ARTICLE 12-1
Definitions
Section
12-1-1 Definitions
12-1-1 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
AVAILABLE. A public sanitary sewer that is within 100 feet of any part of the property is considered an available public sanitary sewer to that property.
B.O.D. (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 parts per million (p.p.m.) in weight.
BUILDING CONNECTION or HOUSE CONNECTION. The connection to the public sewer and the extension therefrom of the sewer to the property line at the alley or the curb line of the street, whichever is applicable, depending on the location of the public sewer.
BUILDING SEWER or HOUSE SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the building connection or other place of disposal.
CESSPOOL. A covered excavation in the ground receiving sewage or other organic wastes from a drainage system that is designed to retain the organic matter and solids, permitting the liquids to seep into the soil cavities.
EFFLUENT. Non-potable water derived from processing sewage and which is used for certain landscape watering purposes, industrial use or other purposes.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch or other body of surface or ground water.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. An on-site wastewater treatment facility, as defined in 18 AAC 9, Article 3, Rule R18-9-101, that consists of a conventional septic tank system or alternative, engineered system installed at a site to treat and dispose of wastewater, predominantly of human origin, generated at the site.
PRIVY. A structure not connected to a plumbing system and which is used by persons for the deposition of human body waste.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has 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-fourth inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEPTIC TANK. A tank that receives and partially treats sewage through processes of sedimentation, flotation and bacterial action to separate solids from the liquid in the sewage, and which discharges the liquid to a soil absorption system.
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 TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement 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.
SEWER CONNECTION. The connection to the public sewer and the extension therefrom of the sewer to the property line at the alley or the curb line of the street, whichever is applicable, depending on the location of the public sewer.
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.
(Prior Code, Art. 12-1) (Am. Ord. 99-659, passed 8-23-1999; Am. Ord. 09-1186, passed 6-22-2009)