[Ord. 72, 3/11/1963]
It is declared that enactment of this Part is necessary for
the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of inhabitants of this Township.
[Ord. 72, 3/11/1963; as amended by Ord. 136, 3/27/1974]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the lateral of a sewer.
Any property within this Township 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 sewage
and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
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 sewage, including
such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may be present.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the edge of pavement
or to the edge of cartway, if not paved, 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.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in this Township.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such groundwater, surface or water stormwater
as may be present.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities as of any particular time for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes, situate
in or adjacent to this Township and owned, maintained and/or operated
by the Township Authority.
The Township of Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
The Northampton, Bucks County, Municipal Authority, a municipality
authority created by the Board of Supervisors of the Township and
existing under the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act of May
2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, 53 P.S. § 301 et seq., acting
by and through its Board or, in appropriate cases, by and through
its officers and authorized representatives.
