Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in Part 1 of this chapter shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Muhlenberg Township Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure to the lateral of a sewer.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
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.
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 sewage, including such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may be present.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, 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 Township.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved property, including such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may be present.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a 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 sewage and industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Township and owned, maintained and operated by the Authority.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, a political subdivision, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.