For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CLUSTER OSDS. An OSDS shared by two or more residences, two or more commercial facilities, or any combination thereof.
COMMERCIAL FACILITY. Commercial facility means any building or place not used exclusively as a residence. A commercial facility includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) An office building;
(2) Manufacturing facility;
(3) Multi-family residence (apartment, multiplex, townhouse, or condominium);
(4) Hotel or motel;
(5) Restaurant;
(6) School facility;
(7) Church facility;
(8) Child care facility;
(9) Long term care facility;
(10) Hospital facility;
(11) Correctional facility;
(12) State facility;
(13) Mobile home park;
(14) Campground; and
(15) Any grouping of residences served by a cluster OSDS.
COMMERCIAL OSDS. OSDS for a commercial facility.
DISTRIBUTION BOX. Distribution box shall mean a device designed to equally distribute effluent by gravity from an inlet pipe to outlet pipes.
DIVERTER DEVICE. A valve or device that directs effluent from one gravity soil absorption field to another gravity soil absorption field.
DOSE TANK. A watertight structure into which septic tank effluent discharges for collection and pumping to a soil absorption field.
DRAIN, INTERCEPTOR. A part of an OSDS subsurface drainage system that is used to control the seasonal high water table of the soil. It is designed to intercept and remove excess water from the soil on the upslope side of an OSDS soil absorption field.
DRAIN, PERIMETER. The part of an OSDS subsurface drainage system that is used to control the season high water table of the soil. It is designed to surround an OSDS soil absorption field to intercept and remove excess water from the soil.
DRAIN SEGMENT. That part of an OSDS subsurface drainage system that is used to control the seasonal high water table of the soil. It is installed between trenches in an OSDS soil absorption field, in conjunction with a perimeter drain, to intercept and remove excess water from the soil.
DRAIN, SUBSURFACE OSDS. A subsurface drainage system that is used to control the seasonal high water table of the soil in an OSDS soil absorption field. OSDS subsurface drains include perimeter drains, interceptor drains, drain segments, and that portion of the subsurface drain up to the point of entry into an existing subsurface drain or to the point of surface discharge.
EFFLUENT. Sewage that has received treatment from a septic tank, or other approved means, before treatment in the soil.
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. As defined in I.C. 16-18-2-211, a department organized by a county or city executive with a board, a health officer, and an operational staff to provide health services to a county, city, or multiple county unit.
ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM or OSDS. All equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and on-site disposal of sewage from a residence or commercial facility. Included within, but not limited to, the scope of this definition are the following:
(1) Pipes;
(2) Septic tanks;
(3) Treatment devices;
(4) Diverter devices;
(5) Distribution boxes;
(6) Dose tanks;
(7) Effluent pumps;
(8) Controls;
(9) Valves;
(10) Audiovisual alarms;
(11) Soil absorption fields;
(12) Dispersal area;
(13) Surface diversions; and
(14) OSDS subsurface drains.
ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (OSDS) INSTALLER. Any person engaged in the construction, installation, repair, or replacement of any component of an OSDS.
OSDS REPAIR. The repair or replacement of any OSDS component other than the replacement or expansion of a soil absorption field.
OSDS REPLACEMENT. The replacement or expansion of a soil absorption field.
OWNER. The deed holder of record for the subject property.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, company, firm, association, society, holding company, trust, trustee, estate, school corporation, school district, any unit of government, or any other legal entity, its or their successors or assigns, or agent of the aforesaid.
RESIDENTIAL OSDS. OSDS for a residence.
SEPTIC TANK. A watertight structure into which sewage discharges for settling and anaerobic solids digestion.
SEWAGE. All water-carried waste derived from ordinary living processes.
SOIL ABSORPTION FIELD. Effluent distribution pipes laid in a system of trenches or elevated beds served directly by the same distribution box or manifold, into which effluent discharges for soil absorption.
(BC Ord. 2017-010, passed 9-19-17)