[Amended 5-7-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
In order to assure the proper disposal of sewage and wastewaters and the proper operation and maintenance of the public sewers, sewage treatment plant and other sewage works within the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, the following regulations are enacted by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, under the authority of the Village Law of the State of New York.
A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of the terms used in these regulations 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 twenty degrees centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l) by weight.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The amount of chlorine which must be added to water or waste to produce a residual chlorine content of at least one-tenth mg/l after a minimum contact time of 10 minutes.
GENERAL FOREMAN
The General Foreman of the Department of Public Works of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any 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.
SEWAGE
Wastewater or water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments. "Sewage" shall be further classified as follows:
(1) 
DOMESTIC OR SANITARY SEWAGEThe solid and liquid wastes from toilet and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries, bathtubs, shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures as discharged from dwellings and business and industrial buildings.
(2) 
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE OR WASTESIncludes the liquid-carried wastes of any industrial process as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage. All substances carried in industrial wastes, whether dissolved, in suspension or mechanically carried by liquid, shall be considered as industrial wastes.
(3) 
STORMWATERIncludes the runoff or discharge of rain and melted snow or other water from roofs, surfaces of public or private lands or elsewhere. "Stormwater" also shall include subsoil drainage, as defined below.
(4) 
SUBSOIL DRAINAGEIncludes water from the soil percolating into subsoil drains and through foundation walls, basement floors or underground pipes.
(5) 
COOLING WATERIncludes the wastewater from air-conditioning, industrial cooling, condensing and hydraulically powered equipment or similar apparatus.
(6) 
GARBAGESolid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean garbage which has been shredded so that no garbage particles will be greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
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 or wastewater.
SEWER or DRAIN
The pipe or conduit, together with manholes and other structures or equipment appurtenant thereto, provided to carry sewage waste liquids, stormwater or other waters. "Sewers" shall be further classified as follows:
(1) 
PUBLIC SEWERA trunk, main or lateral sewer up to and including the Y-branch or tee provided for connection thereto and to which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority. The "public sewer" does not include the building or house sewer or the building connection lateral after it is connected with a building sewer.
(2) 
SANITARY SEWERA sewer which carries only sanitary sewage and to which stormwater, subsoil drainage and cooling water are not intentionally admitted.
(3) 
COMBINED SEWERA sewer receiving both stormwater and domestic sewage, including acceptable discharge of industrial wastes, subsoil drainage and cooling water.
(4) 
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAINA pipeline carrying stormwater, subsoil drainage, acceptable cooling water or other reasonably clean waters, but excluding domestic and polluted industrial waste.
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 or flow 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 filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Waste of the American Public Health Association.
VILLAGE
The Village of Croton-on-Hudson or the village's duly authorized representatives, including but not limited to the General Foreman, as defined herein.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
B. 
As used herein, the word "shall" is mandatory; "may' is permissive.