Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in Part
1 of this chapter shall be as follows:
APPLICANT
Any person who has duly applied for a permit under Part
1 of this chapter.
AUTHORITY
The Northwest Bergen County Sewer Authority which owns and/or
controls the district sewage works into which the Township sewer system
discharges or its authorized representative.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health of the Township of Wyckoff or its authorized
representative.
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 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING
Any dwelling, building or structure used for human occupancy,
employment, business, recreation, commercial, industrial or other
purpose.
[Added 8-23-1977 by Ord. No. 757]
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
lateral connection beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner
face of the building wall.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1842]
BUILDING SEWER LATERAL
That part of the drainage system that extends from the end
of the building drain and conveys the discharge to a public sewer
(main), up to and including the cleanout and connection with the public
sewer main, typically located in the center line of the municipal
right-of-way.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1842]
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
Any building not used as a one-family dwelling house and
not used for industry.
CONSTRUCTION CODE OFFICIAL
The Construction Official of the Uniform Construction Code
Department of the Township of Wyckoff.
[Added 8-23-1977 by Ord. No. 757]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer of the Board of Health or his duly authorized
representative.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITY
Any privately owned septic tank, cesspool or other similar
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage from a single-family
residence, small commercial building or other establishment producing
similar quantities of sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from an industrial manufacturing process,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LOCAL LAW
All existing ordinances, rules and regulations of the Township
and the Board of Health and all applicable state law.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE
A composite of sanitary sewage which is representative of
that delivered to Authority sewage works. The average characteristics
of "normal sewage" shall be determined by the Authority periodically
and shall be used as a basis for assessing the strength of industrial
wastes.
PERMITTEE
A person who has duly applied for and been granted a permit
from the Township.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
group, board or other agency.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PREMISES
Any lot shown on the Tax Map of the Township or shown on
an approved subdivision.
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 (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER (MAIN)
The Township sewer which is generally laid longitudinally
along the center lines or other part of the street or other right-of-way
in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights. "Public
sewer" shall not include any dry sewer which is not yet connected
to functioning sewage works.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1842]
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage (including properly shredded garbage) discharging
from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, office buildings, factories
or institutions and which is free from storm- and surface water.
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 stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Wyckoff, the governing body of the Township
of Wyckoff or other official or department designated by the Township
Committee.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
The New Jersey licensed professional engineer of the Township
of Wyckoff or his authorized agent.
[Amended 8-23-1977 by Ord. No. 757; 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1842]
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
Any water or waste containing no: free or emulsified grease
or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting taste
and odor in receiving waters; toxic and poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall
contain not more than 10,000 parts per million by weight of dissolved
solids, of which no more than 2,500 parts per million shall be as
chloride, with permissible volume subject to review by the Authority,
and not more than 10 parts per million each of suspended solids and
BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 parts per million.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.