Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this title shall be as follows:
ACT OR THE ACT: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 et seq.
ANTENNA: Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure and used in communications that sends or receives digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies or wireless communication signals.
ANTENNA ARRAY: A single or group of antenna elements, not including SWF antennas, and associated mounting hardware, transmission lines, or other appurtenances which share a common attachment device such as a mounting frame or mounting support structure for the sole purpose of transmitting or receiving wireless communication signals.
APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS: For any specified pollutant, City of Hayden prohibitive standards, City of Hayden specific pretreatment standards (local limits), State of Idaho pretreatment standards, or EPA's categorical pretreatment standards (when effective), whichever standard is appropriate or most stringent.
APPLICANT: Any person engaged in the business of providing utility services or the infrastructure required for utility services and who submits an application.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER (LEGAL AUTHORITY):
A. If the user is a corporation:
1.The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the corporation; and/or if the manager as an authorized representative has authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures;
B. If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively;
C. If the user is a Federal, State or local governmental facility: a Director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility, or his/her designee.
D. The individuals described in subsections A through C of this definition may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the City of Hayden.
BMPs (BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE): Physical, structural and/or managerial practices that, when used singly or in combination, prevent or reduce pollution of water.
BACKHAUL NETWORK: The lines that connect a provider's towers or cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices or long distance providers, or the public switched telephone network.
BASE STATION: A structure or equipment at a fixed location that enables FCC-licensed or authorized wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network. The term does not encompass a tower as defined in this chapter or any equipment associated with a tower.
A. The term includes, but is not limited to, equipment associated with wireless communications services such as private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul.
B. The term includes, but is not limited to, radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration (including DAS and SWF networks).
C. The term includes any structure other than a tower that, at the time the relevant application is filed with the City under this title, supports or houses equipment described in this title that has been reviewed and approved under the applicable zoning or siting process, or under State or local regulatory review process, even if the structure was not built for the sole or primary purpose of providing such support.
D. The term does not include any structure that, at the time the relevant application is filed with the State or the City under this title, does not support or house equipment described in this title.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD): The amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water to break down organic material present in a given water sample at a certain temperature over a specific time period.
BUILDING DRAINS: That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (5') outside the building footprint.
BUILDING SEWER (SERVICE CONNECTION, STUB, SERVICE LINE): The extensions from the building drain from a point five feet (5') outside the building footprint to a point of connection with the public sewer collector line. The building sewer is not a public sewer and shall be maintained by the owner(s) of the building sewer.
CAMOUFLAGE (STEALTH): Technology that minimizes the visual impact of utility infrastructure facilities by camouflaging, disguising, screening or blending into the surrounding environment. Examples include but are not limited to facilities disguised as trees (monopines), flagpoles, utility and light poles, bell towers, clock towers, ball field lights, architecturally designed screens, landscaping, fencing, and/or reflective films.
CAPITALIZATION FEE (CAP FEE): There are two portions of the capitalization or cap fee - 1) collection currently administered by the City and 2) treatment currently administered by HARSB. Credits or reimbursements defined in 8-2-6 shall only apply to the City’s collection cap fee unless specifically described otherwise.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD: Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. EPA which apply to a specific category of.
CATEGORICAL USER: A user regulated by one of EPA's categorical pretreatment standards.
CITY OF HAYDEN (CITY): A Municipality incorporated in the State of Idaho.
CITY OF HAYDEN WASTEWATER COLLECTOR SYSTEM (CITY OF HAYDEN WWCS): The wastewater collectors, interceptors, force main, lift stations and appurtenances in public right-of-ways or easements under City of Hayden jurisdiction; excluding facilities administered by HARSB.
CLEARING: The destruction and removal of vegetation by manual, mechanical or chemical methods.
COLOCATION: The mounting or installation of two (2) or more utility infrastructures within a single utility site (i.e., an antenna on an existing tower, building or structure for the purpose of transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency signals for communications purposes).
COMPOSITE SAMPLE: The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.
CONVEYANCE: A mechanism for transporting stormwater from one point to another, including pipes, ditches and channels.
CONVEYANCE SYSTEM: Drainage facilities, both natural and manmade, which collect, contain and provide for the flow of surface and storm water from the highest points on the land to a receiving water. The natural elements of the conveyance system include small drainage courses, streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands. Manmade elements of a conveyance system include gutters, ditches, pipes, channels and swales, etc.
COOLING WATER/NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER: Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished product. Cooling water may be generated from any use, such as air conditioning, heat exchangers, cooling or refrigeration to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DESIGN STORM: A rainfall event of specific return frequency and duration that is used to calculate the runoff volume and peak discharge rate.
DETENTION: The temporary storage of storm runoff in a BMP, which is used to control the peak discharge rates and which provides gravity settling of pollutants.
DEVELOPER: Owner(s) of property under development or proposed to be under development.
DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM OR DAS: A network consisting of transceiver equipment at a central hub site to support multiple antenna locations throughout the desired coverage area.
EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency.
ELECTRICAL LINES: An electrical line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy.
ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUEST: A. Any request for modification of an existing tower or base station that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of such tower or base station, involving:
1. Colocation of new transmission equipment;
2. Removal of transmission equipment; or
3. Replacement of transmission equipment.
ELIGIBLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE: Any tower or base station as defined in this chapter, provided that it is existing at the time the relevant application is filed with the City under this title.
EROSION: The wearing away of the land surface by running water, wind, ice or other geological agents, including such processes as gravitational creep; also, detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
EROSION/SEDIMENTATION CONTROL: Any temporary or permanent measures taken to reduce erosion; control siltation and sedimentation; and ensure that sediment laden water does not leave a site.
EXISTING USER: Any (non)-categorical user which was discharging wastewater prior to the effective date hereof.
EXISTING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE: A utility infrastructure that has been reviewed and approved under the applicable zoning or siting process, or under another State or local regulatory review process, provided that the utility infrastructure that has not been reviewed and approved because it was not in a zoned area when it was built, but was lawfully constructed, is existing for purposes of this definition.
FAA: The Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC: The Federal Communications Commission.
FIBER OPTIC LINES: A fiber optic cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers that are used as a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending light pulses through the fiber.
FRONTAGE: The outside boundary of a project that lies adjacent to an existing or planned public right of way, not including portions of the project that are considered onsite.
GRAB SAMPLE: A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis without regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
GROUNDWATER: Water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the land surface or a surface water body.
HARSB HAYDEN AREA REGIONAL SEWER BOARD: A governmental entity created by a joint powers agreement between the City of Hayden, Kootenai County for the Coeur d'Alene Airport and the Hayden Lake Sewer District.
HIGH PRESSURE TRANSMISSION PIPES: High pressure transmission pipes are used to transfer natural gas, fuel, etc., over long distances.
HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES: High voltage transmission lines are used to transmit electric power across long distances.
I AND I (INFLOW AND/OR INFILTRATION): Inflow is storm or ground water that enters the wastewater system through rain leaders, basement sump pumps or foundation drains illegally connected directly to a sanitary sewer pipe; and
Infiltration is non-wastewater or groundwater seepage into sewer pipes through cracks, leaky pipe joints and/or deteriorated manholes.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: A hard surface area which either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle as under natural conditions prior to development, and/or a hard surface area which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from the flow present under natural conditions prior to development. Common impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, rooftops, walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas, concrete or asphalt paving, gravel roads, packed earthen materials and oiled, macadam or other surfaces which similarly impeded the natural infiltration of stormwater. Open, uncovered retention/detention facilities shall not be considered as impervious surfaces.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE OR DISCHARGE: The introduction of pollutants into the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act. The discharge into the City of Hayden WWCS or HARSB POTW is normally by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches, surface water intercepting ditches, and all constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES: Any discharge from industrial manufacturing processes trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INFILTRATION: The downward movement of water from the surface to the subsoil. The infiltration capacity is expressed in terms of inches/hour.
INFRASTRUCTURE: The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of the utility.
INTERFERENCE: A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, either:
A. Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations;
B. Inhibits or disrupts its sludge processes, use or disposal; or
C. Is a cause of a violation of the HARSB's NPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State or local regulations): section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); any State regulations contained in any State sludge management plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D of the SWDA; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act.
INTERMITTENT STREAM: A stream or portion of a stream that has flowing water during certain times of the year, when groundwater provides water for stream flow. During dry periods, intermittent streams may not have flowing water. Runoff from rainfall is a supplemental source of water for stream flow.
LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY: Any activity that results in a change in the existing soil cover (both vegetative and non-vegetative) and/or the existing soil topography. Land disturbing activities include, but are not limited to, demolition, construction, clearing, grading, filling and excavation.
LOAD: The quantity of any constituent present in wastewater required to be measured and treated by either State or Federal regulations, or which is reasonably anticipated to be regulated.
MACROCELL: An antenna or antennas mounted on a tower, ground- based mast, rooftops and other towers or structures, at a height that provides a clear view over the surrounding buildings and terrain.
MAJOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE: Public or private utility infrastructure or facility involving construction of facilities of a complex nature including, but not limited to the following: dam structures, high pressure transmission lines, high voltage transmission lines, power substations, solar farms, wastewater treatment plants, water towers, wind farms, and infrastructures or facilities principally used in transmission and treatment of electricity, fuel, natural gas, telecommunications, water or wastewater pressure mains and/or regional pumping stations.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK: An area, tract, plot or site of land of at least five (5) acres in size upon which two (2) or more manufactured homes are placed and maintained for dwelling purposes either on a permanent or semi-permanent basis.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT: The maximum concentration (or loading) of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any grab or composite sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
MEDICAL WASTES: Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
MINOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE: Publicly or privately owned minor utility infrastructure or facilities such as fiber optic lines, overhead telephone, cable TV lines, power distribution lines, pumping stations, water and wastewater mains, and the like.
NATURAL GAS: Flammable gas, consisting largely of methane and other hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground (often in association with petroleum) and used as fuel.
NEW SOURCE:
A. Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment standards under section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section; provided that:
1. The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
2. The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
3. The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source, should be considered.
B. Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of subsection A2 or A3 of this definition but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
C. Construction of a new source as defined under this definition has commenced if the owner or operator has:
1. Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
a. Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment; or
b. Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings, structures or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or
2. Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this definition.
NEW USER: A user that is not regulated under Federal categorical pretreatment standards but that applies to the City of Hayden for a new building permit or occupies an existing building and plans to commence discharge of wastewater to the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW after the effective date hereof. Any person that buys an existing facility that is discharging nondomestic wastewater will be considered an "existing user" if no significant changes are made in the manufacturing operation.
NON-RESIDENTIAL: Users that do not meet the definition of residential, including public, institutional, commercial and industrial users.
NUTRIENTS: Essential chemicals needed by plants or animals for growth; excessive amounts of nutrients can lead to degradation of water quality and algal blooms. Some nutrients can be toxic at high concentrations.
OFF-SITE: Not within the any portion of the project frontage or onsite.
ONSITE: Any portion of the project that is internal to the project boundary.
PASS THROUGH: A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of HARSB's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERMITTEE: A person or user issued a wastewater discharge permit.
PERSON: Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all Federal, State or local governmental entities.
pH: A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, expressed in standard units.
POLLUTANT: Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, agricultural and industrial wastes, and the characteristics of the wastewater.
POWER SUBSTATION: A set of equipment reducing the high voltage of electrical power transmission to that suitable for supply to consumers.
PRETREATMENT: The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to (or in lieu of) introducing such pollutants into the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes; by process changes; or by other means (except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT: Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS OR STANDARDS: Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards and local limits established by the City of Hayden and/or HARSB.
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS OR PROHIBITED DISCHARGES: Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances, which appear in subsections 8-4-4A and B of this title.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW): A "treatment works", as defined by section 212 of the Act (33 USC 1292) which is owned by the City of Hayden and/or HARSB. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment plant. The term also means the HARSB interceptors, force main, treatment plant and City of Hayden WWCS.
PUMP HOUSE (WELL HOUSE): A building, structure, or room enclosing a well, pumps, and/or various other appurtenances.
PUMP STATION (LIFT STATION): A basin or building equipped with pumps to elevate wastewater to a higher elevation and includes pumps, controls, panels, wet well, fencing, land, and other appurtenances.
RECONSTRUCTION (ROAD AND/OR PARKING LOT): Road reconstruction shall be considered a modification of the cross section or subgrade. Paving or repaving shall not be considered reconstruction.
RECORD DRAWINGS (AS-BUILT): Design plans which have been revised, sealed, signed and dated to reflect all changes to the plans which occurred during construction.
REGIONAL LIFT STATION: A lift station owned by the City that pumps directly to the wastewater treatment plant.
RESIDENTIAL: Users occupying a building or dwelling unit designed and used exclusively for housing purposes by one family, or a building or dwelling unit that houses eight (8) or fewer persons occupying the dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit, or a single family dwelling as defined by the Local Land Use Planning Act, Idaho Code 67-6531.
RESIDENTIAL USER (DOMESTIC USER): Any person who contributes, causes, or allows the contribution of wastewater into the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW that is of a similar volume and/or chemical makeup as that of a residential dwelling unit. Discharges from a residential dwelling unit typically include up to two hundred (200) gallons per day with loading as defined by the Joint Powers Agreement.
RETENTION: The holding of runoff in a basin without release, except by means of evaporation, infiltration or emergency bypass.
RUN-OFF: That portion of precipitation that does not naturally percolate into the ground or evaporate but flows via overland flow, interflow, channels or pipes.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer which carries waste water and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEDIMENT: Fragmented material that originates from weathering and erosion of rocks or unconsolidated deposits and is transported by, suspended in or deposited by water.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE: Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septic tanks.
SEWAGE: Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).
SEWER: Any pipe, conduit ditch or other device used to collect and transport sewage from the generating source.
SHALL, MAY: "Shall" is mandatory, "may" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER: A. A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
B. A user that:
1. Discharges an average of twenty five thousand (25,000) gallons per day (gpd) or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater); or
2. Contributes a process waste stream which makes up five percent (5%) or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
3. Is designated as such by the HARSB or City of Hayden on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's or City of Hayden WWCS operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
C. Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in subsection B of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW's operation or for violating any applicable pretreatment standard or requirement, the City of Hayden may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SLUG LOAD: Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the discharge standards in subsections 8-4-4A through D of this title, or any discharge of a non- routine, episodic nature, including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES (SWF): Compact wireless equipment that contain their own transceiver equipment and function like cells in a wireless network but provide a smaller coverage area than traditional macrocells.
SOLAR FARM: An installation or area of land in which a large number of solar panels are set up in order to generate electricity.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC) CODE: A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
STORM FREQUENCY: The theoretical return period between storms of a given duration typically based upon historical data.
STORMWATER: Any surface flow, runoff, and/or drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation (including snow melt), and resulting from such precipitation.
STRUCTURE HEIGHT: The vertical distance measured from the base of the structure at grade to the highest point of the structure (including the antenna in the case of a tower). A lightning rod, not to exceed ten feet (10') in height, shall not be included within the height.
SUB-REGIONAL LIFT STATION: A lift station owned by the City that does not pump directly to the wastewater treatment plant.
SUPERINTENDENT: The person designated by the City of Hayden to supervise the operation of the City of Hayden WWCS, and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this title, or a duly authorized representative.
SWALE: A shallow drainage conveyance or infiltration area with relatively gentle side slopes, generally with flow depths less than one-half foot (1/2').
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
TEMPORARY LIFT STATION: A lift station that will not be needed once the sewer infrastructure is constructed fully in accordance with the most recent Collection System Master Plan.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS: The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWER (COMMUNICATIONS, CELL, WIRELESS): Any structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any FCC-licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site.
TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT: Equipment that facilitates transmission for any FCC-licensed or authorized wireless communication service, including, but not limited to, radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, and regular and backup power supplies. The term includes equipment associated with wireless communications services including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul.
TREATMENT BMP: A BMP that is intended to remove pollutants from stormwater. A few examples of treatment BMPs are detention ponds, oil/water separators, bio-filtration swales and constructed wetlands.
TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT: The discharge from the POTW into waters of the United States.
UNDEVELOPED STATE: The natural soils and vegetation that are in place prior to the start of any construction or clearing activity on the site.
UNIQUE SITE CHARACTERISTICS: Soil, slope or depth to bedrock conditions that will not accommodate on site treatment through infiltration to the standards specified in chapter 3 of this title.
USER OR INDUSTRIAL USER: A source of indirect discharge; and the source shall not include "residential user (domestic user)", as defined herein.
UTILITY SUPPORT STRUCTURE: Utility poles or infrastructures supporting electrical, telephone, cable, or other similar facilities; street light standards; or pedestrian light standards.
WWCS: Wastewater Collection System is a system that collects wastewater and disposes it in a central location for treatment.
WASTEWATER: Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are conveyed to the City of Hayden WWCS and POTW.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT: An authorization or equivalent control document issued by the City of Hayden to users discharging wastewater to the City of Hayden WWCS or POTW; the permit may contain appropriate pretreatment standards and requirements as set forth in this title.
WASTEWATER MAINS: A conduit for conveyance of sanitary sewer, both pressure and gravity (excluding privately owned individual stubs).
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OR TREATMENT PLANT: That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment of Municipal sewage and industrial waste.
WATER MAINS: A conduit for conveyance of potable water (excluding privately owned individual services).
WATER STORAGE (WATER TOWER): A vertical pipe extending from a water supply, to the mains. A tower supporting an elevated water tank, whose height creates the pressure required to distribute the water through a piped system.
WIND FARM: An area of land with a group of energy producing windmills or wind turbines.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES (WCF): A staffed or unstaffed facility or location or equipment for the transmission or reception of radio frequency (RF) signals or other wireless communications or other signals for commercial communications purposes, typically consisting of one or more antennas or group of antennas, a tower or attachment support structure, transmission cables and other transmission equipment, and an equipment enclosure or cabinets, and including small wireless facilities technologies. (Ord. 596, 5-24-2019)