Section 15.26.040   Definitions.
   A.   Terms Defined in Other Ordinances and Codes. Terms used in this chapter, but not otherwise defined, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Building Code, the Zoning Ordinance, this code or the codes adopted by reference in Chapter 15.08 of this Code, including without limitation, the Watershed Management Ordinance adopted by reference in section 15.08.040(J) of this code, except that wherever the term "Director" is used in the Building Code, for purposes of this chapter it means the Director of Engineering, and wherever the term "Department" is used in the Building Code, for purposes of this chapter it means the Department of Public Works. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Illinois State Plumbing Code, 1993 Edition, as promulgated by the Department of Public Health in Title 77 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Chapter I, subchapter r, Part 890, as amended, which definitions are adopted by reference: building drain, building sewer, sewage, public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, combined building sewer.
   B.   Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, certain words are defined as follows:
      "Natural outlet" means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
      "WMO" or "Watershed Management Ordinance" means the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Countywide Watershed Management Ordinance, October 2013, as amended, and as adopted by reference in Section 15.08.040(J) of this code.
(MC-5-2020, § 24, Amended 11/17/2020; MC-5-2014 § 5, 04/17/2014)