As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
APPROVED
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
Board of Trustees of the Village of Piermont.
BRANCH
A part of the piping system other than a main, riser or stack.
BUILDING
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.
BUILDING CODE
See Chapter 5 of the New York State Building Code applicable
to plumbing.
BUILDING (HOUSE) 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.
BUILDING (HOUSE) SEWERS
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.
BUILDING (HOUSE) TRAP
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.
DEAD END
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.
DIAMETER
The nominal diameter as designated commercially, unless otherwise
specifically stated.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
That part of a plumbing system which conveys rainwater or
other liquid wastes, which includes pipes, stormwater drains and subsoil
drains. See "plumbing system."
DWELLING
A building containing not more than two dwelling units occupied
exclusively for residential uses.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
(1)
A building containing three or more dwelling
units.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
A building used or occupied as a convalescent
or old-age nursing home or rest home, but not including private or
public institutions.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms with provisions for living, sanitary and
sleeping facilities, arranged for the use of one family.
FALLOUT SHELTER
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.
FIXTURE SEWER
The pipe extending from the fixture trap to the connection
of that pipe with any other sewer pipe.
FIXTURE SUPPLY
The water supply pipe connecting a fixture to a branch water-supply
pipe or directly to a main water-supply pipe.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARD
A specification, code, rule, guide or procedure in the field
of construction or related thereto, recognized and accepted as authoritative.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PIPE
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.
LEADER
A vertical drainage pipe for conveying stormwater from roof
or gutter drains.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, river, pond, creek, ditch,
kill or other body of surface, ground- or subsurface water.
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
Written notification from a Plumbing Inspector or authorized
person sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBING
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.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
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.
POTABLE WATER
Water which is approved for drinking, culinary and domestic
purposes.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
RELIEF VENT
A vent pipe installed at a special location where necessary
to permit additional circulation of air between drainage and vent
systems.
RISER
A water supply pipe which extends vertically to convey water
to branches or fixtures.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEPTIC SEWER
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.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste, containing animal or vegetable matter in
suspension or solution, and which may include industrial wastes and
liquids containing chemicals.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STACK
A principal vertical soil, waste or vent pipe.
STORM DRAIN
A drain which, carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUBSOIL DRAIN
A drain installed underground for the purpose of draining
and conveying subsurface or seepage water to an approved point of
disposal.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by filtration.
TRAP, FIXTURE
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.
TRAP SEAL
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip
of a trap.
VENT SYSTEM
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."
VILLAGE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Village Plumbing Inspector or other duly appointed official
of the Village of Piermont required for the application of this chapter.
WASTE PIPE
A pipe which conveys only liquid wastes.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPE
A pipe, in a building or premises, which conveys water from
the water service pipe to plumbing fixtures or other water outlets.
WATER OUTLET
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.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
The pipe from the water main or other source of water supply
to the water distributing system of the building served.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
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."