For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days of 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. The 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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the municipal sewer or other place of disposal.
COMMERCIAL. Includes all other premises which are not classed as residential.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
IN KIND. Usage that is metered for reporting purposes but not charging the account for this usage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE or INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater or liquid wastes from industrial processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes or sanitary sewage.
MUNICIPAL SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of ground or surface water.
NONPROFIT. An account that is defined as such as a decision made by the Council.
OUT-OF-CITY LIMITS USER. Any user whether it is commercial or residential that is not located within the city limits and is using city sewer.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
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 municipal sewers with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
RESIDENTIAL. Includes all premises occupied and used exclusively as a home by not more than two families.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, ground, and surface waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE SYSTEM. All facilities for collecting, pulping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the Sewer System of the municipality or his or her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
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.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
UNSUBSIDIZED FEE. A monthly charge for the purpose of supplementing the needed operational expenses that are not covered by the revenue. Out-of-city limit users are subject to this charge.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 13.16.010) (Ord. 90-2, passed - -; Ord. 10-8, passed 9-9-2010; Ord. 18-03, passed 6-1-2018)