For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
"BOD" or "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND." The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5) days at 20°C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
"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, beginning five (5) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
"BUILDING SEWER." The extension from the building drain to the point of connection with the public sewer or other place of disposal.
"CITY." The city of Mt. Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky.
"COMBINED SEWER." A sewer receiving both surface runoff and wastewater.
"CUSTOMER." A property owner or his agent who has agreed to purchase water or sewer service from the city.
(Ord. 120, passed 3-12-73)
"GARBAGE." Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
“GOOD CREDIT HISTORY.” Less than three (3) late payments and no disconnections in the first initial year.
"HEALTH DEPARTMENT" or "COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT." The Health Department of Bullitt County, Kentucky.
"INDUSTRIAL WASTE." The liquid waste from industrial or other technical processes.
"NATURAL OUTLET." Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
"PERSON." Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
"pH." The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration which is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
"PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE." The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½) inch in any dimension.
"PUBLIC SEWER." A sewer controlled by the city, to which owners of the abutting properties may have access. In general, the "PUBLIC SEWER" shall include the main sewer in the street, the service branch to the curb or property line, a main sewer upon private property, and any sewers which are connected with the sewer system of the city, to the extent of ownership by public authority.
“PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.” The person duly employed and authorized by the city to supervise the operation of the municipal water and sewer system.
"SANITARY SEWER." A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
"SEWAGE." A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm water as cannot be eliminated.
"SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT." Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
"SEWAGE WORKS", "SEWAGE SYSTEM", or "SEWER SYSTEM." All facilities of the city for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
"SEWER." A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
"STORM SEWER" or "STORM DRAIN." A sewer which carries storm and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial waste.
"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.
"SYSTEM." The municipal waterworks system of the city as now or hereafter constituted.
(Ord. 120, passed 3-12-73)
"WATERCOURSE." A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 132, passed l-25-74; Am. Ord. 2020-05, passed 3-9-20)