Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be found in the definitions section of chapter 10 of this title, as amended.
CLARIFICATION OF WORD USAGE: "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
DIRECTOR: The director of the Illinois environmental protection agency.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Approving Authority: The president of the village board.
Ordinance: The ordinance which enacted this title and which was approved by the village president and board of trustees.
Village: The village of Western Springs.
PERSON: Any and all persons, natural or artificial including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
STATE GRANT: The state of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the Illinois antipollution bond act and for making such grants as filed with the secretary of state of the state of Illinois.
STATE LOAN: The state of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of sewerage works as provided for by the Illinois antipollution bond act and for making such loans with the secretary of state of the state of Illinois.
TYPES OF CHARGES:
Basic User Charge: The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.
Capital Improvement Charge: A charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the sewage treatment works.
Debt Service Charge: The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of loan, bond, etc. outstanding.
Local Capital Cost Charge: Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacement costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
Replacement: Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances, which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
Surcharge: The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge, which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in chapter 10 of this title.
Useful Life: The estimated period during which the collection system and/or treatment works will be operated.
User Charge: A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement.
USER TYPES:
Commercial User: Includes transit lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise, or rendering services.
Industrial Users: Includes establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of substance into products.
Institutional/Governmental User: Includes schools, churches, penal institutions, and users associated with federal, state, and local governments.
Residential User: All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, and permanent multi-family dwellings.
User Class: The type of user "residential, institutional/governmental, commercial", or "industrial" as defined herein. (Ord. 03-2233, 4-21-2003)