The following definitions shall be applied throughout this Chapter. Where no definition is specified, the normal dictionary usage of the word shall apply.
BUILDING OR HOUSE SEWER. The terms "Building Sewer" and "House Sewer" as used in this Code, shall mean and include that part of a house or building drainage system extending from the house or building drain to its connection with the main sewer.
BUILDING OR HOUSE DRAIN. The terms "Building Drain" and "House Drain" as used in this Code, shall mean and include that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a house or building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, or other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building or house.
SOIL PIPE. The term "Soil Pipe" as used in this Code, shall mean and include any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets with or without the discharge from other fixtures to the house or building drain.
WASTE PIPE. The term "Waste Pipe" as used in this Code, shall mean and include any pipe which receives the discharge of any fixture, except water closets, and conveys the same to the house drain, soil pipe, or waste stack.
LOCAL VENTILATING PIPE. The term "Local Ventilating Pipe" as used in this Code, shall mean and include any pipe through which foul air is removed from a room or fixture.
VENT PIPE. The term "Vent Pipe" as used in this Code, shall mean and include any pipe provided to ventilate a house or building drainage system and to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
TRAP. The term "Trap" as used in this Code, shall mean and include a fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air or gas through a pipe without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste through it.
TRAP SEAL. The term "Trap Seal" as used in this Code, shall mean and include the vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip of the trap.
PLUMBING FIXTURES. The term "Plumbing Fixtures" as used in this Code, shall mean and include receptacles intended to receive and discharge water liquid or water-carried wastes into the sewer system with which they are connected.
SEWER SYSTEM. The term "Sewer System" as used in this Code, shall mean and include all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWAGE. The term "Sewage" as used in this Code, shall mean and include 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.
SANITARY SEWER. The term "Sanitary Sewer" as used in this Code, shall mean and include a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
STORM SEWER. The term "Storm Sewer" as used in this Code, shall mean and include a sewer which carries storm and surface drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
GARBAGE. The term "Garbage" as used in this Code, shall mean and include solid wastes from the preparation of cooking and dispensing of food and produce.
PROPERLY SHREDDED. The term "Properly Shredded" as used in this Code, shall mean and include shredding to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with no particle larger than one-half (1/2") inch in diameter.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The term "Suspended Solids" as used in this Code, shall mean and include solids that either float on the surface of, or are in immersion in water, sewage, or other liquids, and are removable by filtering.