Definitions are given in this section and in Section 100.01 for use in these chapters:
1. “Administrator” means the Administrator of the sewer utility of the City or any authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
2. “Building drain” means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning three (3) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
3. “Building sewer” or “lateral sewer” means that part of the horizontal piping from the building drain to its connection with the public sewer or the primary treatment portion of an on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system conveying the drainage of one building site.
4. “City sanitary sewer system” or “sanitary sewer system” means the local outfall sewers, trunk sewers, pumping stations, force mains and wastewater equalization basins, and all other structures, devices and appliances appurtenant thereto, which are used for collecting, conveying or storing wastewater and which serve and are owned, operated and maintained by the City or by a sanitary district serving the City.
5. “Customer” means any person responsible for the production of domestic waste which is directly or indirectly discharged into the public sewer system.
6. “Inspector” means the person duly authorized by the Council to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connections to the public sewer system; and to inspect such sewage as may be discharged therefrom.
7. “Natural outlet” means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
8. “On-site wastewater treatment and disposal system” means all equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of wastewater from four or fewer dwelling units or other facilities serving the equivalent of fifteen persons (1500 gpd) or less.
9. “Public sewer” means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
10. “Sanitary sewage” means sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions, and free from storm, surface water, and industrial waste.
11. “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
12. “Septage” is the liquid and solid material pumped from a septic tank, cesspool, or other primary treatment source.
13. “Sewage” means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
14. “Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.