CHAPTER 5
ELKO SEWER CODE
ELKO SEWER CODE
SECTION:
9-5-1: Short Title
9-5-3: Definitions
9-5-5: Matter Excluded From All Sewers
9-5-7: Matter Excluded From Storm Sewers
9-5-9: Matter Excluded From Sanitary Sewers
9-5-11: Sewer Service
9-5-15: Discontinuance Of Service
9-5-17: Termination For Noncompliance With Rules
9-5-19: Termination For Unsafe Apparatus
9-5-21: Termination For Fraudulent Use Of Service
9-5-23: Restoration Of Service
9-5-25: Refusal To Serve
9-5-27: Continuity Of Service
9-5-29: Sewer Connection Charges
9-5-30: Treated Effluent Construction Water Metered Rates And Installation Charges
9-5-31: Sewer Rates
9-5-32: Waiver Of Sewer User Fees For Certain Commercial Customers
9-5-33: Extension Of Sewer Main Facilities
9-5-35: Billing (Payment And Lien Rights)
9-5-36: Right Of Way Toll
9-5-37: Termination Of Service Procedure For Nonpayment
9-5-39: Appeals
9-5-41: Penalties
9-5-43: Biennial Review Of Operational Maintenance Charges
9-5-45: Inspection Of Sewers And Attachments
9-5-47: Testing Of Sewage Waste
9-5-49: Septic Tank Contents
9-5-51: Designation Of Places And Manner Of Discharge Of Septic Tank Contents
9-5-53: Determination Of Character Of Waste Matter
9-5-54: National Categorical Pretreatment Standards
9-5-55: Pretreatment Of Sewage
9-5-57: Grease, Oil, And Sand Interceptors
9-5-59: Certain Installations Unlawful
9-5-61: Mandatory Connections
9-5-63: Design, Construction Of New Connections, Inflow Sources
9-5-65: Rules And Regulations
9-5-67: Credit
9-5-69: Notification
9-5-71: Inconsistent Agreements
9-5-73: Fixture Unit Value Table
9-5-74: Vacant Units In Apartment Complexes, Commercial Complexes And Mobile Home Parks
9-5-75: Resurveys Of Fixtures
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following are to mean:
BOD (Denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in parts per million by weight.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE: The charge to the user to produce revenues to retire outstanding indebtedness and maintain reserve accounts for capital improvements to the sewer system, expressed as dollars per month per fixture unit ($/mo/SFU).
CITY COUNCIL: The city council of the city of Elko.
CONNECTION CHARGES: A fee charged in order to equalize the investment in plant and equipment and other facilities made by the city of Elko. The charge is for the right of service in the system. All connection charges and fees go to the sewer capital improvement fund.
DIRECTOR: The city engineer or any of his duly authorized representatives.
ELKO MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM OR SEWER SYSTEM: The system of conduits, pumps, treatment plants and structures used for the purpose of conveying from their source, treating in any manner and conveying to final points of disposal all wastes of any nature permitted by this chapter to enter said system. Specifically included as integral parts of the system are all conduits of any nature forming a party of the general network of conduits or connected directly or indirectly to said network; all pumps, treatment plants and structures of any kind used in connection with the collection, treatment and disposal of the wastes handled by the system; and all appurtenances to any of the above, either physically or functionally connected therewith. "Sanitary sewers", as defined in this section, are all included as parts of the municipal sewer system.
FIXTURE UNIT SURVEY: The tabulation of sewer fixture units by physical inspection or review of construction plans to determine the fixture unit count.
FULL FRONTAGE: All lot lines of any lot, parcel or tract of property adjacent to a road, street, alley or right of way, to include lots, parcels or tracts containing multiple borders or edges, such as corner lots.
PREMISES: A continuous tract of land, building or group of adjacent buildings under a single control with respect to use of sewer and responsibility for payment therefor. Subdivision of such use or responsibility shall constitute a division into separate "premises", as defined in this definition, except that where more than one dwelling is being served through the same sewer service in which case each of said dwellings shall constitute a separate premises and shall be subject to the same separate charges as if separate single-family dwellings.
REPLACEMENT COST: The cost to replace items which in the normal course of operation become nonfunctional. This cost is distinguished from capital improvement cost by being less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for a singular replacement.
SANITARY SEWERS: Those sewers which are designated to carry all waste matter permitted by this chapter to enter the system, other than surface drainage water.
SEWER DEPARTMENT: The city of Elko water department, located at 1751 College Avenue.
SEWER FIXTURE UNIT (SFU): A numerical value assigned to different types of plumbing fixtures to reflect flow contribution to the sewer system. Fixture units shall be utilized for billing on the basis of flow contribution for each user. A tabulation of the numerical value assigned to the various types of plumbing fixtures is included in section 9-5-73 of this chapter.
SEWER FIXTURE UNIT COUNT OR SURVEY: The tabulation of the fixture units by physical unit or inspection or review of construction plans to fixture unit determine the fixture unit count.
SEWERAGE FIXTURES: Approved type installed receptacles, devices or appliances which are supplied with water or which receive liquid or liquidborne wastes and discharge such wastes into the drainage system to which they may be directly or indirectly connected. Industrial or commercial tanks, vats and similar processing equipment are not sewerage fixtures, but may be connected to or discharged into approved sewerage fixtures.
STORM SEWERS: Those sewers which are designated to carry surface drainage water and such other waters as are not required to be disposed of through the sanitary sewer system, in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewerage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
USER CHARGE: A charge to the user in order to cover operation, maintenance and replacement costs associated with the "sewer system", expressed as dollars per SFU per month. (Ord. 740, 8-9-2011)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 9-1-3 of this title. |
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