Except for such words as are specifically defined
herein, all words used in this chapter shall be construed in accordance
with their usual and customary meanings. As used in this chapter,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended in the
Clean Water Act of 1977 (32 U.S.C. § 1150 et seq.).
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.
A building in which individual rooms are rented to separate
tenants or boarders, and occupants share common cooking and/or sanitary
facilities.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a sanitary drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other sanitary
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.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
A parcel of real property which is connected to the public
sewer by means of a building sewer, or which is capable of connection
by means of a lateral sewer connection installed on the public sewer
main that has not been connected to the building or dwelling unit,
or which has been disconnected from the building or dwelling unit
upon that property.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
A facility designed and/or intended for permanent or semi-permanent occupancy by a single family or functional family unit as defined in Chapter 180 of this Code and which contains independent cooking and sanitary facilities solely for the use of the occupants of the unit. The term "dwelling unit" includes individual units in multiple-family buildings, such as apartments and duplexes, as well as individually rented or leased bedroom units within a boarding house, whether or not a boarding house has lawfully been established, and also includes sites for manufactured homes or mobile homes used for residential purposes. The term "dwelling unit" does not include motels, hotels, tourist homes, including bed-and-breakfasts, or other commercial or nonresidential users.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
A unit of measurement of sewer usage which is determined
to be approximately equivalent to the usage of a typical dwelling
unit.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid and liquidborne wastes from any industrial process
or from an industrial plant or factory, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding sewer service connections and foundation drains) from the
ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections,
or manholes. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from,
inflow. Infiltration is inadvertent, that is, not purposely, designed
or built into the sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including sewer service connections) from sources such as, but not
limited to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from
springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between
storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm
waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does
not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration. Inflow is purposely
designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes
or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal and which
is a cause of violation of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES permit
(including an increase in the magnitude of duration of violation)
or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW
in accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations
or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA)
(including Title II, more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA)"; and including state regulations contained
in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle
D of the SWDA); the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substance Control Act;
and the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
A building containing only one dwelling unit.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
Owner of record of real property as shown on the latest tax
roll or deed records of the County.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation or other
duly authorized official of said Department.
Any structure used other than as a dwelling unit, and which
does not produce industrial waste.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
The New York State Department of Health or other duly authorized
official of said department.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration
can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a 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.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the ACT (33
USC § 1292); includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
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.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
The rent, rate or charge imposed or levied by the Village
on a unit basis upon all properties benefited by the sewer system
or any part or parts thereof.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any user who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average work day; or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in
the municipality's wastewater system; or has in his waste toxic pollutants,
as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act; or is found by the
Village to have a significant impact, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the treatment or collection
system.
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.
The State of New York.
A sewer which carries storm and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of the Sewage Works and/or Water Works,
or his authorized deputy, agent, representative or appointee of the
Village Board.
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.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to sewer maintenance personnel, tends to interfere with any biological
sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to recreation
in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a sewage treatment
plant or overflow point; any pollutant or combination of pollutants
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA under provisions
of CWA 307 (A), or other acts.
A building containing two dwelling units.
[Added 11-12-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official
of said agency.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
