For the purposes of this Part 2, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
One who holds title to real property within the limits of
a sewer improvement area and his successors in title.
Any person requesting approval to discharge wastewaters into
municipal facilities or for a new connection to the public system.
The quantity of dissolved oxygen, expressed in milligrams
per liter, used in the biochemical oxidation of wastewater in five
days at 20° C. (68° F.) under standard laboratory
procedures.
A classification of user which includes all retail and wholesale
establishments, businesses, and offices, including but not limited
to office buildings, retail and wholesale outlets, service agencies,
agents, brokers, professional offices, etc.
Property that generates wastewater.
The Director of Public Works of the City.
A classification of user which includes all industries which
do not use water for processes, do not use large volumes of water
for cleaning, or for which total annual wastewater production is less
than 100,000 cubic feet.
An establishment with facilities for manufacturing, processing,
fabricating, finishing, assembly, testing, or packaging goods, including
materials, chemicals, by-products, and finished and unfinished products.
A classification of user which includes all schools, churches,
governmental buildings and offices, religious organizations, and similar
facilities, both profit and nonprofit.
Real property which is described by deed, or a filed subdivision
plan, as a single entity and cannot not be further subdivided.
Real property consisting of one lot, or two or more contiguous
lots, under one ownership.
All that land contained with boundaries which shall include
all areas served by an extension of the sewerage system (Areas to
be serviced by pumping facilities shall be considered separate sewer
improvement areas.); the boundaries of the sewer improvement area
shall include only those parcels and portions of parcels which can
be directly served by the public sewer (public sewer is located in
a right-of-way, street, public way or easement which is adjacent to
the parcel and the public sewer abuts an extension of the nearest
property line of the parcel) and which will require a building sewer
not exceeding 100 feet in length between the property line and the
public sewer, measured along the shortest route between the public
sewer connection point and the intersection of the building sewer
at the property line, such that the building sewer does not pass through
adjacent private land.
All solids that either float on the surface of or are in
suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are removable
by laboratory filtering, and are referred to as "nonfilterable residue"
in the laboratory test prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater.
The summation of individual abutter frontages in a sewer
improvement area, whether or not some parcels may be deferred or excluded
from assessment. City streets and ways shall not be included.
Property that is void of any buildings, does not have wastewater
facilities, and does not require a connection to the public sewer.
The person, as defined in this Part 2, who holds title to
real property with the City, and his successors in title, who discharges
wastewater.
The spent water of the municipality and may be a combination
of the liquid and liquid-borne wastes from residences, commercial
buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any
groundwater and surface water that may be present.
A classification of users which includes all industries which produce large volumes of wastewater; users which produce a wastewater of greater strength than residential wastewater (or contains constituents which require pretreatment in accordance with Part 1 of this chapter) shall be classified as a wet industry for purposes of this Part 2.
