Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which received the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys to the inner face of
the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer which carries both sanitary sewage and storm- and
surface water.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
IMPROVEMENT
The Highland Sewer District of the Town of Lloyd, Ulster
County, New York.
IMPROVEMENT BOUNDARIES
The physical boundaries as presently established or as may
be extended from time to time as duly provided by the Town Law.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Any construction of a previously nonexistent structure requiring
a discretionary or ministerial permit issued after May 1, 1987. "New
construction" does not include additions, modifications or improvements
to existing structures not physically separated from the structure
added or improved upon.
[Added 4-29-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
PERSON
An 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 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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such surface, ground- and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
TOWN
The Town of Lloyd, Ulster County, New York.
TOWN BOARD
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Lloyd, or its
authorized deputy or representative.
TOWN ENGINEER
The professional engineer retained as Town Engineer for the
Town of Lloyd, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
ULTRA-LOW-VOLUME TOILET
Any toilet that uses 1.6 gallons of water per flush or less.
[Added 4-29-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; amended 10-26-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994]
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.