For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in parts per million by weight.
BOARD. The Board of Public Affairs of the Village of Pemberville.
BUILDING DRAIN. The 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 three feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CLEANOUT. A special pipe structure for a sewer that extends to the ground surface which allows access for a mechanical device to be inserted to clear blockages and maintain flow in the sewer typically consisting of a wye fitting, riser pipe, and a waterproof cap at the ground surface.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAY. Is permissive.
MUNICIPAL WASTES. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
MUNICIPAL WASTES TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating municipal wastes.
MUNICIPAL WASTES WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of municipal wastes.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of 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 degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Domestic wastes contributed by reason of human occupancy.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries municipal wastes and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. INTERCEPTING SEWERS shall be classified as SANITARY SEWERS.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit from carrying municipal wastes or which carries storm and surface waters and drainage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes municipal wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Sewerage of the Village of Pemberville, or his or her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, municipal wastes, or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
VILLAGE. The Village of Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1134, passed 4-7-1998)