Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
BOD (denotes "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°
C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
carrying sewage which receives discharge from waste and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer and terminates five feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
CHIEF OPERATOR
The Chief Operator of the Village of Naples public sanitary
sewer system under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works
and the Village Board of Trustees.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all other liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance or a combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources not hereinafter classified as unacceptable or restricted by §
278-29 of this Part
2.
DOMESTIC WASTES
Waterborne human or animal excreta or body wastes and normal
culinary, laundry and washing wastes originating in residences or
places of business.
GARBAGE
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce or other food
resources.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Any communication whether written or verbal and originating
from the Clerk/Treasurer of the Village of Naples, the Commissioner
of Public Works, the Chief Operator of the public sewer system, or
any of his/her agents.
OWNER
Any person in title or having any interest in real property
in any sewage disposal benefit area of the Village of Naples or districts
and their extensions now existing or subsequently created by the Town
Board of the Town of Naples, New York, or any other such district
now existing or subsequently created.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/4 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is controlled by the Public Works Department
under the supervision of the Chief Operator of the Village of Naples
public sanitary sewer system, the Commissioner of Public Works, and
the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Naples, New York.
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe or conduit which carries sewage and to which stormwater,
surface water, groundwaters, or any other effluent not hereinafter
described and not specifically detailed and are not intentionally
admitted to the public sanitary sewer system.
SEWAGE
The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, institutions and industrial establishments as
described in this Part 2 except for those requiring further review
by the Village Board of Trustees.
SEWAGE SYSTEM
All facilities which are used or useful, in whole or in part,
for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage, industrial
wastes and other wastes.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices, equipment, appurtenances and
structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER DISTRICT
Any of the sanitary sewer districts and their extensions
now existing or subsequently created by the Town Board of the Town
of Naples, New York, and formally recognized by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Naples, New York.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering and subject to influent and effluent levels as established
by any current or subsequent state pollutant discharge elimination
permit (SPDES) issued by the NYS DEC.
TOXIC OR POISONOUS SUBSTANCE
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, will be detrimental
to the sewer system, interfere with any biological sewage treatment
process, interfere with any current of subsequently issued SPDES permit,
constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, inhibit aquatic life
or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent
from a sewage treatment plant.