Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
LATERAL SEWER OR SERVICE CONNECTION
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the edge of the street
abutting the property affected or, if no such lateral shall be provided,
then of, or in place of, a sanitary sewer which is provided for the
connection of any service line.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a water course, ditch, pond, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Each single dwelling unit, household unit, flat or apartment
unit, store, shop, office, business, commercial or industrial unit
or family unit contained within any structure, erected and intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, or either thereof, is or may be discharged, located in the
Township.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property situated in the Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or group.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which is part of the sewer system and which carries
sanitary sewage and/or treated industrial waste permitted to be discharged
into the sewer system.
SERVICE LINE or HOUSE CONNECTION
That part of the main house drain or sewer line extending
from a point five feet outside the outer building wall or foundation
wall to its connection with the lateral sewer.
SEWER SYSTEM
Sewer mains, lateral sewers from a sewer main to service
line or house connection, sewage ejector and/or pumping stations,
sewer force mains and all appurtenant facilities operated by the Township
in furnishing sewage service.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of East Caln, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
An engineer employed by the Township or an authorized member
of his staff.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized
representatives or employees of the Township bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted, at all reasonable times, to
enter upon any premises connected or about to be connected or required
to be connected to the sewer system for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this article.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
damage, destroy, deface, block or otherwise tamper with any sewer
or any other structure or equipment which is part of the sewer system,
or discharge any substance into the sewer system contrary to or in
violation of Ord. 1988-4 of the Township which, inter alia, prohibits
discharge of wastes into the sewer system and provides for rules and
regulations.