[Amended 11-15-1977 by Ord. No. 1101; 11-7-1978 by Ord. No. 1144; 12-15-1981 by Ord. No. 48-81]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows. "Shall" is mandatory;
"may" is permissive.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Includes that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, or other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five 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.
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 water 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 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water, 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.
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 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal
operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Water/Wastewater Superintendent of the City of Seward,
or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.[1]
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.
All users of the municipal sewer system and the owners and
tenants of real estate and buildings connected with such sewer system
or served thereby, and all users of said system who in any way use
the same or discharge sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or
other liquid either directly or indirectly into the municipal sewer
system. Users shall be classified as "residential," "industrial,"
or "commercial."
RESIDENTIAL USERThe owner or tenant of a dwelling used exclusively for residential purposes and which is connected to said sewer system and having a separate water meter; provided that any property located in a Residential Zone of the City which conducts a small business inside a home and which is in conformity with the zoning ordinances of the City[2] shall be considered "residential" for the purpose of sewer
user classification; and provided, further, that all churches, St.
John's Elementary School, Seward Public Schools, including the Senior
High, Junior High, and Elementary School installation shall be considered
residential users of the sewer system.
COMMERCIAL USERAll other users of the municipal sewer system are hereby defined to be commercial users.
INDUSTRIAL USERUsers contributing industrial wastes shall be classified as industrial users.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
