In addition to the definitions in section 8-7-6 of this chapter and unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BUILDING DRAIN: That 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 sewers, beginning five feet (5') (1.5 m) outside the inner face of the building walls.
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: A building or buildings used for business, industrial, professions, trades or manufacturing.
DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER SERVICES: That person appointed to oversee the operation of the Wastewater Services Department.
GARBAGE: Solid wastes from domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON: Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, society, corporation, group, government, governmental agency or other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The definition includes all Federal, State and local government entities.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a 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 (1/2") (1.27 cm) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER: A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
RESIDENTIAL: A building or buildings used for purposes in which people dwell or make their homes.
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL: A building or buildings used for both "residential" and "commercial" as defined in this section, shall be defined as "commercial".
SS (Suspended Solids): Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE: 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.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS: All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER: A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL, MAY: "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
STORM DRAIN (Sometimes Termed "Storm Sewer"): A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
WATERCOURSE: A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 1357, 3-19-2019)