For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20°C, expressed in parts per million, by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drains to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. Any person(s) duly authorized by the town to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer systems.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a water course, pond, ditch, lake or other body, or surface waters, or groundwaters, and any public or private channel, watercourse, open or tile ditch or sewer which does not pass through or have a direct outlet to the town sewage treatment plant, as a part of the town sewage works.
OWNER. The record owner of the subject property according to the assessment or transfer records in the office of the County Auditor; includes any one or more legal owners of an interest in the subject property where such records are not current or correct and evidence or such facts are known or ascertainable; and includes the equitable owner under any contact or agreement to purchase such property where evidence of such fact is known or ascertainable.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such 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. A sewer in which carries sewage and into which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY SEWERS. A sewer which carries sewage and into which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, or any structure or facility whatsoever.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, heating and disposing of sewage.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carried stormwaters and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the municipal sewage works of the town or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquids or are removable by laboratory filtering.
(Am. Ord. 4, 2018, passed 5-21-2019)