As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
An eligible entity as defined herein.
COSTS
Includes those costs associated with the upgrade (defined
herein) of an existing sanitary system, including, but not limited
to, costs for labor, materials, and site restoration. Such costs shall
not include financing or interest charges.
DENITRIFICATION
The process whereby nitrate-nitrogen is converted to nitrogen
gas, which can then be liberated into the atmosphere. This reaction
is the mechanism for removal of nitrogen from wastewater. For purposes
of this chapter, denitrification shall include the further removal
or reduction of nitrates in the groundwater.
ELIGIBLE ENTITY
Any person, estate, trust, beneficiaries of an estate or
trust, partnership, or member of a limited-liability corporation,
or a corporation or other legal entity which owns residential or nonresidential
property which is eligible for the rebate established by this chapter
for the costs of upgrading the sanitary system on the premises to
current standards.
LAND USE APPROVAL
Those approvals required by the Village of Sag Harbor or
the Suffolk County Department of Health Services pursuant to an applicant's
subdivision, site plan, variance, wetlands permit, building permit,
or change-of-zone request, or in furtherance of any SEQRA-related
mitigation.
SUBSTANDARD SANITARY SYSTEM
Any sanitary system located within the Village of Sag Harbor
and constructed prior to January 1, 1981, which system has not been
upgraded or repaired to meet the current requirements of the Suffolk
County Department of Health Services, and the upgrade of which is
entirely voluntary, and not required, conditioned upon, or pursuant
to any land use approvals from the Village of Sag Harbor or the Suffolk
County Department of Health Services.
UPGRADE
The voluntary removal, repair, or replacement of an existing
substandard sanitary system with a system which meets the current
Suffolk County Department of Health Services specifications for sanitary
systems for the specific premises which the system services.