Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this article
shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Wrightsville Borough Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania
municipal authority.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania.
BUILDING CLEANOUT
A cleanout on the building drain just inside or outside the
wall of the building through which the building sewer may be cleaned.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest piping of a building drainage system
which receives the discharge from all drainage pipes within the building
and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral or service connection of a sewer.
FRESH-AIR VENT
A direct connection leading from the building drain just
behind the house trap to the outer air.
HOUSE TRAP
A device, fitting or assembly of fittings installed on the
building drain to prevent circulation of air between the drainage
system of the building and the building sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within Hellam Township and within the
area served by the authority upon which there is erected a structure
or structures intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure or structures
sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
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 sewage, excluding
any ground, surface or stormwater.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to a
point behind the curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to a
point behind the curbline projected.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property located within the area served
by the authority within Hellam Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, public or private.
PLUMBING
The construction, alteration, or repair of any part of the
building sewer or building drain, or appurtenances thereto, which
discharge sewage or industrial wastes into the sewer system and are
subject to the provisions of this article.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
The person or persons appointed by the Borough to enforce
the Borough's plumbing regulations.
SERVICE CONNECTION
That portion of, or place in, a sewer, in those cases where
no lateral is provided, which is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, excluding any ground, surface or stormwater.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities of the authority, as of any particular time,
for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial
wastes.
STREET
And includes any street, road, lane, court, alley and public
square.
TOWNSHIP
Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 9-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-6;2-6-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1]
A. Hellam Township police officers, the appropriate enforcement
officers of Hellam Township, or other appropriate officer or officers
of Hellam Township shall have the power to enforce the provisions
of this article.
B. Penalty for violation. Any person who violates or
permits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary
proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all costs of
prosecution, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, and in
default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term not to
exceed 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues
or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense.
C. Enforcement and recovery of fines and costs. Fines
and costs imposed under provisions of this article shall be enforceable
and recoverable in the manner at the time provided by applicable law.
It is declared that the enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of inhabitants of Hellam Township.