Section
General Provisions
51.001 Definitions
Use of Public Sewers Required
51.015 Unsanitary disposal of waste
51.016 Unlawful discharge of sewage
51.017 Privies, septic tanks and the like
51.018 Sewer connections required
Private Sewage Disposal
51.035 Private disposal
51.036 Permit
51.037 Inspection
51.038 Compliance with state recommendations
51.039 Sewer connections
51.040 Operation and maintenance
51.041 Additional requirements
51.042 Discontinuance of private disposal
51.043 User fees
Building Sewers and Connections
51.060 Permits
51.061 Applications
51.062 Costs
51.063 Separate installations
51.064 Inspection of old building sewers
51.065 Specifications for building sewers
51.066 Elevation; lift
51.067 Surface drainage
51.068 Specifications for connections
51.069 Inspection
51.070 Barricades; restoration of public property
Use of Public Sewers
51.085 Prohibited drainage in sanitary sewers
51.086 Drainage in storm sewers
51.087 Prohibited discharges in public sewers
51.088 Substances prohibited in public sewers except by permission
51.089 Requirements for discharge of special wastes
51.090 Interceptors
51.091 Pretreatment or flow equalization
51.092 Manholes
51.093 Sampling and testing
51.094 Special arrangements
Protection From Damage
51.110 Damage; disorderly conduct
Powers and Authority of Inspectors
51.125 Inspections; right of entry
51.126 Liability
51.127 Easements
User Charges
51.140 Rates and assessments
51.141 Annual review
51.142 Applications for public sewer service
51.143 Public sewer charge liens
51.144 Temporary discontinuance of service
51.145 Prepayment of sewer rates
51.146 Payment of rates; delinquencies
51.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a 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.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other places of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
(1) The liquid waste from any non-governmental user of publicly owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office Management Budget, as amended and supplemented under the following divisions:
(a) Division A: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing;
(b) Division B: Mining;
(c) Division C: Manufacturing;
(d) Division D: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; and
(e) Division I: Services.
(2) A user in the divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic waste or waste from sanitary conveniences.
INSPECTOR. The State of Oregon Plumbing Inspector or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
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 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 (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with the ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangements of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL; MAY. SHALL is mandatory; MAY is permissive.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed STORM SEWER). A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975; Ord. 319, passed 5-18-1977)
USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Union, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable wastes.
(Ord. 304, passed 4-7-1975) Penalty, see § 51.999
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