(A) The definitions set forth in this subchapter, together with those found in Residential Rule 410, Commercial Rule 410, and State Department of Health Bulletin S.E. 13, shall be used in the application, interpretation, and enforcement of this subchapter. Each definition shall be deemed to apply equally to a residential sewage disposal system or commercial on-site wastewater disposal facility, unless the application of a word, term, or phrase only to a particular system, facility, or rule is clearly indicated.
(B) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL FACILITY. Any structure or place intended for human occupation, use, or commerce, other than a dwelling, including such facilities as apartment buildings, campgrounds, churches, commercial establishments, condominiums, medical facilities, mobile home parks, motels, office buildings, restaurants, and schools.
COMMERCIAL ON-SITE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL FACILITY. All equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and on-site disposal of wastewater from other than one- or two-family dwellings.
COMMERCIAL RULE 410. State Department of Health Rule 410 I.A.C. 6-10 et seq., effective as of the date of this subchapter, as thereafter amended and supplemented.
DEPARTMENT. The County Health Department, being an agency of local government, created and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and successor statutes that may be enacted, and its duly authorized employees and representatives.
DWELLING. Any house, structure, or place used or intended to be used as a place of seasonal or permanent human habitation or for sleeping for one or two families. The term RESIDENCE shall be used interchangeably with the term DWELLING.
HEALTH BOARD. The County Board of Health duly constituted and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and successor statutes that may be enacted, and its duly authorized representatives.
HEALTH OFFICER. The County Health Officer duly appointed by the County Board of Health and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and successor statutes that may be enacted, and his or her duly authorized representatives.
OWNER. The holder of fee simple title to a dwelling or commercial facility or the holder of equitable title thereto in the event that the contract creating the equitable title confers exclusive possession of and the obligation to maintain the dwelling or commercial facility, or the agent of either.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, copartnership, corporation, firm, company, association, society, holding company, trustee, school corporation, school city, school town, school district, any unit of government or any other legal entity, or their successors or assigns, or agent of the aforesaid.
RESIDENTIAL RULE 410. State Department of Health Rule 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1 et seq., effective as of the date of this subchapter, as thereafter amended and supplemented.
RESIDENTIAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. All equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and on-site disposal of sewage from a one- or two-family dwelling.
SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM. A sewer or system of sewers which convey sewage away from the lot on which it originates to a wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by an incorporated city or town, conservancy district, regional sewer district, or private utility.
SEWAGE. All water-carried waste derived from ordinary living processes. The term WASTEWATER shall be used interchangeably with the term SEWAGE.
(2005 Code, § 53.091) (Ord. 98-04, passed 2-17-1998)