Definitions herein shall supplement all definitions in San Bernardino County Code Title 3, Division 3, Chapters 1 and 3.
APPLICANT or PROPERTY OWNER. The person or entity who is the owner of record of the land for which a permit for a sewage holding tank has been sought.
CONTAMINATION. An impairment of the quality of waters within the unincorporated area of the County of San Bernardino by wastes or other degrading elements to any degree which creates a hazard to the public health through the possibility of poisoning or the spread of disease.
DISTRICT. Any sanitation district governed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino.
POLLUTION. An alteration of the quality of the waters within the unincorporated area of the County of San Bernardino by waste to a degree which adversely affects: (1) Such water for beneficial uses; (2) Facilities which serve such beneficial uses. POLLUTION may include contamination.
SEWAGE. A combination of liquid wastes which may include chemicals, house waste, human excreta, animal or vegetable matter, and other solids in suspension or solution, which are discharged from a dwelling, building, or other establishment.
SEWAGE HOLDING TANK. A watertight-covered receptacle designed to receive, and temporarily store, the discharge of sewage prior to periodic removal of its contents to an approved permanent disposal site. This does not include holding tanks used for the purpose of collecting and reusing graywater.
SEWERING ENTITY. Any public agency which operates sewage collection and treatment facilities.
(Am. Ord. 3564, passed - -1993; Am. Ord. 3624, passed - -1995)