§ 78A-2. Definitions.

The following words shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this chapter:

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

The building of a dwelling designed for residential purposes and arranged or intended to be occupied by one family, or two families living independently of each other.

DEPARTMENT

The Town of Brookhaven Department of Planning, Environment and Land Management, or any successor department thereto.

INDIVIDUAL SANITARY SYSTEM

A single system of piping, tanks, or other facilities serving only a single parcel and disposing of sewage or other liquid waste into the soil of such parcel, which is commonly referred to as an innovative and alternative on-site wastewater treatment system (I/A OWTS.)

NITROGEN PROTECTED ZONE (NPZ)

Encompasses an area within 500 feet of surface waters such as the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, the Great South Bay, the Forge River, the Carmans River, and other rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, ditches or canals within the Town of Brookhaven, this being that area in which nitrogen discharged from sanitary systems has the shortest travel time to surface waters. Properties within 500 feet of surface waters tend also to lie within flood zones or coastal erosion hazard areas and are subject to flooding and/or collapse if on a bluff or dune that may result in nitrogen and pathogens from sanitary systems affecting surface waters to a greater degree than properties located further from surface waters.

PERSON

An individual, owner, firm, corporation, company, parent company, subsidiary, limited-liability company, substantially owned affiliated entity, association, partnership, joint venture, institution, public body, entity, joint-stock association, partnership, joint venture, legal representative, agent or any other form of doing business or any other group of individuals and/or entities and includes the plural as well as the singular.

SEWAGE

Water-carried wastes from residences, institutions, businesses and commercial and industrial buildings and establishments, or a combination thereof, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage with industrial wasters or other wastes shall also be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this definition.