Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
"B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means 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.
"Building" means any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.
"Building drain" means 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 two feet from the building wall.
"Building sewer" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
"Cesspool" means an excavation in the ground made for receiving crude sewage and so constructed that the solid matter is retained and the liquid portion is permitted to seep away.
"City" means the City of Anaheim, a municipal corporation of the State of California.
“Districts” mean the Orange County Sanitation District, their managers or employees.
"Domestic sewage" means the waterborne wastes associated with human habitations and may be contaminated with human excreta, offal or feculent matter.
"Dry well" means an excavation in the ground made for receiving the overflow from a swimming pool or water tank.
"Effluent" means partially or completely treated sewage flowing out of any sewage treatment device.
“Engineer” means the City Engineer of the City of Anaheim, or his/her authorized representative.
"Ether soluble matter" — see definition of "grease."
"Floatable oil and grease" means the oil and grease floating on the surface of the sample of water when it is retained for one hour in a quiescent condition in a vessel with vertical walls filled to a depth of thirty centimeters.
"Floating hydrocarbon oil" means the amount of hydrocarbon floating to the surface of a sample of water under the same conditions as prescribed in the definition of "floatable oil and grease."
"Grab sample" means a sample of effluent taken at the inspection manhole as a representative of flow at an instant of time.
"Garbage" means solid food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
"Grease" (ether soluble matter) is defined in "Standard Methods" and includes waxes, fats, oils and other nonvolatile materials tested as determined by the current edition of "Standard Methods."
“Industrial waste” means the waterborne waste from industrial manufacturing process, trade or business as distinct from domestic sewage. It does not include waste water or sewage from the operations of restaurants, hotels, vehicle service stations, wash racks, garages, single or multiple residences or places of retail business. Also, it does not include the waste waters from lunch rooms, toilets or washrooms in industrial establishments.
"Industrial waste pretreatment system" means any works or device for pretreatment of industrial liquid wastes prior to discharge into the public sewer.
"Inspector" means the Chief Building Inspector of the City of Anaheim or his authorized representative.
"Interceptor" means a device for retaining sand, silt, grit mineral material, petroleum solvent, grease or oil by gravity-differential separation from waste water and of a design and capacity approved by the City Engineer.
"Natural outlet" means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
"Person" means natural person, corporation, partnership, firm, business trust, association or other legal entity.
"pH" means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in gram-equivalents per liter of solution.
"Private sewage disposal system" means a septic tank, cesspool, seepage hole or such other facilities as may be permitted under this section.
"Private sewer" means a sewer laid by private parties other than a building sewer, to serve one or more buildings which are not immediately adjacent to a public sewer, so as to connect said building or buildings to a public sewer, and irrespective of whether said sewer is constructed in public or private property.
"Properly shredded garbage" means the food 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 one-half inch in any dimension.
"Public sewer" means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by the City of Anaheim. The term as used here does not include storm drains or channels for the conveyance of natural surface waters.
"Saddle" means the connection installed on a main line sewer by boring a hole in the sewer pipe and installing a prefabricated fitting.
"Seepage hole" means an excavation in the ground made for receiving only a clarified effluent and into which no crude sewage is permitted to flow.
"Septic tank" means an approved watertight tank or compartment for use in eliminating, disposing, digesting or reducing solid substances in sewage before disposing of the effluent in a cesspool, seepage hole or leaching system.
"Sewage" means any waterborne wastes transported by the public sewer, except storm water, ground water, roof or yard drainage, and includes domestic sewage, industrial waste and waste water or contaminated water of any origin.
"Sewage pumping plant" means any works or device used to raise sewage from a lower to a higher level or to overcome friction in a sewer line.
"Sewage treatment plant" means any works or device for the treatment of sewage, except a septic tank.
"Sewer" means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage together with appurtenant manholes, lamp holes and cleanouts.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
"Slug" means any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen minutes more than five times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
"Standard methods" means the current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water," American Public Health Association, New York.
“Storm drain” means a pipe, structure or system of pipes and/or structures which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water or irrigation water.
"Suspended solids" mean solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
"Trap" means any approved equipment or appliance for sealing an outlet from a house connection sewer to prevent the escape of sewer gas from a main line sewer through a house connection sewer.
"Waste water" means any contaminated water except from industrial waste or domestic sewage.
"Watercourse" means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 2585 § 1 (part); October 22, 1968; Ord. 6057 § 1; May 15, 2007.)