Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 3B shall be as follows:
AMMONIA NITROGEN AS N - ammonia nitrogen as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by American Public Health Association, Inc.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - the Board of Supervisors of the Township.
B.O.D. (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) - the quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for 5 days at 20ºC. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
BUILDING SEWER - the extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved property to the lateral serving such improved property.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure, or group thereof, connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use in the operation of a business enterprise for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service, which maintains separate toilet, sink or other plumbing facilities in the room or group of rooms utilized for such business enterprise.
COMMONWEALTH - the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CONNECTION ORDINANCE [Part 3A] - the ordinance enacted by this Township requiring owners of certain improved property located in the Township to connect to such sewer and use the same in such manner as this Township may ordain.
DOMESTIC SANITARY SEWAGE - normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged from any improved property.
DWELLING UNIT - any room, group of rooms, house trailer, apartment, condominium, cooperative or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as living quarters by an individual, a single family or other discrete group of persons, excluding institutional dormitories.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes, including both public and private schools or colleges.
EPA - the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT or EDU - the unit of measure by which the user charge and the tapping fee shall be imposed upon each improved property, as determined in this Part 3B or in any subsequent resolution of the Township, which shall be deemed to constitute the estimated, equivalent amount of domestic sanitary sewage discharged by a single-family dwelling unit.
IMPROVED PROPERTY - any property 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 domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged, and is subject to the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A].
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT - any improved property used or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved property from which wastes, in addition to or other than domestic sanitary sewage, shall or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES - any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, and/or any wastewater having characteristics which may have the potential to be detrimental to the treatment plant, other than domestic sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, including institutional dormitories and educational establishments, which do not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LARGE CONSUMER - a person whose metered or estimated consumption of water is in excess of 15,000 gallons per calendar quarter in the case of a dwelling unit, or any commercial establishment, educational establishment, institutional establishment or industrial establishment, regardless of water consumption or volume of domestic sanitary sewage or industrial wastes discharged.
LATERAL - part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline, or if there is no curbline, to the property line, or if no such extension is provided, then “lateral” shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer that is provided for connection of any building sewer.
MULTIPLE USE IMPROVED PROPERTY - any improved property upon which there shall exist any combination of a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment, educational establishment or institutional establishment.
OWNER -any person vested with title, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON - any individual, partnership, company, association, society, trust, corporation or other group or entity, including municipalities, municipality authorities, school districts and other units of government.
PH - the logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PPM - parts per million parts water, by weight.
SEWER - any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for collection of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM - all facilities, at any particular time, acquired, constructed, operated and/or leased by the Township for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and/or disposing of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes discharged by an improved property within this Township.
STREET - include any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public way or public square, including such streets as are dedicated to public use, and such streets as are owned by private persons.
TAPPING FEE - a fee against the owner of any improved property in the area served by the sewer system which actually connects or is required to be connected pursuant to the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A] then in effect requiring such connection or which otherwise connects to the sewer system.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS AS P - total phosphorus as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
TOTAL SOLIDS - solids determined by evaporating at 100ºC a mixed sample of wastewater as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc. Total solids include floating solids, suspended solids, settleable solids and dissolved solids, as defined in general below and by standard methods:
DISSOLVED SOLIDS - solids that are dissolved in the waste and cannot be removed by filtration but can be determined by evaporation.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDS - solids that settle in an Imhoff cone from a standard sample of waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS - solids determined by standard laboratory procedure in the waste.
TOWNSHIP -the Township of Penn, Centre County, Pennsylvania, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
TREATMENT PLANT -the sewage treatment and disposal system facilities acquired and constructed by the Township, together with all appurtenant facilities and properties, and together with any additions, improvements, enlargements and/or modifications thereto from time to time acquired or constructed.
USER - any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the sewer system or the treatment plant from an improved property.
USER CHARGE - the monthly rental or charge imposed by the Township hereunder, as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property, for the use or availability of use of the sewer system.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. I)