A. 
Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in Part 1 of this chapter shall be as follows:
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
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 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
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 it to the building sewer beginning five feet outside 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 receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
CONTAMINATION
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.
DISTRICT
Any or all of the established sewer districts in the Town of Oneonta.
[Amended 2-14-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification as designated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972 Edition, as published by the Executive Office of the President, and which utilizes the services of the town's sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or other duly authorized official of said Department.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
POTW (publicly owned treatment works) TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment, including recycling and reclamation, of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
PRETREATMENT
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.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNER TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), including any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, but not including pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is owned or controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEASONAL USE ATHLETIC, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment which provides meals, housing and organized athletic activities or competition in a camp-like setting on a seasonal basis.
[Added 5-11-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
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.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday, or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the municipality's wastewater system, or has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act,[1] or has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories pursuant to Section 307 of the Act, or is found by the Town to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the treatment or collection system.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial wastes 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 flows during normal operation.
SPDES
The State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges to the waters of the state.
STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED "STORM SEWER")
A sewer which carries storm- and surface water and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
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 laboratory filtering.
TOWN
The Town of Oneonta.
TOWN ENGINEER
The Town Engineer of the the Town of Oneonta or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative, or other official designated by the Town Board.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
WPCF
The Water Pollution Control Federation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1292.
B. 
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.