Sec. 24-40. Definitions of terms.
In addition to the definitions contained in sections 24-1 and 24-20, the following definitions shall apply:
   Sec. 24-40(1). Excessive peak flows means peak flow rates which are greater than four (4.0) times the average twenty-four-hour flow or two and five tenths (2.5) times the average flow during the greatest eight-hour flow period in the day.
   Sec. 24-40(2). Incompatible wastes means all wastes except those which the wastewater treatment plant is specifically designed to remove. Pollutants other than suspended solids, COD and pH are considered incompatible.
   Sec. 24-40(3). Industrial user means any user of publicly owned treatment works identified with Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
   (a)   Division A--Agriculture, forestry and fishing;
   (b)   Division B--Mining;
   (c)   Division D--Manufacturing;
   (d)   Division E--Transportation, communications, electric, gas and sanitary services;
   (e)   Division I--Services.
   Sec. 24-40(4). Major industrial user means any industrial user with a wastewater discharge equal or exceeding a rate of fifty thousand (50,000) gallons per day for a duration of thirty (30) minutes, or twenty thousand (20,000) gallons per day for any twenty-four-hour period.
   Sec. 24-40(5). Minor industrial user means any industrial user discharging less than a major industrial user.
   Sec. 24-40(6). Permit means industrial discharge permit unless otherwise noted, or if spelled with a lower-case "p".
   Sec. 24-40(7). Trade secrets shall include, but not be limited to, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which is known only to certain individuals within a commercial concern who are using it to fabricate, produce or compound an article of trade or a service having commercial value, and which gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.
(Ord. No. 4672, § 5, 6-20-77)