§ 160-24. Definitions.

Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:

HOLDING TANK

A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site. "Holding tanks" include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. 

CHEMICAL TOILET

A toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank.

B. 

RETENTION TANK

A holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water-carrying system.

C. 

VAULT PIT PRIVY

A holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.

IMPROVED PROPERTY

Any property within the 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 shall or may be discharged.

OWNER

Any individual, group of individuals, partnership, company, association, corporation or any other group or entity vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in the Township.

SEWAGE

Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical to the public health or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation.

TOWNSHIP

Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.