Unless the context specifically indicated otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, as defined by the Uniform Plumbing Code (typically within five feet of building or structure).
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the municipal sewer or other place of disposal, as defined by the Uniform Plumbing Code (normally within five feet of the building or structure).
COMMERCIAL. All other premises which are not classed residential.
GARBAGE. Shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. Industrial waste includes, but is not limited to, restaurants, rendering plants, slaughter floors and service stations.
MAY. Is permissive.
MUNICIPAL SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
PRE-TREATMENT. Any treatment facility or process required to bring sewage strength to acceptable levels comparable to domestic sewage levels, as determined by the Board of Trustees, so as not to damage the municipal treatment facilities or process.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely, under the flow conditions normally prevailing in municipal sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
RESIDENTIAL. All premises occupied and used exclusively as a home by not more than two families.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer, which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SD DENR. South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE SYSTEM. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. The superintendent of the sewer system of the municipality, or the authorized deputy, agent, or representative of the municipality.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 15, passed 6-20-2006; Ord. 15R-2015, passed 2-2-2015)