§ 235-2. Definitions.
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For the purposes of this article, the following rules of definition and interpretation shall, apply unless expressly stated to the contrary.A.Interpretation.(1)The present tense shall include all other simple and perfect tenses that may grammatically apply.(2)The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neutral gender.(3)The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.(4)The words "shall" and "will" are always mandatory.(5)Terms not expressly defined herein shall have their commonly accepted meanings.B.The following meanings and definitions shall apply:
- ABUTTING PROPERTY
- Any property or portion thereof which touches, borders on, or has a boundary which is conterminous with any public way.
- AVAILABILITY OF SYSTEM
- Water or sewer system lines shall be deemed "available" if they are present and operable in an abutting public way (within 50 feet from the nearest lot line of an affected property).
- COMMERCIAL UNIT
- A building or portion thereof designed, occupied, or intended to be occupied by an individual business entity or enterprise, except for those units which are specifically defined as industrial.
- CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SYSTEM
- The joining of a privately owned water or sewer system's lines to the publicly owned water or sewer system lines, and any piping, fixtures or mechanical apparatus necessary to that joining which lie within the boundaries of a public way, as defined herein.
- DWELLING UNIT
- One or more rooms designed, occupied or intended to be occupied as separate self-contained living quarters for a single-family household unit.
- INACTIVE
- A unit is considered inactive provided no occupancy or usage occurs for 30 consecutive days or more during a billing period, upon request by the property owner, notified in advance.
- INDUSTRIAL UNIT
- A single point of water intake or sewer discharge serving a property whose design, use or intended use is industrial as defined in Chapter 245, Zoning.
- MIXED USE
- Any single building or facility which contains or is intended to contain two or more units of different types or classes defined by this article.
- MULTIPLE-UNIT DEVELOPMENT
- Any building, group of buildings or facility which is designed to contain, occupied by, or intended to be occupied by two or more units of any one type or class defined by this article (usually residential).
- PRIVATE SYSTEM
- Any privately owned water or sewer system, including without limitation, septic tanks, cesspools, wells or privies, owned and maintained by the owner or owners of private property for the collection, treatment and disposal of wastes and the furnishing of potable water for that property or adjoining properties under the same ownership.
- PUBLIC SYSTEM
- The system of pipes, treatment facilities, wells and all appurtenances and apparatus owned and operated, or intended to be owned and operated, by the Town of Federalsburg for the collection, treatment and disposal of wastes and the furnishing of potable water.
- PUBLIC WAY
- Any property, right-of-way, easement or other right of use or ownership held by the Town of Federalsburg and dedicated or intended to be dedicated for public use for facilities including, without limitation, streets, water, sewer drainage systems. The boundaries of such public ways shall generally be construed as:
- (1) The lines formed by the juncture of the outside edge of sidewalk and inside edge of curb; or
- (2) The front lot line of the property or properties abutting such public way; or
- (3) Other such boundaries as described in the deed, right-of-way or other official land record, where applicable.