For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall be construed herein as set forth in this section:
ACT: The federal water pollution control act, also known as the clean water act, as amended, 33 USC 1251, et seq. (40 CFR 403.3(B)).
AVERAGE DAILY FLOW: The number of gallons of sewage discharged into the public sewers during a twenty four (24) hour period.
BOD OR BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND: The measure of decomposable organic material in domestic or industrial wastewaters as represented by the oxygen utilized over a period of five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C) and as determined by the appropriate procedure in "standard methods".
BACKWATER VALVE OR DEVICE: A valve installed in a house or industrial connection sewer to prevent sewage backflows into the internal plumbing facilities.
CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL: The chief administrative official for the building and safety department of the city or his duly authorized representative.
CLARIFICATION: The process of removal and retention of turbidity, settleable solids, and deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from wastes by sedimentation or flotation.
CLARIFIER: A device or structure which separates and retains suspended solids, settleable solids, deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from wastes prior to discharge into public sewer.
COMMERCIAL USE: Any commercial or business establishment, office, hotel, motel, or hospital.
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING: The chief administrative official of the transportation and engineering department of the city or his duly authorized representative.
DISCHARGER: Any person who discharges or causes a discharge to a public sewer.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER: The water carried wastes not produced from commercial or industrial activity and which result from normal human living processes.
EPA: The United States environmental protection agency.
FACILITY: A pipe or structure constructed for the purpose of collecting, conveying, pumping, treating and disposing of industrial wastewater and sewage.
GREASE TRAP: A device that separates grease or oil from wastewater flows prior to discharge to the industrial connection sewer.
GROSS FLOOR AREA: The area included within the exterior of the surrounding walls of a building or portions thereof, exclusive of courts.
HOUSE CONNECTION SEWER: That part of the sewer piping that connects to the internal structure plumbing and connects with the public sewer in the public right of way.
INDIRECT CHARGE (Into A Sewer): The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under section 307 (B), (C) or (D) of the act (40 CFR 401.11 (C)).
INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION SEWER: A house connection sewer used primarily for the discharge of industrial waste.
INDUSTRIAL USER: A source of indirect discharge.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE: Liquid or solid waste, except domestic sewage, including radioactive substances and explosives, and noxious or toxic gas in the sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PRETREATMENT OR TREATMENT FACILITY: Any works or device for the treatment of industrial waste, prior to discharge into the public sewer.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER: All water carried wastes and wastewater excluding domestic wastewater and uncontaminated water, and shall include all wastewater from commercial, manufacturing, institutional, agricultural, or other operations where it includes significant quantities of wastes of nonhuman origin.
INSPECTOR: A person authorized by the public works administrator to inspect wastewater facilities.
INTERFERENCE: A discharge which, or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources: a) inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and b) is therefore a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of a sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provision and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulation): section 405 of the clean water act, the solid waste disposal act (SWDA) (including title II, more commonly referred to as the resource conservation and recovery act (RCDA)), and including state regulations contained in any sludge management plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D of the SWDA, the clean air act, and the marine protection, research and sanctuaries act (40 CFR 403.3 (I)).
LOT: Any parcel of land occupied or to be occupied for use permitted by this code.
NPDES PERMIT: A national pollution discharge elimination system permit issued pursuant to section 402 of the act (40 CFR 404.3 (K)).
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, NCPS, NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, PRETREATMENT STANDARD, OR STANDARD: Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with sections 307 (B) and (C) of the act which applies to industrial users. This term includes prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to section 403.5 of title 40 of the code of federal regulations (40 CFR 404.3 (J)).
NEW SOURCE: Any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under section 307 (C) of the act applicable to such source.
OFF SITE DISPOSAL: The disposal or removal of industrial wastes or other materials regulated by this article to a site other than the premises where the wastes are generated whether or not such site is under the control of the industrial waste disposal permittee.
ON SITE DISPOSAL: The management, treatment, control or disposal, other than to the public sewer system, of industrial wastes or other materials within the premises named in an industrial waste permit whether or not the wastes were generated at the permitted site or by the permittee.
PASS THROUGH: A discharge which exits the POTW into the waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) (40 CFR 403.3 (N)).
PEAK FLOW OR PEAK FLOW RATE: The maximum thirty (30) minute rate of sewage flow to be generated from the premises as estimated by the public works administrator.
POLLUTION OF UNDERGROUND OR SURFACE WATERS: Affecting the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of such waters by manmade or man induced activities.
PRETREATMENT OR TREATMENT: The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW or disposal facility. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or process changes by use of an industrial waste treatment facility or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR section 403.6 (D). (40 CFR 403.3 (Q).)
PUBLIC SEWER: A main line sanitary sewer, dedicated to public use and owned by the city.
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR: The chief administrative official of the public works department of the city or the duly authorized representative.
RESIDENTIAL USE: Any single-or multiple-family dwelling.
SEWAGE OR WASTEWATER: The wastewater of the community received by the sewer system consisting of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial and industrial buildings, and institutions, and of such a character as to permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment into the public sewer system.
SEWER DISPOSAL: The disposal of industrial waste or other materials by means of a connection to the public sewer system from the premises named in an industrial waste permit.
SOLID WASTES: Wastes that are not water carried and that are suitable for disposal with refuse at sanitary landfill refuse disposal site.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: A classification pursuant to the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972, as amended.
STANDARD METHODS: The current edition of "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Wastewater", published by the American Public Health Association.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS OR SS: The insoluble solid matter suspended in wastewater that is separable by filtration in accordance with the procedure described in "standard methods".
TAPPING: The forming of a connection to a public sewer after the sewer is in place.
TEE SADDLE: A short pipe fitting with a shoulder at one end to allow the application of the fitting to a hole tapped in the public sewer forming a ninety degree (90°) angle to the public sewer pipe.
UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGE: Any discharge, intentional or accidental, occurring in such a manner that the discharger is unable to determine or regulate the quantity, quality or effects of the discharge.
WYE SADDLE: A short pipe fitting with a shoulder at one end to allow the application of a fitting to a hole tapped in the public sewer forming a forty five degree (45°) angle to the public sewer pipe. (1962 Code §§ 5-6.01 et seq., 6-1.301 - 6-1.304)