For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOMESTIC SERVICE CONNECTION. Service to any dwelling unit occupied as living quarters for one or more persons, which establishment or unit has sanitary water or sewage facilities.
EXISTING SEPTIC TANK. A sanitary septic tank in continued use serving a structure or structures on property within the town as of March 21, 2013.
FIXTURE CONNECTION. Either a kitchen, bathtub or shower, commode, washing machine, floor drain, dishwashing vats and any other plumbing fixture from which wastewater or sewage passes through and into the house drain and into the house sewer, not including wash racks in garages and filling stations, provided that when three or less dishwashing vats are connected as one unit, with one dram, same shall be considered as the one FIXTURE CONNECTION.
FUNCTIONING SEPTIC TANK. A sanitary septic tank which does not pose a threat to the public health by virtue of overflow, requirement for pumping, emission of odors, or improper filtration as determined by the building official of the town.
HOUSE DRAIN. A part of the main horizontal drain and its branches inside the wall of the building and extending to and connecting with the house sewer.
HOUSE SEWER. That part of the main drain or sewer extending from a point four feet outside of the outer space of the outer wall or floor line to a connection with the public sewer.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The waste from water closets, lavatories, sinks, bathtubs, urinals, household laundries, cellar floor drains, garage floor drains, storerooms, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips, drinking fountains, stable floors, drains and other fixture connections.
SEWER AVAILABILITY. A sanitary sewer line has been installed by the town to a point within 100 feet of property being served by an existing privately owned sanitary septic system.
(Ord. 345, passed 3-21-2013)