The following words and phrases, when used in this Part, shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this section.
BUSINESS
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other
entity engaged in the buying, selling, storing, transferring, transporting
and/or manufacturing or properties, merchandise, chemicals or other
fuels, goods and who do so for any form of compensation.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCIDENT
Any industrial accident or other incident which results in
the spill, release, or discharge of any substance potentially dangerous
to the public health and welfare at large, or negatively impacts the
water, soil or air quality resources of Upper Makefield Township.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Any incident that occurs from the storage, transportation,
use and/or manufacturing of any substance potentially dangerous to
the public health and welfare at large that necessitates:
A.
The intervention of the Upper Makefield Township Police Department
or any of the emergency agencies, including fire, ambulance, or rescue
squads which may serve Upper Makefield Township including, but not
limited to, the fire companies or any rescue squad operating or providing
service in Upper Makefield Township or the Upper Makefield Township
Emergency Management Coordinator.
B.
The need for cleanup and/or abatement measures to be performed
by Township employees, or other matters resulting in expense to the
Township.
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE
Bridges, state highways, Township streets and navigable waterways
or other roadways or watercourses owned by a Township governmental
unit, or other privately owned street, parking lot, or accessway to
which the public has access, or public or private rail line.