For the purpose of this title, the words, terms and phrases
used in this title shall have the meanings defined in this chapter,
unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.00; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Apartment" means multiple-dwelling units not individually
owned and on a single lot.
(Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"Applicant" means any person, or group of persons,
applying for sewer service.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.01; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Billable parameters" means those parameters, including, without limitation, flow, BOD, capacity, SS, volume and 1/1, for which the treatment works is designed to treat and for which average user charge unit costs are calculated pursuant to Chapter
15.20 of this title.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.02; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)" means the measure
of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of the organic matter
in a sample of sewage for five days at 20 degrees centigrade, as determined
by the method of testing for BOD pursuant to the standard methods.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.03; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Capacity" means all or a portion of the total volume
of sewage and industrial waste, expressed in terms of gallons per
day, average dry weather flow ("GPDADWF"), that the city
is entitled to collect and discharge into the treatment plant, and
which may be allocated to users.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.04; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Charge" means the rental or other charge established
by this title for services and facilities furnished by the city to
any premises in connection with the operation of sewer facilities.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.05; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Chemical oxygen demand (COD)" means the measure
of oxygen utilized in the oxidation of the organic matter in a sample
of sewage by a strong oxidant, as determined by the method of testing
for COD pursuant to the standard methods.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.06; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"City" means the city of Pleasanton, county of Alameda,
state of California.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.07; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"City council" means the city council of the city.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.08; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"City sewer" means any sewer serving as a part of
the sewerage system which is owned by the city.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.09; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Commercial building" means any building devoted
principally to a nonresidential use allowed by the zoning ordinance
codified in Title 18 of this code.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.10; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Commercial garbage grinder" means a mechanical
unit for pulverizing large quantities of wastes by a commercial user.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.11; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Commercial user" means any nonresidential user
that the director determines discharges to the sewerage system primarily
sanitary sewage.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.12; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Condominium" means three or more attached dwelling
units, consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion
of real property coupled with a separate interest in a space called
a dwelling unit.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.12.5; Ord. 1203 § 2, 1985; Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"County" means the county of Alameda.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.13; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Developer" means any person who applies to the
city for permission to build, improve, expand or convert any premises
or tract of land to a use which will require the use of, or expanded
use of, the sewerage system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.14; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Director" means the operations services director
for the city or the authorized representative thereof.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.15; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord.
2000 § 1, 2009)
"District" means the Dublin-San Ramon services district.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.16; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Duet" means two attached dwelling units located
on two separate lots.
(Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"Duplex" means two attached dwelling units located
on a single lot.
(Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"Dwelling unit" means a distinct attached or a detached
space, which provides complete independent living facilities for one
household. A dwelling unit shall include permanent provisions for
living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation within the unit.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.17; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord.
1895 § 1, 2003)
"Existing users" means all users discharging into
the sewerage system on the effective date hereof.
(Prior code 2-15.01.18; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Flow" means the movement of a quantity of sewage
or other liquid past a given point or through a given section of sewer.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.19; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Gallons per day (GPD)" means the volume, measured
in gallons per day, of any flow.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.20; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.21; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Grease, oil and fats" means any material or like
material that is soluble by the freon extraction process.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.22; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Industrial building" means any building devoted
principally to uses permitted by the zoning ordinance other than residential
and retail uses.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.23; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Industrial user" means an establishment engaged
in producing, manufacturing or processing operations, and all other
users engaged in any activity resulting in the production of industrial
wastes which enter the sewerage system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.24; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Industrial wastes" or "industrial sewage"
means a combination of liquid or water carried sewage or waste resulting
from a manufacturing process employed in industrial establishments,
including, without limitation, any washing water, cleaning water or
drain water from such process. The same shall also include waste from
Zeolite type softening regeneration plants and water from commercial
laundries.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.25; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Infiltration and inflow" means the infiltration
and inflow of water into the sewerage system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.26; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Livermore" shall mean the city of Livermore, California.
(Ord. 1979 § 1, 2008)
"Local costs" means costs which are borne in their
entirety by the city and include all expenses incurred up to the point
of delivery of effluent to the district system and all expenses associated
with disposing of city effluent via the Livermore-Amador Valley water
management agency's wastewater export system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.27; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Major contributing industry" means an industrial
user who meets one or more of the following criteria, as determined
by the director:
A. The
user is one of the 34 natural resources defense council ("NRDC")
industries for which the United States environmental protection agency
intends to set categorical standards, and the user is not in an exempt
subcategory;
B. The
user's average flow exceeds 25,000 GPD or the average BOD or
SS loading exceeds 50 pounds per day;
C. The
user's average flow exceeds 2,500 GPD, and priority pollutants
or prohibited discharge pollutants are known to be present;
D. The
user's average flow is less than 2,500 GPD, and priority pollutants
or prohibited discharge pollutants are known to be present in significant
concentrations;
E. The
user is known to have caused, is suspected to have caused, or has
the potential to cause, operational problems at the treatment plant.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.28; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Million gallons/million gallons per day (MG/MGD)"
means 1,000,000 gallons and 1,000,000 gallons per day, respectively.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.29; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Mobilehome" means any dwelling unit so constructed
as to allow relocation from place to place.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.30; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord.
1895 § 1, 2003)
"Multi-family unit" means any dwelling unit located
on a single lot containing three or more dwelling units, including,
without limitation, triplexes, quadplexes, apartments, and mobilehomes
in mobilehome parks.
(Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord. 1203 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"New users" means all persons who commence discharging
into the sewerage system after the effective date hereof.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.32; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"NPDES" means the national pollution discharge elimination
system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.33; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Occupant" means and includes individual, firm,
corporation or other organization owning, renting, leasing or otherwise
occupying any premises.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.34; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Person" means and includes any firm, association,
corporation, partnership or governmental agency.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.35; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"pH" means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the
weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.36; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Pollute" means to alter the quality of water by
intentional or unintentional means that render it less usable or unusable
for any beneficial use of prohibit it from being safely discharged
to surface waters or to storm drains.
(Prior code § 2-15-01.37; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Premises" means any lot, parcel of land, building
or establishment.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.38; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Pretreatment" means the use of any works or device
for treatment, alteration, control or flow limitation of sewage or
industrial waste, prior to discharge into the sewerage system.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.39; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Regional costs" means costs which are shared by
the city and district in accordance with the cost of providing service
for each agency, including all wastewater treatment costs incurred
by the district.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.40; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Residential discharge equivalent (RDE)" means a
sewage discharge equal in volume and strength to the discharge from
a typical single-family dwelling, as such discharge shall be determined
from time to time by the director. Sewage discharge, for purposes
of calculating RDE, shall be comprised of flow, BOD and SS, and any
other constituent which may be added from time to time by the director.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.41; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord.
1146 § 1(a), 1984)
"Residential user" means any user introducing into
the sewerage system sanitary sewage from a single-family dwelling,
or from a single unit of a multiple-family dwelling.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.42; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Sanitary sewage" means wastewater containing only
human excrement and sanitary and household wastes derived from dwellings
or other places of abode, institutions, restaurants and restrooms,
locker rooms, showers, and washrooms of commercial and industrial
premises.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.43; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"School" means any public or private institution
of learning which discharges into the city's sewerage system
primarily sanitary sewage.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.44; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Auxiliary (accessory dwelling) unit" means any
dwelling unit added to a lot of a single-family dwelling unit as defined
in
Government Code Section 65852.2, as may be amended or as provided
in city of Pleasanton local ordinances. Also referred to as "in-law
unit," "au pair unit," "granny unit,"
"auxiliary dwelling unit," "guest unit," or
"second unit."
(Prior code § 2-15.01.44.5; Ord. 1203 § 3, 1983; Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003; Ord.
2161 § 1, 2017)
"Service lateral" means the pipe between the trunk
line and the user's side sewer connection at the edge of the
street or easement.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.45; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Sewage" means water carrying wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such other waters as may be present, or any combination of such
wastes and waters, but excluding unpolluted water.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.46; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Sewer" means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.47; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Sewerage system" means all sewers and facilities
operated for carrying, collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.48; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
The term "shall" is mandatory; the term "may"
is permissive.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.49; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Side sewer" means a pipe connecting to a service
lateral from a house or other structure.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.50; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Single-family dwelling unit" means a detached dwelling
unit on a single lot with no common wall.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.51; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; Ord.
1203 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"Standard methods of testing" means the measurements,
tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes as determined
in accordance with the most recent edition of the "Standard
Methods For The Examination of Water And Waste Water", published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation. If such
testing standards are not provided in the standard methods, the procedures
contained in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 136, as amended,
shall apply. In the event specific value limits have been established,
such values shall be determined from 24-hour composite samples that
are representative of the waste. However, if intermittent discharges
are made that are not representative of the 24-hour discharge, sampling
requirements shall be determined on a case by case basis.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.52; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"State" means the state of California.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.53; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Storm drains" means those pipes, canals and conduits
provided to carry storm and surface waters and unpolluted wastewater.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.54; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Stormwater" means water derived from a rainfall
or resulting therefrom.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.55; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Suspended solids" means the measure of solids that
float or are in suspension in a sample of sewage which are removable
by filtration, as determined by the method of testing for SS pursuant
to the standard methods.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.56; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Total dissolved solids (TDS)" means the measure
of all solids that are colloidal or in solution in a sample of sewage
that are not removable by filtration, but which remain after evaporation,
as determined by the method of testing for TDS pursuant to the standard
methods.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.57; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Townhome or townhouse" means three or more attached
dwelling units, consisting of an individual ownership interest in
real property and a dwelling unit.
(Ord. 1895 § 1, 2003)
"Treatment plant" or "treatment works"
means the district wastewater treatment facilities defined by the
district as "treatment works".
(Prior code § 2-15.01.58; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Trunk line" or "trunk sewer" means
a main sewer line to which two or more service laterals are connected
and which serves the primary purpose of transporting sewage from service
laterals to the treatment plant.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.59; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Uncommitted capacity" means the total capacity
to which the city is entitled, less the sum of the following:
A. That
capacity being used, or which may be permitted to be used, by existing
users;
B. That
capacity committed under connection permits outstanding but not connected
to the sewerage system; and
C. That
capacity committed to future use by agreements, reservations, or other
specific purposes, as determined by the city, remaining to be reserved
in such agreements, reservations of other specific purposes.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.60; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"User" means a person who uses the sewerage system
by discharging sewage or industrial wastes therein.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.61; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Volume" means the wastewater flow occurring over
a specified period of time.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.62; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Wastewater" has the same meaning as the term "sewage".
(Prior code § 2-15.01.63; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Wastewater discharge permit" means the permit required of all major contributing industries and available to other users as provided in Chapter
15.36 of this title.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.64; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Water softener" means a unit using the ion exchange
process requiring sodium ion chloride to regenerate the exchange bed.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.65; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)
"Zoning ordinance" means Title 18 of this code.
(Prior code § 2-15.01.66; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983)