§ 143.01 Definitions.
RCNY § 143.01
When used in this article: (a) Municipal sewage systems means the series of sanitary, combined and storm sewers, intercepting sewers and intercepting collecting sewers, sewage treatment plants or pollution control facilities, drains and other facilities, connections and equipment for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage and drainage operated by the Departments of the City of New York.
(b)Private sewage disposal system means a water-flushed facility for the disposition of sewage which does not connect either with the municipal sewage disposal system or with a sewer or other facility connecting with such municipal system.
(c)Privy means a permanent facility for urinating or defecating embedded in the subsurface which is not waterflushed and which does not connect, directly or otherwise, to a private sewage disposal system or the municipal sewage disposal system, and includes a chemical toilet but does not include portable toilets such as those found in transportation facilities or at construction or other street locations.
(d)Sewage means human wastes, liquid kitchen wastes, waste water from wash basins, waste water from bathing facilities including a bathing establishment as defined in 24 RCNY Health Code § 165.01, or liquid wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources.
(e)Community private sewage disposal system means a private sewage disposal system which services fifteen or more dwellings.
