For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from waste lines and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. Also called yard lines and begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
CITY. The City of Elephant Butte.
CITY ENGINEER. Person employed or contracted by the city for the purpose of overseeing city engineering concerns.
CITY MANAGER. Person serving in an administrative or managerial role for the City Council. Will mean his or her designee wherever referenced. In the absence of Manager the administrative role will revert back to the Mayor/City Council or his/her/their designee.
COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER. Non-toxic, non-hazardous wastewater and includes, but is not limited to, commercial and institutional food operations, and animal holding facilities.
DAYS. Calendar days unless otherwise indicated.
DFU. Drainage fixture unit.
DWELLING UNIT. A room or suite of rooms with kitchen and bath facilities designed as a unit for occupancy by one family.
EASEMENT. The right or privilege that a person or persons may have in another's land such as right of passage; commonly associated with road and utility corridors.
ENGINEER. A professional engineer licensed in the state of New Mexico.
ENTERPRISE. Participation or engagement in a project undertake or to be undertaken.
ESTABLISHMENT. A multi-family housing, an apartment, a condominium or townhouse complex, a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park, a commercial or institutional development, or places of business or assembly. An establishment includes all building or structures and the land pertaining thereto.
FUNCTIONING WASTEWATER SYSTEM. A wastewater system that is operating as designed and as permitted by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
GROUND WATER. Interstitial water that occurs in saturated earth material
INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTES - INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE. All waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes resulting from any industrial manufacturing or food processing operation or process, or from the development of any natural resource or any mixture of these with water or domestic sewage as distinct from normal domestic sewage. These shall include, but are not limited to: ordnance and accessories; food and products; apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials; lumber and wood products; furniture and fixtures; printing, publishing, and allied industries; chemicals and allied products; petroleum refining and related industries; rubber and miscellaneous plastics products; leather and leather products; stone, clay, glass and concrete products; primary metal industries; fabricated metal products, except ordnance, machinery and transportation equipment; machinery; electrical machinery, equipment and supplies; transportation equipment; professional, scientific and controlling instruments; photographic and optical goods; watches and clocks; miscellaneous manufacturing industries.
LICENSED PLUMBER. Any contractor meeting the criteria set forth in the State of New Mexico Construction Industries Division (NMCID) Rules and Regulations qualified to acquire permit for connection to the service tap and decommissioning and abandoning septic tanks. Plumber shall have a current business registration to work in the city.
LICENSED CONTRACTOR. Any contractor meeting the criteria set forth in the State of New Mexico Construction Industries Division (NMCID) Rules and Regulations qualified to acquire permit for connection to the main line of the wastewater system, and to perform work defined as utility work. Contractor shall have a current business registration to work in the city.
MANDATORY CONNECTIONS. A connection which is required when sewer service is available.
MAYOR. The Mayor of the City of Elephant Butte or his or her designee.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
ON-SITE MAIN. Sanitary sewer mains totally within a tract of land to be developed.
OWNER. Any individual, partnership, firm, public or private corporation, association, trust, estate, governmental entity, agency or institution, any other legal entity or their legal representative, agent, supervisor, or person who is on record with the County Assessor’s office as the person in charge of the property.
PRESSURIZED SEWER MAINS. Sanitary sewer mains which convey sewage under pressurized conditions.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all suspended solids will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no suspended solids greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A system of piping constructed for the purpose of collection and transmission of waste water owned or operated by a governmental or quasi-governmental agency in which all owners of abutting properties shall have equal rights to connect and dispose of wastewater.
SIERRA COUNTY REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, NORTH AREA. Also known as SCRWWTS.
SEWER SYSTEM or SEWER or SANITARY SEWER. A wastewater collection system which includes, but is not limited to: the trunks, arterials, channels, conduits, manholes, pumps, pumping
stations, piping, and other appurtenances necessary to collect wastewater from a community, water district, corporation, company, or other entity that produces domestic sewage or a majority of domestic sewage mixed with other liquid wastes treatable in a wastewater treatment facility which is subject to a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(NPDES) permit or a NMED discharge permit. The public sewer portion of a wastewater facility which transports wastewater and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
STANDARD UTILITY SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS. A compilation of standard design requirements and drawings that have been approved for use in the construction of city water and/or sewer mains. These will be adopted by resolution.
SHALL. Mandatory; MAY is permissive.
STORM SEWER. A system of piping which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes wastewater and polluted industrial wastes.
SUBDIVISION. The division of a surface area of land, including land within a previously approved subdivision, into two or more parcels for the purpose of sale, lease or other conveyance or for building development, whether immediate or future.
SURFACE WATER. A recognizable body of water, including swamp or marsh areas and natural or constructed ponds contained within a recognizable boundary. This does not include retention or detention areas designed to contain standing or flowing water for less than 72 hours after a rainfall.
SYSTEM. A wastewater system.
TOXIC, HAZARDOUS, OR INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER WASTES. Include, but not limited to: wastewater carried off by floor drains, utility sinks, and equipment drains located in
buildings in industrial or manufacturing areas, wastewater from commercial laundry facilities, and wastewater resulting from car and truck washes.
TRAP. A device for retaining sand, silt, grit mineral material, petroleum solvent, grease or oil by gravity-differential separation from wastewater and of a design and capacity approved by the city.
UTILITY. Water, sewer and/or other public work furnished by the city to consumers thereof.
WASTEWATER. The liquid or water-carried wastes removed from residences, institutions and other establishments, including bath and toilet wastes, laundry waste, and kitchen waste not including toxic, hazardous, or industrial waste.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, transport and treat domestic industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UPC. Uniform Plumbing Code.
(Ord. 119, passed 5-20-2009; Am. Ord. 178, passed 2-6-2019)