Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
(a) “Act” means the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), as amended.
(b) “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, 1.5 meters, outside the inner face of the building wall.
(c) “Building sewer” means the extension from the building drain ending at either the City’s lateral in the right-of-way or the public sewer or other place of disposal.
(d) “CCTV” means closed circuit television
(e) “City” means the City of Sidney, Ohio.
(f) “Clean Out” means an access point to inspect and perform maintenance on a portion of the building drain, building sewer and lateral.
(g) “Clean Water” may consist of rain water, ground water and any other water that is not sewage and is suitable for discharge directly to the ground or storm sewer.
(h) “Defects” as related to this chapter shall include, but is not limited to, offset joints, separated joints, roots, cracks, collapses, or any other defect that may allow clean water to enter the building drain/sewer or prevent a CCTV inspection in accordance with the City’s standards
(i) “Director” means the Utilities Director of the City or any future title given to this position, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(j) “EPA” means the Environmental Protection Agency.
(k) “Infiltration” means the introduction of clean water into a sewer intended to convey sewage through defects in the building drain, building sewer, lateral, public sewer and/or any other appurtenance to the POTW.
(1) “Inflow” means any direct connection, such as but not limited to downspouts, sump pumps, footer drains or any other connection that conveys clean water into any part of the sanitary sewer either directly or indirectly.
(m) “I&I” means, in combination or individually, inflow and infiltration and is referenced to indicate clean water intrusions into the sanitary sewer.
(n) “Lateral” means the City’s portion of the sewer serving a property extending from the main sewer up to and including the clean out or other approved structure located within the right-of-way. Laterals are city owned and therefore subject to Chapter 913 “City Owned and Non-Residential Sewers”.
(o) “Non-Residential” means a property served by a sewer that does not meet the definition of “Residential”.
(p) “NPDES” means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program as administered by the U.S. EPA or State.
(q) “O&M” mean operation and maintenance.
(r) “Person” means any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
(s) “POTW”, denoting publicly owned treatment works, means any sewage treatment works and the sewers and conveyance appurtenances discharging thereto, owned and operated by the City.
(t) “Residential” means a property limited to single-family, duplex, or triplex residential structure that discharges only domestic waste. All others are considered non-residential.
(u) “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which conveys sewage and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
(v) “Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO)” means the unintentional discharge of sewage from the sanitary sewer system.
(w) “Sewage” means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
(x) “Sewage treatment plant” means all facilities for pumping, treating and disposing of sewage. Also used in reference to the wastewater treatment plant.
(y) “Sewage works” means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
(z) “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive.
(aa) “State” means the State of Ohio.
(bb) “Storm sewer” means a sewer which conveys storm and surface water and drainage.
(cc) “Wastewater” means industrial waste, or sewage or any other waste including that which may be combined with any ground water, surface water or storm water, that may be discharged to the POTW.
(dd) “Water in Basement (WIB)” means a backup of sewage from a sanitary sewer into a building. This is also referred to as a SSO.
(ee) “WWTP” means the City’s wastewater treatment plant.
(Ord. A-2743. Passed 12-10-12; Ord. A-2789. Passed 6-23-14.)