For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which received the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys in to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly authorized by the village to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive. (See SHALL.)
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
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 such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the municipal sewage works of the village or his or her authorised deputy, agent, or representative.
(Ord. 235, passed 7-31-1961)