(A) For purposes of the section, the following definitions shall apply:
OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the real property served by a sewer lateral.
SEWER LATERAL. That connecting sewer line running from the sewer main “Y” connection to the private property line and extending to the structure to which it connects.
SEWER MAIN. The main line sewer, used as a trunk line or major channel of passage for transporting sewage and waste, constructed in a street, highway, alley, place or right-of-way dedicated to public use. It shall not include sewer laterals.
(B) All sewer laterals shall be maintained by the owner of the property served by such lateral in a safe and sanitary operating condition so that there is no seepage of waste at any point up to and including the junction of the sewer lateral and the sewer main and so that passage of waste through the lateral to the sewer main is free from stoppage and obstruction. In addition, all devices and safeguards required for the operation of sewer laterals shall be maintained in good working order.
(`83 Code, § 13.12.040) (Ord. 2000-25 § 1, 2000)