[R.O. 2003 § 710.010; Ord. No. 12.103 Art. I, 5-19-1988]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per liter.
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, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
The City of Marceline, Missouri.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have 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-half (1/2) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds, for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
The City Manager of the City of Marceline, or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
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.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.