Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
A. 
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
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Terms defined.
BOD (denotes "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
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 sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside 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 Village of Saugerties, Ulster County, New York.
IMPROVEMENT BOUNDARIES
The physical boundaries as presently established as the Village bounds.
INDUSTRIAL or COMMERCIAL
Classification which bear upon applications, rates, fees or other considerations shall be determined solely by the Village Board of the Village.
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.
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 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 ground-, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
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.
VILLAGE
The Village of Saugerties, Ulster County, New York.
VILLAGE BOARD
The duly elected Village Board of the Village of Saugerties or their authorized deputy or representative.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The professional engineer retained as Village Engineer for the Village of Saugerties or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.