For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORITY. The Tatamy Borough Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipal authority.
BOROUGH. The Borough of Tatamy, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a political subdivision, acting by and through its Borough Council or in appropriate case, by and through its authorized representatives.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure starting from a point three feet outside of the outer walls of the structured building to the lateral of a sewer system.
IMPROVED PROPERTY. Any property located within the borough upon which there is an erected structure (occupied building) intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy, for any purpose whatsoever by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, or form of energy ejected or escaping the course of any industrial, manufacturing or trade or business process or in the course of development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL. The part of the sewer system extending from the sewer to the curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the property line, or if no such lateral shall be provided, then LATERAL shall mean that portion of or place in the sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
OCCUPIED BUILDING. Each single dwelling unit, household unit, flat or apartment unit, store, shop, office, business or industrial unit, or family unit contained within any structure erected within 150 feet from the sewer system, and intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, and from which structure sanitary sewage is, or may be, discharged.
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 waste discharged from any improved property.
SEWER. Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system, used or useable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM. All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and/or disposing sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste, situated in the borough.
STREET or HIGHWAY. Includes any highway, street, road, lane, alley, court or public square.
(Ord. 1-159-1993, passed 9-7-1993)