This Part 1 may be known and cited as the "Village
of Owego Wastewater Disposal Law."
A.
As used in this Part 1, the term "shall" is mandatory,
and the word "may" is permissive.
B.
ASTM (DENOTING "AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS")
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
COMBINED SEWER
DEVELOPER
EASEMENT
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LATERAL, BUILDING
LATERAL, STREET
NATURAL OUTLET
NYSDOT
OUTSIDE REVENUE
OWNER
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PROPERTY LINE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SLUG
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOTAL VILLAGE SEWER EXPENSE
(1)
(2)
(3)
UNPOLLUTED WATER
VILLAGE
VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of words and terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
The latest edition of their specifications when stipulated
in this Part 1.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct any building, either
under contract or for resale.
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 lateral,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing
or causing to be constructed buildings for which provisions are required
to install wastewater disposal facilities.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
The Superintendent of Public Works or such other person as
may be designated by the Village Board of Trustees to perform the
duties herein conferred on the Superintendent of Public Works.
[Amended 4-21-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
A unit of measurement representing the estimated amount of
normal domestic wastewater discharged annually from one single-family
residence.
[Added 6-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the public
sewer or other place of disposal.
The sewer extension from the main sewer to the property line.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water.
The New York State Department of Transportation.
Revenue from septic haulers, permit fees and sewer rents
from properties outside the Village of Owego.
[Added 6-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
Any person having title to real property.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is 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 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.
The boundary line of a public highway, street, alley, easement
or right-of-way controlled by the Village, which shall be the curbline
if connection is made in a public street.
A sanitary sewer within the highway limits, easements limits
or other rights-of-way, including street laterals.
A sewer which carries liquid and water-carried wastes and
to which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 or flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
A pipe or conduit used for carrying storm- and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes wastewater and industrial wastes.
Solids that either float on the surface of or in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
An amount equal to:
[Added 6-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
The cost of the operation, maintenance and repair of the sewer
system; plus
The cost of interest on and amortization or payment of any indebtedness
which has been or shall be incurred for the construction or maintenance
of the sewer system or such part or parts thereof; plus
The cost of a reserve fund created for the replacement of any
of the parts or portions of the system.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The Village of Owego, New York.
The duly elected Village Board of Trustees of the Village
of Owego or its authorized deputy, representative or agent.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
