A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows:
BOD
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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 [1.5 meters] 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, also called house connection.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or surface water.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the Environmental Protection Association in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or duly authorized official of said Department.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
POTW TREATMENT PLANT (INSTEAD OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT)
That portion of a POTW which is designed to provide treatment, including recycling and reclamation, of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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 particle greater than 1/2 inch [1.27 centimeters] in any dimension.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and 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 TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
SPDES
State pollutant discharge elimination system.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED STORM SEWER)
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Malone or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, or such other official so designated by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Malone.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly authorized official of said agency.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
B. 
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]