For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORITY. The Borough of Topton Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
BOROUGH. The Borough of Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania municipal corporation, acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY. Any property within this borough 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 sanitary 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 sanitary sewage.
LATERAL. The part of the sewer system extending from a 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, a sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
OWNER. Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in this borough.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved property, including such ground, surface or stormwater as may be present.
SEWER. Any pipe or conduit constituting part of the sewer system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM. All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, situated in or adjacent to this borough and owned by the authority and leased to this borough for operation and use.
STREET. Includes any street, road, lane, court, public square or alley.
(Ord. 327, passed 8-27-1962)