BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD. Has the same meaning as that set forth in § 51.001 of this chapter.
DEBT SERVICE COSTS. The average annual principal and interest payments on all outstanding revenue bonds or other long-term capital debt.
EXCESSIVE STRENGTH SURCHARGE. An additional charge which is billed to users for treating sewage wastes with an average strength in excess of “normal domestic sewage.”
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater discharged from industrial, trade, or business processes as distinct from employee wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. For the purpose of determining surcharges, wastewater or sewage having an average daily concentration as follows:
(1) BOD of not more than 250 milligrams per liter;
(2) Suspended solids of not more than 250 milligrams per liter; and
(3) As defined by origin, wastewaters from segregated domestic or sanitary conveniences or both as distinct from industrial processes.
NPDES (NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM) PERMIT. Has the same meaning as that set forth in § 51.001 of this chapter.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. Includes all costs, direct and indirect, necessary to provide adequate wastewater collection, transport, and treatment on a continuing basis and produce discharges to receiving waters that conform with all federal, state, and local requirements. The term also includes replacement costs.
OTHER SERVICE CHARGES. Tap charges, connection charges, area charges, and other identifiable charges, except user charges, debt service charges, and excessive strength surcharges.
REPLACEMENT COSTS. The expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances that are necessary during the service life of the treatment works for which those works were designed and constructed.
SEWER USE ORDINANCE. This chapter.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on the users of the wastewater treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance of those works pursuant to § 204(b) of Pub. L. No. 92-500.
USER CLASS. The division of wastewater treatment customers by source, function, waste characteristics, and process or dis charge similarities, that is, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental in the user charge system.
(1) COMMERCIAL USER. Any establishment involved in a commercial enterprise, business, or service which, based on a determination by the city, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
(2) GOVERNMENTAL USER. Any federal, state, or local governmental user of the wastewater treatment works.
(3) INDUSTRIAL USER. Any manufacturing or processing facility that discharges industrial wastes to a publicly-owned treatment works.
(4) INSTITUTIONAL USER. Any establishment involved in a social, charitable, religious, or educational function which, based on a determination by the city, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
(5) RESIDENTIAL USER. A user of the treatment works whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for one or more persons, specifically including all dwelling units.
(1986 Code, § 36-9-23-1) (Ord. 8-1957, passed 6-13-1957; Ord. 10-1957, passed 7-25-1957; Ord. 15-1957, passed 11-14-1957; Ord. 1-1961, passed 6-8-1961; Ord. 2-1961, passed 6-22-1961; Ord. passed 11-26-1963; Ord. 1-1973, passed 5-23-1973; Ord. 1-1981, passed 7-22-1981; Ord. 6-1981, passed 10-14-1981; Ord. 1-1984, passed 3-13-1984; Ord. 2-1984, passed 3-27-1984; Ord. 3-1984, passed 3-27-1984)