The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
BASIC SEWER USE UNIT CHARGE. The basic charge per 1,000 gallons of water, or sewage, if a sewage measuring device is required or permitted and used, made against a property for using the
sanitary sewer system, and shall be determined by dividing the total annual sewage treatment and collection costs for the fiscal year of sewer use, by the total sewage flow, in 1,000 gallons, into the sewage treatment facilities of the sanitary sewer system during the city’s fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year of sewer use.
BOD and BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions in 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 a building and conveys it to the building sewer, the building sewer beginning outside the outer wall of the building.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the city sewer or other place of disposal.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT. The weight of chlorine, expressed in milligrams per liter, which must be added per unit volume to produce the desired result under stated conditions.
CITY SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
COD and CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The oxygen equivalent of that portion of an organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant, expressed in milligrams per liter.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The water-carried wastes from commercial and industrial establishments, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
DWELLING UNIT. A room or rooms in which kitchen facilities are provided, located in a building or structure used by a family or household as a home or residence of the family or household.
GARBAGE. Solid food wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other body of surface water or groundwater.
NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. Any property other than residential property.
NORMAL SEWAGE. Sewage which, when analyzed, shows, by weight, a daily average of not more than 300 parts per million (2,500 pounds) of suspended solids, not more than 250 parts per million (2,085 pounds) of biochemical oxygen demand (or, where biochemical oxygen demand cannot accurately be determined, a chemical oxygen demand greater than 400 parts per million (3,336 pounds)), and not
more than 100 parts per million (834 pounds) of ether-soluble matter (grease and oil), each per million gallons of daily flow.
OWNER. Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal title to or charge, care or control, in any capacity, of property.
pH. The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the number of gram ionic hydrogen equivalents per liter of solution.
ppm denoting CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. Milligrams per liter.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has been shredded to a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the city sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2-inch in any direction.
PROPERTY. Any piece or portion of real estate, including all buildings and structures located thereon, having a sewer or drainage system which immediately or remotely discharges into a public sewer, natural outlet or both.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer which is controlled by public authority.
RECEIVING STREAM. Any natural watercourse into which sewage is discharged.
RESIDENCE. Property, or that portion of property, used exclusively as dwelling or living quarters by 1 or more natural persons.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. A property consisting primarily, on an area basis, of 1 or more dwelling units.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Those wastes which are comparable to wastes which originate in residential units and contain only human excrement and wastes from kitchen, laundry, bathing and other household facilities.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SHALL AND MAY. “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive, subject to approval by the Manager.
SLUG. Any water or wastes exceeding a concentration greater than 5 times the average 24-hour concentration, and which is discharged continuously for a period longer than 15 minutes, or at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute.
STANDARD LABORATORY METHODS. Methods of analysis and testing as outlined in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, published by the American Publishing Company.
TOTAL ANNUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT AND COLLECTION COSTS. The total amount sufficient:
(1) To meet the costs and expenses of the operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system, including both the sewage treatment and collection system facilities;
(2) For the amortization of the indebtedness of the facilities; and
(3) For additional costs as may be necessary to ensure adequate waste collection and treatment on a continuing basis; all as pertaining to and reflecting the total operation of the sanitary sewer system, as determined by the City Council for 1 fiscal year.
TOTAL ANNUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT COSTS. The total amount sufficient:
(1) To meet the costs and expenses of the operation and maintenance of the sewage treatment facilities;
(2) For the amortization of the indebtedness of the facilities; and
(3) For additional costs as may be necessary to ensure adequate waste treatment on a continuing basis; all as pertaining to and reflecting the total operation of the sewage treatment facilities of the sanitary sewer system, as determined by the City Council for 1 fiscal year.
UTILITIES MANAGER. The Utilities Manager or his or her authorized agent or representative.
(Prior Code, § 52-181)