The purpose this Part 2 is to regulate and control the use of the sanitary sewer system facilities of the Town of Fenton, to regulate the installation of lateral sanitary sewers and lateral sanitary sewer connections, provide specifications for all work pertaining to sewer connections, regulate private sewage disposal facilities, provide for financing of public sewer projects and, in general, to control and regulate the disposal of sewage and other wastes within the Town of Fenton.
A. 
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
B. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, and any amendments and additions thereto.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Town Engineer of the Town of Fenton.[1]
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The lateral extending from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the water of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
JOINT SEWAGE BOARD
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Board.
JOINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (JSTP)
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, dike, lake or other body of surface or ground water, other than a body of water constructed, in accordance with applicable laws, for the express purpose of accepting sewage or effluent.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or other duly authorized official of said Department.
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, whether administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
OUTSIDE USER
An owner or person whose property is located outside of any sewer district or extension thereto created by and located within the Town of Fenton.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private property with wastewater facilities which discharge or will discharge to the town wastewater facilities.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological or radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), and includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority and is part of the POTW.
RESIDENTIAL USER
Premises used only for human residency and which are connected to the wastewater facilities.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage and which are considered part of the POTW.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and which are considered part of the POTW.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS
(1) 
All industries subject to promulgated Categorical Pretreatment Standards (21 primary industries).
(2) 
Industries having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the operation of the treatment works.
(3) 
Manufacturing industries using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds and/or 1,000 gallons of material containing priority pollutants/substances of concern and discharging a measurable amount of those pollutants to the sewer system from the process using these pollutants.
(4) 
Those industries discharging more than 5% of the flow or load carried by the municipal system receiving the waste.
SLUG
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 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Water Pollution Control Federation and American Waterworks Association.
STATE
The State of New York.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or the administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or or intermittently.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
The use of the Town of Fenton sewer system shall be a privilege, not a right. Failure to comply with the requirements of this Part 2 may result in the termination of such privilege or discontinuance of service, in the discretion of the Town Board of the Town of Fenton. Such discontinuance of service may be in addition to the penalties hereinafter provided for.
B. 
The Town of Fenton assumes no responsibilities to provide sewer service to any building or property which is located at such a place or elevation as to make such service impractical. Wherever service can be provided, the basement level of a residence or building will be served, unless the location and grade of the building or property is such that service at the basement level is not feasible or practical from either an economic or an engineering point of view. In such case, service shall be provided at such level as is feasible.