For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ADMINISTRATIVE FEE." A loan servicing fee of two-tenths of one percent of the annual outstanding loan balance payable to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority as a part of each interest payment.
"BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)." The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20 degrees Celsius expressed in terms of weight and concentration in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
"COMMERCIAL USER." All retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private business and service establishments including Institutional Users and Government Users.
"DEBT SERVICE." The charges levied on users of the city's municipal water system to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
"GOVERNMENTAL USER." Legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory activities of federal, state and local governments. All Governmental Users will be classified as Commercial Users under this chapter.
"INDUSTRIAL USER." Any company to the city's municipal water system that manufactures products for use or consumption or is considered part of the manufacturer's operation.
"INSTITUTIONAL USER." Social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users. All Institutional Users will be classified as Commercial Users under this chapter.
"NON-RESIDENT." Any person, residential user, commercial user, industrial user, institutional user or governmental user of the city's municipal sewer system that resides or is headquartered outside the city limits of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.
"NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER." The water-carried wastes produced from noncommercial and nonindustrial activities and which result from normal human living processes.
"OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE." Functions that result in expenditures during the useful life of the municipal water system for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for managing and for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement as defined below.
"REPLACEMENT." Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the municipal water system to maintain the capacity and performance for which the system was designed and constructed.
"RESIDENT." Any person, residential user, commercial user, industrial user, institutional user or governmental user of the city's municipal sewer system that resides or is headquartered within the city limits.
"RESIDENTIAL USER." Any customer to the city's municipal sewer system whose lot, parcel or real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
"SHALL." Is mandatory; "MAY" is permissive.
"SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)." 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 for the Examination of Water and Wastewater".
"TREATMENT WORKS." A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq. which is owned in this instance by the City of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky (City). This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purpose of this Ordinance, "POTW" shall include any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City's POTW.
"USEFUL LIFE." The number of years from the date the treatment works begins to operate for its intended function until the time when it can no longer be operated or used for its intended function.
"USER CHARGE." The total service charge which is levied for the cost of operation, maintenance, replacement and debt service expenses of the city's municipal sewer system.
"WATER METER." A device approved by the city used for measuring and recording a volume of water.
(Ord. 6-97, passed 7-14-97)