For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT 203. The Act of 1990 setting and establishing connection and tapping fees for sanitary sewer systems, being 53 P.S. Ch. 14B.
AUTHORITY. The Forest Hills Municipal Authority.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU). The average amount of sewage flow expected to be generated by a single-family dwelling.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any property located in this municipality 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 property located in this municipality from which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, other than sanitary sewage.
INFLOW AND INFILTRATION (I & I). Surface water and/or ground water which enters the sewer system by any means. This subchapter expressly prohibits any person from causing, allowing, or permitting any quantity of inflow and infiltration to enter the sewer system.
LATERAL. The part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the property line, to a point designated by the municipality or authority, or if no such lateral shall be provided, the LATERAL shall mean that portion of, or place in a sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
MUNICIPALITY. The Borough of Summerhill.
OWNER. Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, trust, corporation, or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any 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, pumping, transporting, treating, and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes situated in or adjacent to this municipality and owned by the authority.
WILDCAT SEWER. A sewer that provides collection but no treatment.
(Ord. 2-1997, passed 12-9-1997)