(A) For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply.
COMMERCIAL FACILITY. Any structure or place intended for human occupation, use, or commerce, other than a dwelling, including such facilities as apartment buildings, campgrounds, churches, commercial establishments, condominiums, medical facilities, mobile home parks, motels, office buildings, restaurants and schools.
COMMERCIAL ON-SITE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL FACILITY. All equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection storage, treatment and on-site disposal of wastewater from other than one or two family dwellings.
COMMERCIAL RULE 410. Indiana State Department of Health Rule 410 I.A.C. 6-10 et seq., effective as of the date of this subchapter, as thereafter amended and supplemented.
DEPARTMENT. The Floyd County Health Department, being an agency of local government, created and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and its duly authorized employees and representatives.
DWELLING. Any house or structure or place used or intended to be used as a place of seasonal or permanent human habitation or for sleeping for one or two families. The term RESIDENCE shall be used interchangeably with the term DWELLING.
HEALTH BOARD. The Floyd County Board of Health duly constituted and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and its duly authorized representatives.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Floyd County Health Officer duly appointed by the Floyd County Board of Health and acting pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 16-20 et seq., and his or her duly authorized representatives.
OWNER. The holder of the fee simple title to a dwelling or commercial facility, or the holder of equitable title thereto in the event that the contract creating such equitable title confers exclusive possession of and the obligation to maintain the dwelling or commercial facility, or the agent of either.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, copartnership, corporation, firm, company, association, society, holding company, trustee, school corporation, school city, school town, school district and unit of government, or any other legal entity, or their successors or assigns, or agent of the aforesaid.
RESIDENTIAL RULE. Indiana State Department of Health Rule 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1 et seq., effective as of the date of this subchapter, as thereafter amended and supplemented.
RESIDENTIAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. All equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment and on-site disposal of sewage from a one- or two-family dwelling.
SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM. A sewer or system of sewers which convey sewage away from the lot on which it originates to a wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by an incorporated city or town, conservancy district, regional sewer district or private utility.
SEWAGE. All water-carried waste derived from ordinary living processes. The term WASTE WATER shall be used interchangeably with the term SEWAGE.
(B) The definitions set forth in this subchapter, together with those found in Residential Rule 410, Commercial Rule 410 and Indiana State Department of Health Bulletin S.E. 13, shall be used in the application, interpretation and enforcement of this subchapter, and each definition shall be deemed to apply equally to a residential sewage disposal system or commercial on-site wastewater disposal facility, unless the application of a word, term or phrase only to a particular system, facility or rule is clearly indicated.
(Ord. G-97-208, passed 11-3-1997)