All fines
and penalties collected for the violation of this article shall be
paid to the Township Treasurer.
The Board of Supervisors shall adopt a fee schedule
for the administration of this article. Said schedule shall be kept
on file by the Township Secretary and shall be reviewed and revised
as necessary.