A. 
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular, words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the masculine gender include the feminine. The word "shall," as used herein, is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
B. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
AUTHORITY
The Bergen County Sewer Authority that maintains the district sewer system into which the Borough sewer system shall connect.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health of the Borough of Westwood or any officer, employee or agent designated by the Board of Health to act in the matter on behalf of the Board.
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 parts per million by weight.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Westwood or any officer, employee or agent designated by the Borough Council to act in the matter on behalf of the Borough.
BOROUGH SEWER SYSTEM
The entire network of public sewers in the Borough and all appurtenances thereto.
BUILDING CONNECTION
That part of the sewer system that begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall and that receives sewage from the building drain and conveys it to the building sewer lateral.
BUILDING DRAIN
The lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system that receives sewage and conveys it to the building connection.
BUILDING SEWER LATERAL
That part of the public sewer that runs from the sewer main to the curb or property line and includes all necessary fittings, all as shown on connection or wye plans.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or dispensing of food and from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
HOUSE DRAIN
Building drain.
HOUSE SEWER LATERAL
Building sewer lateral.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid waste from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a stream, watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of stormwater, surface water or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation, partnership, society or group or any combination thereof.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBING
The practice of installing, maintaining, extending, repairing and altering plumbing systems. It shall also mean the plumbing system as herein defined.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
A person licensed and authorized to inspect plumbing pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:1A-38 to 26:1A-44 and N.J.S.A. 26:3-20 and in the employ of the Board of Health.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
The system or network of facilities within or adjacent to any building, structure or conveyance (including piping materials, controls and fixtures, together with their venting systems and other appurtenances) up to the point of connection of such system to a public or private sewer, a public or private water supply for potable or nonpotable purposes, a natural outlet or any other point of discharge or supply.
PUBLIC SEWER
The sewers laid in the streets or other rights-of-way or easements controlled by the Borough which the Borough has caused to be installed or otherwise caused to be made available for conveyance of sewage.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal, chemical or vegetable matter in suspension or solution.
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC
Ordinary nonindustrial sewage (but not including stormwater, groundwater and surface water), for example, sewage discharging from the toilets, washbowls, bathtubs and like sanitary conveniences installed in dwellings, apartment houses and hotels, office and commercial buildings, factories and institutions.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement or devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER ENGINEER
The person or firm of duly licensed engineers retained or appointed by the Borough in connection with the construction, installation and maintenance of the public sewer, and if no one shall have been so appointed or be performing such services, the term shall mean the Borough Engineer.
SEWER INSPECTOR
The officer, agent or employee designated by the Borough to inspect the Borough sewer system or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SEWER, SANITARY
A sewer that has been designed to carry sewage and not stormwater, surface water and groundwater.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer, gutter, culvert, catch basin or like facility that has been designed to carry stormwater, surface water and groundwater and not domestic sewage or industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and that are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WYE PLANS
A plan prepared by the Sewage Engineer showing existing building sewer laterals.