As used in this chapter, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
(a) "Building drain" means 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 feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
(b) "Building sewer" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
(c) "Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
(d) "Industrial wastes" means liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
(e) "Inspector" means any person duly authorized by the City to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connections to the public sewerage system.
(f) "Natural outlet" means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
(g) "Properly shredded garbage" means 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 inch in any dimension.
(h) "Public sewer" means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
(i) "Sanitary sewer" means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
(j) "Sewage" means a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm water as may be present.
(k) "Sewage works" means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
(l) "Sewer" means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
(m) "Storm sewer" or "storm drain" means a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
(n) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public Works of the City or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(Ord. 133. Passed 5-4-71.)