Chapter 14.04 SEWER -- DEFINITIONS

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in Chapters 14.04 through 14.48 PMC shall be as set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 486 § 1.01, 1971).

14.04.020 BOD.

“BOD,” denoting biochemical oxygen demand, means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees centigrade, expressed in parts per million by weight. (Ord. 486 § 1.02, 1971).

14.04.030 Building drain.

“Building drain” means that 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. (Ord. 486 § 1.03, 1971).

14.04.040 Building sewer.

“Building sewer” or “side sewer” means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, beginning two and one-half feet outside the foundation wall. (Ord. 486 § 1.04, 1971).

14.04.050 City clerk.

“City clerk” means the clerk of the city of Pacific. (Ord. 486 § 1.06, 1971).

14.04.060 Duplex.

“Duplex” means a two-family dwelling, namely a building containing not more than two kitchens, designed and/or used to house not more than two families living independently of each other and including all necessary household employees of each such family. (Ord. 486 § 1.07, 1971).

14.04.070 Garbage.

“Garbage” means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. (Ord. 486 § 1.08, 1971).

14.04.080 Industrial wastes.

“Industrial wastes” means the liquid wastes from industrial processes. (Ord. 486 § 1.09, 1971).

14.04.090 Licensed side sewer contractor.

“Licensed side sewer contractor” means any contractor who is duly licensed under Chapters 14.04 through 14.48 PMC to construct, install, repair, reconstruct, excavate, or connect any building sewer to the public sewers of the city. (Ord. 486 § 1.10, 1971).

14.04.100 Multiple dwelling.

“Multiple dwelling” means a multiple family dwelling, namely, a building designed and/or used to house three or more families living independently of each other and including all necessary household employees of each such family; and shall also include trailer parks and trailer courts, and each trailer or stall shall be deemed a separate unit. (Ord. 486 § 1.12, 1971).

14.04.110 Natural outlet.

“Natural outlet” means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or ground water. (Ord. 486 § 1.13, 1971).

14.04.120 Person.

“Person” means any individual or firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group. (Ord. 486 § 1.14, 1971).

14.04.130 pH.

“pH” means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. (Ord. 486 § 1.15, 1971).

14.04.140 Properly shredded garbage.

“Properly shredded garbage” means the garbage which has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension. (Ord. 486 § 1.16, 1971).

14.04.150 Public sewer.

“Public sewer” means a sewer which is owned or controlled by the city or other public authority. (Ord. 486 § 1.17, 1971).

14.04.160 Sanitary sewer.

“Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sewage and into which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. (Ord. 486 § 1.18, 1971).

14.04.170 Sewage.

“Sewage” means a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial establishments and other sewer users. (Ord. 486 § 1.19, 1971).

14.04.180 Sewage treatment plant.

“Sewage treatment plant” means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage. (Ord. 486 § 1.20, 1971).

14.04.190 Sewage works.

“Sewage works” means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. (Ord. 486 § 1.21, 1971).

14.04.200 Sewer.

“Sewer” means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. (Ord. 486 § 1.22, 1971).

14.04.210 Sewer stub or tee.

“Sewer stub or tee” means the extension from the public sewer to the right-of-way line. (Ord. 486 § 1.05, 1971).

14.04.220 Shall – May.

“Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive. (Ord. 486 § 1.27, 1971).

14.04.230 Standard participation contract.

“Standard participation contract” means the form of contract required by Chapters 14.04 through 14.48 PMC to be entered into before properties which have not been assessed for sewers or otherwise qualify may use the public sewers of the city. (Ord. 486 § 1.23, 1971).

14.04.240 Structure.

“Structure” means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location or attachment to something having location on the ground, including but not limited to trailers and house trailers, but not including fences and walls. (Ord. 486 § 1.24, 1971).

14.04.250 Suspended solids.

“Suspended solids” means 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. (Ord. 486 § 1.25, 1971).

14.04.260 Utility superintendent.

“Utility superintendent” means the superintendent of the water and sewage works. (Ord. 486 § 1.11, 1971).

14.04.270 Watercourse.

“Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 486 § 1.26, 1971).

For statutory authority regarding sewage systems, see Chapters 35.67 and 35.92 RCW.