§ 401. Definitions.

The following words when used in this Part shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

ACCESS TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM

A situation where a portion of the drainage system exists anywhere immediately surrounding a property. A lot shall be considered to have access to the drainage system if any existing storm sewer is located anywhere in front of any property's lot line.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

That portion of the storm sewer and/or drainpipes, gravity cellar drains and sump pump lines (unless otherwise permitted) used with respect to any dwelling, land or tenement in conducting the surface water from those places to its eventual outlet into a natural or permitted watercourse.

DRAINPIPE

A pipe or series of pipes having an inside diameter of not less than four inches or more than eight inches buried in any street or alley in the Borough, including only that portion of the pipes extending from the main to the curb or alley line, and now or in the future used for collecting and discharging into the natural streams in and surrounding the Borough surface water accumulating on real estate, lands and tenements within the Borough and conducted from those places through gravity cellar drains or sump pump lines provided for that purpose.

GRAVITY CELLAR DRAIN

Any pipe leading from the cellar of a dwelling within the Borough and feeding by gravity into the drainage system at the curb or alley line.

STORM SEWER

A pipe or series of pipes buried in a street or alley having a diameter of more than eight inches now or in the future used for the collection and discharge into natural streams in and surrounding the Borough all clear surface and storm water accumulating on streets within the Borough, as well as in and upon real estate, lands and tenements in the Borough and conducted from those places through gravity cellar drains or sump pump lines provided for that purpose.

STREET RECONSTRUCTION

Anytime Borough Council shall decide to improve a street by either: (a) a complete replacement of all asphalt in the cartway, or (b) a replacement or new installation of a storm sewer followed by an overlay of asphalt upon the street.

SUMP PUMP LINE

Mechanical device forcing a pressurized flow through a pipe with a maximum diameter of three inches leading from the cellar of a dwelling within the Borough and connecting with the drainage system at the curb or alley line.

Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994