Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of
terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees
centigrade (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five
(5) feet [one and five-tenths (1.5) meters] outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other
place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The Building Inspector and/or the Superintendent of Public Works
or their duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
The portion of the sewer line running from the immediate exterior
of the building to the main line.[1]
A building or group of buildings used or designed as a residence
for three (3) or more families living independently of each other and doing
their own cooking therein.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of
surface or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that
have 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 one-half (1/2) inch [one and twenty-seven hundredths (1.27) centimeters]
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights
and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such
ground-, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of
duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but
excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Spring Valley
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in
water, sewage or other liquids and which are recoverable by laboratory filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently.[2]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the village
or in any area under the jurisdiction of the village any sewage or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with
subsequent provisions of this chapter.[1]
The property owner shall be responsible, at his or her own expense,
for the installation, maintenance and repair of all laterals, as defined.
A.
Notice of violation. Any person found to be violating
any provision of this chapter shall be served by the village with written
notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time
limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within
the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.[1]
B.
C.
Liability to village. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the village for any expense,
loss or damage occasioned the village by reason of such violation.
