Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of dissolved oxygen required for biochemical
oxidation of decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions
in a period of five days at a temperature of 20° C., expressed
in parts per million by weight. Such BOD shall be determined as described
under the heading "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" in the "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes" (latest
edition), as published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Federation of Sewage
and Industrial Wastes Associations.
CONSULTING ENGINEER
The registered professional engineer employed by the Township
for the design and supervision of construction of sewers and appurtenances
within the Township, or any member of his staff.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation of cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, pond, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed as mols per liter of the solution.
PRIVATE WELL
Any well owned by any person for his private use in providing
water for any purpose whatever.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage which has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
RECORDS
Includes books, documents, papers, apparatus, data, readings,
records of analysis, plans and graphs.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and commercial and industrial
establishments.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carried sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes
and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally
admitted.
SEWAGE
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing
plants, processing plants, commercial establishments, or other places
in which such wastes are produced, together with such ground, surface,
storm or other water as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any devices and/or structures and facilities used for treating
of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating
and disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm, surface water, drainage and
some industrial water discharges, such as cooling and air-conditioning
waters, but excludes sanitary sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The dry weight of the solids physically suspended in a flow
of sewage, industrial waste, or water as determined by the method
of determining suspended matter described under the heading "suspended
matter" in the "Standard Methods of the Examination of Water, Sewage
and Industrial Wastes" (latest edition), as published jointly by the
American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association
and the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association and
expressed in parts per million by weight.
TOWNSHIP
Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
The engineer employed by Manor Township, or an authorized
member of his staff.
No person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this Article
II.
[Amended 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1-85; 9-6-1988 by Ord. No. 5-88]
A. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article
II, in addition to becoming liable for a fine and penalty, shall become liable to the Township for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the Township by reason of such violation.
[Added 1-4-1965 by Ord. No. 24]
The provisions of §§
350-1 to
350-6 enacted on December 28, 1959, by said Board of Supervisors of said Township are hereby made applicable to any sewage collection facilities operated by the Township.