For the purposes of this Part 2, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
ABUTTER
One who holds title to real property within the limits of a sewer improvement area and his successors in title.
APPLICANT
Any person requesting approval to discharge wastewaters into municipal facilities or for a new connection to the public system.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5)
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.
COMMERCIAL
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.
DEVELOPED PROPERTY
Property that generates wastewater.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works of the City.
DRY INDUSTRY
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.
INDUSTRY
An establishment with facilities for manufacturing, processing, fabricating, finishing, assembly, testing, or packaging goods, including materials, chemicals, by-products, and finished and unfinished products.
INSTITUTIONAL
A classification of user which includes all schools, churches, governmental buildings and offices, religious organizations, and similar facilities, both profit and nonprofit.
LOT
Real property which is described by deed, or a filed subdivision plan, as a single entity and cannot not be further subdivided.
PARCEL
Real property consisting of one lot, or two or more contiguous lots, under one ownership.
SEWER IMPROVEMENT AREA
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.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
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.
TOTAL ABUTTER FRONTAGE
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.
UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY
Property that is void of any buildings, does not have wastewater facilities, and does not require a connection to the public sewer.
USER
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.
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.
WET INDUSTRY
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.