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APPROVED
BOARD
BRANCH
BUILDING
BUILDING CODE
BUILDING GRAVITY DRAINAGE SYSTEM
BUILDING (HOUSE) DRAIN
BUILDING (HOUSE) SEWERS
BUILDING (HOUSE) TRAP
BUILDING SANITARY SEWER
BUILDING STORM DRAIN
DEAD END
DIAMETER
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
DWELLING
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
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DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
DWELLING UNIT
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
EXISTING PLUMBING SYSTEM
FALLOUT SHELTER
FIXTURE SEWER
FIXTURE SUPPLY
GARBAGE
GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARD
HOUSE DRAIN
HOUSE SEWER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PIPE
LEADER
MULTIPLE DWELLING
NATURAL OUTLET
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
pH
PLUMBING
PLUMBING SYSTEM
POTABLE WATER
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
RELIEF VENT
RISER
SANITARY SEWER
SEPTIC SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SOIL PIPE
STACK
STORM DRAIN
SUBBUILDING (SUBHOUSE) DRAINAGE SYSTEM
SUBSOIL DRAIN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TRAP, FIXTURE
TRAP SEAL
VENT SYSTEM
VILLAGE
VILLAGE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
WASTE PIPE
WATERCOURSE
WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPE
WATER MAIN (STREET MAIN)
WATER OUTLET
WATER SERVICE PIPE
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Approved by a Village Plumbing Inspector under these rules
and regulations or approved by an authority designated by law or these
rules and regulations.
Board of Trustees of the Village of Piermont.
A part of the piping system other than a main, riser or stack.
A structure wholly or partially enclosed within exterior
walls or within exterior and party walls and a roof, affording shelter
to persons, animals or property.
See Chapter 5 of the New York State Building Code applicable
to plumbing.
A building drainage system which drains by gravity into the
building drain.
That part of the lowest piping of a sanitary system which
receives the discharge of waste and other sanitary pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys such discharges to the building
sewer. The building sewer shall be considered to extend three feet
outside the building wall.
That part of the sanitary system which extends from the end
of the building piping and conveys its discharges to a public sewer,
private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or any other approved
points of disposal.
A device, fitting or assembly of fittings installed in the
building sewer to prevent sewer gases from entering and circulating
through the building piping system inside the building.
A building sewer which conveys sewage but does not convey
stormwater.
A building drain which conveys stormwater but does not convey
sewage.
A branch leading from a soil, waste or vent pipe or building
sewer and terminating at a developed length of pipe by means of a
plug, cap or other closed fitting.
The nominal diameter as designated commercially, unless otherwise
specifically stated.
That part of a plumbing system which conveys rainwater or
other liquid wastes, which includes pipes, stormwater drains and subsoil
drains. See "plumbing system."
A building containing not more than two dwelling units occupied
exclusively for residential uses.
A building containing three or more dwelling
units.
A building containing living, sanitary and sleeping
facilities occupied by one or two families and more than four lodgers
residing with either one of such families.
A building, other than a one- or two-family
dwelling, used or occupied by permanent or transient paying guests
or tenants, with one or more sleeping rooms.
A building with sleeping accommodations for
more than five persons, used or occupied as a club, dormitory, fraternity
or sorority house or for similar uses.
A building used or occupied as a convalescent
or old-age nursing home or rest home, but not including private or
public institutions.
A building arranged for one dwelling unit.
A building arranged for two dwelling units.
One or more rooms with provisions for living, sanitary and
sleeping facilities, arranged for the use of one family.
Personnel lawfully empowered to enforce these rules and regulations.
A plumbing system installed prior to the effective date of
these rules and regulations.
A building, structure or other real property, or an area
or portion thereof, constructed, altered or improved to afford protection
against harmful radiation resulting from radioactive fallout, including
such plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, conditioning, filtrating
and refrigerating equipment and other mechanical additions or installations,
if any, as may be an integral part thereof.
The pipe extending from the fixture trap to the connection
of that pipe with any other sewer pipe.
The water supply pipe connecting a fixture to a branch water-supply
pipe or directly to a main water-supply pipe.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
A specification, code, rule, guide or procedure in the field
of construction or related thereto, recognized and accepted as authoritative.
See "building drain."
See "building sewer."
A pipe which does not connect with the drainage system but
conveys and discharges liquid wastes into an approved plumbing fixture
or receptacle which is directly connected to the sanitary system.
A vertical drainage pipe for conveying stormwater from roof
or gutter drains.
See "dwelling, multiple."
Any outlet into a watercourse, river, pond, creek, ditch,
kill or other body of surface, ground- or subsurface water.
Written notification from a Plumbing Inspector or authorized
person sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The practice, materials and fixtures used in the installation,
maintenance, extension and alteration of piping, fixtures, appliances
and appurtenances in connection with any of the following: sanitary
or storm drainage systems, the attendant vent systems and the water
supply systems, within or adjacent to any building or structure to
their connections with public systems or other approved terminals.
The water supply system, the drainage system, the vent system,
fixtures and traps, including their respective connections, devices
and appurtenances within the property lines of the premises.
Water which is approved for drinking, culinary and domestic
purposes.
The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food which has 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 3/8 inch in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A vent pipe installed at a special location where necessary
to permit additional circulation of air between drainage and vent
systems.
A water supply pipe which extends vertically to convey water
to branches or fixtures.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which collects sewage but is not intended to carry
such sewage to a central treatment plant, but is intended to dispose
of the sewage within such system.
Any liquid waste, containing animal or vegetable matter in
suspension or solution, and which may include industrial wastes and
liquids containing chemicals.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A pipe which conveys sewage.
A principal vertical soil, waste or vent pipe.
A drain which, carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
A building drainage system which drains by gravity into the
building drain.
A drain installed underground for the purpose of draining
and conveying subsurface or seepage water to an approved point of
disposal.
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by filtration.
A fitting or device designed and constructed so as to provide,
when properly vented, a liquid seal which will prevent the back passage
of air from the piping system without materially affecting the flow
of sewage or wastewater through it.
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip
of a trap.
That part of a plumbing system consisting of piping installed
to permit adequate circulation of air in all parts of the sanitary
system and to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure. See "plumbing
system."
The Village of Piermont.
Village Plumbing Inspector or other duly appointed official
of the Village of Piermont required for the application of this chapter.
A pipe which conveys only liquid wastes.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
A pipe, in a building or premises, which conveys water from
the water service pipe to plumbing fixtures or other water outlets.
A water supply pipe provided for public use.
A discharge opening through which water is supplied to a
fixture, into the atmosphere (except into an open tank which is part
of the water supply system), to a building heating system or to devices
or equipment requiring water to operate but which are not part of
the plumbing system.
The pipe from the water main or other source of water supply
to the water distributing system of the building served.
That part of a plumbing system consisting of the water service
pipe, water service control valve, water meter, required meter valves
and testing provisions, domestic water supply pumps, domestic water
supply tanks, combination of domestic and fire protection system supply
tanks, devices for protection of the potable water supply, water-treating
apparatus for corrosion control and water distributing pipes up to
the water outlets for supplying potable water to building heating
systems, boiler plant apparatus, engine room machines, industrial
process equipment, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems and
fire protection standpipe and automatic sprinkler systems. See "plumbing
system."
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Word usage. As used in this chapter, "shall" is mandatory.
