Definitions. The definitions set forth in this Section shall
be applicable to this Section and shall not supersede, amend or alter
other codes or enactments of the City.
ACCESS
Entry into or upon any real estate or structure including
any part thereof.
ACCESSIBLE
Capable of being reached without excavation.
ADMINISTRATION
The City's Department of Public Utilities is hereby designated
as the department responsible for administering the provisions of
this Section.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Liquid and waterborne waste derived principally from dwellings,
business buildings, institutions and the like; free from industrial
wastes and of such character as to permit sanitary disposal without
special treatment into the public sewer or by means of a private sewage
disposal system.
INFILTRATION
Water, as herein defined, entering the sanitary sewer system,
including private sewer service connections, from the ground, through
such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections
or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished
from, inflow.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
A combination of infiltration and inflow water entering the
sanitary sewer lines with no way of distinguishing the basic source
and which tends to cause an overloading of the capacities of the sanitary
sewer system.
INFLOW
Water discharged into the sanitary sewer system, including
service connections, from such means as, but not limited to, roof
downspouts or leaders; cellar, yard and area drains; sump pumps; foundation
drains; cleanouts; cooling water discharge; drains from springs and
swampy areas; manhole covers; cross connections from storm sewers;
combined sewers; catch basins; storm waters; surface runoff; street
washwaters; or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished
from, infiltration.
LESSEE
A person, firm or corporation having the responsibility,
pursuant to a written agreement with the owner, to maintain, repair
or replace sanitary sewer lines and/or discharges which cause infiltration
or inflow as herein defined.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, estate, governmental
agency or any other legal entity and/or assigns.
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
All lines, pipes, tanks, conduits, structures or other devices
designed for the collection, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of sewage, whether owned by the City or other persons, and
to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE
A schedule of remedial measures and times including an enforceable
sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with this
Section.
SEWAGE
A combination of domestic or industrial wastewater which
may include chemical, house wastes, laundry wastes, human excreta,
animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and other solids
in suspension or solution and which is discharged from a dwelling,
building or other structure and permitted to enter the sanitary sewer
system for the purpose of treatment and disposal.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
The system or facility for treating, neutralizing, stabilizing
or disposing of sewage. The term "wastewater treatment facility" also
includes appurtenances such as interceptors, collection lines, outfall
and outlet sewers, pumping stations and related equipment.