Town of Groton, MA
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2023-04-29
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Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
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Chapter 397 Four Corners Sewer District
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Part 2 Usage Fee Regulations
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Article V Definitions
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter (2022)
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 5 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 13 Finance Committee
- Ch 16 Finances
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Housing Authority
- Ch 27 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 32 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Park Commission
- Ch 48 Personnel
- Ch 52 Planning Board
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Regional School District
- Ch 71 Revolving Funds
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Town Meetings
- Ch 84 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Water
- Ch 91 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 93 Water Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Beano
- Ch 116 Boats
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay
- Ch 127 Discharge of Water Onto a Public Way
- Ch 128 Dogs
- Ch 134 Earth Removal
- Ch 137 Farming
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 145 Forest Lands
- Ch 153 Historic Districts and Commission
- Ch 154 Illicit Discharges to Municipal Separate Storm Drain System
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 175 Retail Sales, Hours of
- Ch 180 Roads and Ways
- Ch 181 Litter and Snow in Public Ways
- Ch 184 Scenic Roads
- Ch 190 Sewers
- Ch 196 Signs
- Ch 198 Stormwater Management — Low-Impact Development
- Ch 199 Polystyrene Container Restriction for Food Service Establishments
- Ch 200 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 201 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 210 Water Supply
- Ch 215 Wetlands
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 222 Avenue of Flags
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Driveways
- Ch 239 Earth Removal
- Ch 242 Flags, Display of
- Ch 244 Garage and Yard Sales
- Ch 245 Standards of Conduct Policy
- Ch 246 Highway Department
- Ch 247 Road Acceptance Policy
- Ch 248 Road Openings
- Ch 249 Salaries and Wages
- Ch 251 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 257 Smoking
- Ch 258 Street Naming and Building Numbering
- Ch 261 Town Buildings, Use of
- Ch 264 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Ch 268 Vacancies
- Ch 273 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 276 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 277 Energy-Producing Facilities
- Ch 278 Fees
- Ch 279 Floor Drains
- Ch 280 Fuel and Chemicals, Underground Storage of
- Ch 286 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 295 Milk
- Ch 299 Outdoor Wood Burning
- Ch 307 Solid Waste
- Ch 315 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Regulations
- Ch 319 Swimming Pools
- Ch 322 Tobacco Regulations
- Ch 323 Transfer Station
- Ch 325 Water Supply
- Ch 330 Wells
- Ch 332 Wood Waste, Disposal of
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 338 Board of Appeals
- Ch 344 Conservation Commission
- Ch 352 Earth Removal Stormwater Advisory Committee
- Ch 360 Historic District Commission
- Ch 381 Planning Board
- Ch 396 Groton Center Sewer District
- Ch 397 Four Corners Sewer District
- Ch 397 Pt 2 Art V Definitions
- § 397-7 Word usage.
- § 397-8 Terms defined.
- Ch 407 Water Department
- Appendix
- Ch A415 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
For the purpose of these regulations, the following words and
terms used herein are hereby defined or the meaning thereof explained.
Other words or terms and phrases not defined herein shall be construed
according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical
words, terms, and phrases which may have acquired a particular and
appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according
to such meaning. The definitions contained in the Regulation for Payment
of Wastewater System Costs and those contained in the Regulations
of Sewer Design, Construction and Use are hereby incorporated herein.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The area within a building or structure which is capable
of being leased or sold independently. By way of example, a building
may contain four separate offices; or several separate retail spaces;
or a certain number of apartments or dwelling units. The building
containing four separate offices would have four building spaces;
a building containing several separate retail spaces would have building
spaces equal to the number of separate retail spaces; and a building
containing a certain number of apartments or dwelling units would
have building spaces equal to the number of apartments or dwelling
units.
The sewer lines and pipe of the Four Corners Sewer District
located in the public way for the conveyance of wastewater to the
connection to Town of Ayer's sewer lines or pipes. The common
sewer ends at the point where it crosses the property line of property
abutting the public way. The responsibility for maintenance of the
common sewer by the Sewer Commission is only within the bounds of
the public way and ends at the property line.
A common sewer owned, operated and maintained by the Town
of Groton for the Four Corners Sewer District through the Sewer Commission,
its successors or its assigns.
The area of the Town of Groton within the boundaries shown
on the plan approved at the Special Town Meeting on April 27, 2015,
as amended.
The common sewer system located in the Four Corners Sewer
District.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business,
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
The amount paid by a property owner for the use of the Four
Corners Sewer System.
The volume of wastewater flowing from a property or building
space to the Four Corners Sewer, measured in gallons and converted
to water units. Said volume may be determined by a flow meter or by
a reasonable estimate made by the Sewer Commission.
Water use of 748 gallons.
