For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANNUAL NOTIFICATION. The requirement that each user is notified at least annually in conjunction with a regular bill, of that portion of the sewer service charge which is attributable to operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) costs for the wastewater treatment services.
ANNUAL REVIEW. The review required to assure that sufficient revenue is being generated to cover OM&R costs.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20°C expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BUILDING DRAIN. The 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 five feet (one and one- half meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
COMMERCIAL USER. A private or public enterprise for uses, other than as a dwelling, such as retail stores, restaurants, office buildings and laundries.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The charge levied on users to make principal and interest payments required for the amortization of the cost of the POTW.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GOVERNMENT USER. Any federal, state or local government user of the wastewater treatment system.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any nonresidential user of the POTW which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater from industrial process, trade or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
INSPECTOR. The Wastewater Superintendent or appointed representative and/or a plumbing inspector.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. An establishment which is involved in social, charitable, religious or educational functions, and which discharge primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Wastewater or sewage having an average daily SS concentration of not more than 200 mg/l and an average daily BOD concentration of not more than 200 mg/l.
NPDES PERMIT. In compliance with the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), and the Ohio Water Pollution Control Act (R.C. § 6111) Permit No. 3PB00006*BD).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. All costs, direct and indirect, not including debt service, inclusive of expenditures attributable to administration, replacement of equipment, and treatment and collection of wastewaters, necessary to ensure adequate wastewater collection and treatment on a continuing basis.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
POTW. Publicly owned treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles shall be carried freely under normal flow conditions in the POTW, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
RATES. The charge levied as a function of the total material water usage per unit of sewage.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such treatment works were designed and constructed.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys water-carried waste from residences, commercial buildings, institutions and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
STORM DRAIN (OR STORM SEWER). A sewer that carries only stormwater, surface run-off, street wash and drainage and to which sanitary and industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SURCHARGE. The assessment in addition to the service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentrations established as representative of normal sewage.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The dry weight of solids physically floating or suspended in a flow of sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or water as determined by standard laboratory procedures and expressed in mg/l.
USER CHARGES. The charges levied on users of the wastewater treatment works for the cost of O&M of such works.
(Ord. 4-1992, passed 1-9-1992)