For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASTM SPECIFICATIONS. All references to the form ASTM shall mean the Standard Specifications or Methods of the American Society for Testing Materials of the serial designation indicated by the number and, unless otherwise stated, refer to the latest adopted revision of said specification or method.
B.O.D. Denoting biochemical oxygen demand, shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under a standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the property line or right-of-way line and connection with the public sewer service connection.
CONNECTION CHARGE. The fee levied by the city to cover the cost of inspection and construction of the public sewer lateral to the property which is to be serviced, and for a portion of the construction cost of the lateral sewers and other administrative costs.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, 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.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
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 the preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow and conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, 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.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE CONNECTION. A public sewer which has been constructed to the property line or right-of-way line from a public sewer lateral or main for the sole purpose of providing a connection for the building sewer.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All city-owned facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The City Public Works Superintendent of the city or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 392, passed 10-8-2007)