Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
(a) “Authority.” A government or public agency created to perform a single function or a restricted group of related activities. Usually such units are financed from service charges, fees, and tolls, but in some instances they also have taxing powers. An authority may be completely independent of other governments for its creation, its financing, or the exercise of certain powers.
(b) “Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD).” The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter in a specified time and at a specified temperature, usually at 5 days and 20 C.
(c) “Board of Trustees” shall mean the board established by the Village of Lisbon responsible for managing the water works and sewerage works of the Village.
(d) “Capital Costs.” Costs of major rehabilitation, betterments, expansion or upgrading required as facilities reach the end of their useful life.
(e) “Capital Outlays.” Expenditures which result in the acquisition of or addition to fixed assets.
(f) “Collection System.” The sewer lines and appurtenances used and useful in the collection and conveyance of wastewater. See also “Wastewater system.”
(g) “Commercial User.” All retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private business and service establishments.
(h) “County” shall mean Columbiana County, Ohio.
(i) “County Sewer District User.” Any user that is under the direct jurisdiction of the Columbiana County Water and Sewer District No. 2 and further defined in its Rules and Regulations.
(j) “Federal Act.” The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500, and any amendments thereto, as well as any guidelines, limitations, and standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Act.
(k) “Governmental.” Shall include legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory activities of Federal, State, and local governments.
(l) “Improvements.” Buildings, other structures, and other attachments or annexations to land which are intended to remain so attached or annexed, such as sidewalks, trees, drives, tunnels, drains and sewers. Sidewalks, curbing, sewers, and highways are sometimes referred to as “betterments,” but the term “improvements” is preferred.
(m) “Industrial User.” Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of publicly owned treatment works which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions: Division A Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Division B - Mining; Division D - Manufacturing; Division E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary; and Division I Services.
(n) “Institutional” shall include social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users.
(o) “Normal Strength.” Wastewater as defined for the purpose of determining surcharges shall mean wastewater having an average daily suspended solids concentration of not more than 240 mg/1, an average daily BOD5 of not more than 200 mg/1, and containing not more than 100 mg/1 of Freon soluble matter (grease and oil).
(p) “May” is permissive; “Shall” is mandatory.
(q) “OEPA shall mean the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(r) “Operation and Maintenance.” Those functions that result in expenditures during useful life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
(s) “Owner” shall mean any person in title or having any interest in real property, lot, tract, acreage, etc., which is served by or adjacent to any part of the wastewater system of this Village.
(t) “Pretreatment Ordinance.” The enacted ordinance by the Village, if mandated by the Ohio EPA, that sets forth uniform requirements for non-domestic discharges into the Village's wastewater collection and treatment systems, and enables the "Authority" to protect public health in conformity with all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
(u) “Replacement.” Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance of which such works were designed and constructed. The term “operation and maintenance” (O&M) includes replacement.
(v) “Replacement Costs.” The cost as of a certain date of a property which can render similar service (but which need not be of the same structural form) as the property to be replaced. Replacement is an incremental element of operating costs and is variable depending upon levels of expenditures for maintenance. The statutory definition of the term means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances during the useful life of the treatment works necessary to maintain the capacity and performance for which they were designed and constructed. It is not a capital cost and does not increase the book value of an asset.
(w) “Residential” shall include all domestic dwelling units such as detached, semi-detached, row-houses, mobile homes and multi-family dwellings.
(x) “Service Charge.” A charge levied on a user of the treatment works which includes a user charge, a charge for capital reserve and debt service, other charges for current services, or all of these.
(y) “Superintendent.” The person or agent of the Lisbon Public Utilities duly appointed to operate, maintain, repair and inspect the system.
(z) “Suspended Solids.” Suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in “Standard Methods” and referred to as “Nonfilterable Residue.”
(aa) “Useful Life” shall mean the estimated period during which a treatment works will be operated.
(bb) “U.S. EPA” shall means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(cc) “User” shall mean any person or premises that discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the public sewer and receives wastewater treatment services.
(dd) “User Charge.” A charge levied on users of a treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement.
(ee) “Village” shall mean the Village of Lisbon, Ohio.
(ff) “Wastewater” shall mean the spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present.
(gg) “Public Utilities.” The Department responsible for the operation and maintenance of the sewerage works or wastewater system.
(hh) “Wastewater System.” A collective term used to denote all the property involved in the operation of a wastewater treatment utility. It includes land, sewer lines and appurtenances, pumping stations, treatment plants, and general property. Synonym: Sanitary Sewerage System, Wastewater Treatment Works.
(ii) “Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).” Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater.
(jj) “Water Meter” shall mean a water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the Village of Lisbon.
(Ord. 1557. Passed 4-14-97; Ord. 1739. Passed 3-8-2004.)