As used in this Chapter:
(a) “Board” or “Board of Health” means the Board of Health of the City of Ashtabula Health District;
(b) “Boat basin” means any part of an area of water that is equipped to provide mooring space for watercraft;
(c) “Contiguous” means physically sharing an edge or boundary;
(d) “Disposal system” means a system for disposing of sewage, sludge, sludge materials, industrial waste, or other wastes and includes sewerage systems and treatment works;
(e) “Dock” means a structure or platform either parallel or perpendicular to the shoreline designed to provide access to or an area to secure watercraft;
(f) “Human consumption” means ingestion or absorption of water or water vapor by humans as the result of drinking, cooking, dishwashing, bathing, showering, or oral hygiene;
(g) “Licensee” means the person or entity issued a currently valid marina license issued by the Board of Health;
(h) “Marina” means a boat basin that has docks or moorings for five or more watercraft as defined in Section 1547.01 of the Revised Code. Marina does not include:
(1) Any dock or mooring contiguous to a privately owned residence and used exclusively by the owner and the owner’s guests;
(2) Any dry dock or shipyard where the watercraft are being held for maintenance or repairs;
(3) Any boat basin where all of the watercraft moored are rowboats, canoes, pedal boats, or other watercraft propelled by human muscular effort;
(i) “Mooring” means that portion of a dock, or any equipment or area, used to secure watercraft. For purposes of this ordinance, one mooring is used to secure each individual watercraft;
(j) “Person” means the state or any political subdivision, special district, public or private corporation, individual, firm, partnership, association or other entity;
(k) “Sanitary facilities” includes restrooms, water supply facilities for the pumping of watercraft holding tanks and those other facilities to ensure the sanitary operation of marinas and the watercraft using them as are considered necessary by the Board of Health;
(l) “Sewage” means any liquid waste materials resulting from cooking, washing, and bathing activities or any substance that contains any bodily waste products from toilets or urinals;
(m) “Sewerage system” means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting water borne sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes to a point of disposal or treatment, but does not include plumbing fixtures, building drains and sub drains, building sewers and building storm sewers.
(Ord. 2012-08. Passed 1-17-12.)