Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings 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
as 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 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.
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND RESTAURANTS
A commercial kitchen and/or restaurant shall be classified as any
such cooking facility wherein fees are paid either directly or indirectly
for the food or service at such facility or if provided as part of the work
facility.
[Added 7-24-2000 by L.L.
No. 2-2000]
CONTRACT USER
A property that borders the boundaries of a Sewer Improvement Area
on at least one side and has a sewer discharge or a proposed sewer discharge
which is located within 200 feet of the sewer improvement area. The owner
of said properties may petition the Town Board to become a contract user of
the sanitary sewer system.
[Added 4-22-1996 by L.L.
No. 5-1996]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food
and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
IMPROVEMENT BOUNDARIES
The physical boundaries as presently established or as may be extended
from time to time as duly provided by town law.
INDUSTRIAL or COMMERCIAL
Classification which bears upon applications, rates, fees or other
considerations shall be determined solely by the Town Board of the town.
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 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
ground- , surface 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.
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Person, agency, department, contractor or other designated by the
Town Board to administer the rules and regulations and enforce the Sewer Code.
[Added 7-24-2000 by L.L.
No. 2-2000]
SEWER IMPROVEMENT AREA
Sewer improvement area in either the Hamlet of Marlborough and/or
the Hamlet of Milton in the Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, State of New
York.
[Added 7-24-2000 by L.L.
No. 2-2000]
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 Marlborough, Ulster County, New York.
TOWN BOARD
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Marlborough or its authorized
deputy or representative.
TOWN ENGINEER
The professional engineer retained as Town Engineer for the Town
of Marlborough or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently.