The definitions given in this part shall be used in the interpretation of this ordinance, the issuance of permits, the making of charges for service and all other operations of this ordinance unless another meaning for the word is apparent from the context.
"Applicant"
means the person or his authorized agent making application for a permit for a sewer or plumbing installation and shall be the owner of premises to be served by the sewer for which a permit is requested.
"BOD" or "biochemical oxygen demand"
means the measure of decomposable organic material in domestic or industrial wastewaters as represented by the oxygen utilized over a period of five days at twenty degrees Centigrade and as determined by the appropriate procedure in "Standards Methods."
"Building"
means any structure used for human habitation, business or commercial activity, industry, recreation, public use, or other purpose containing sanitary facilities.
"Building sewer"
means that portion of any sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlet of any building and extending to the property line.
"Chlorine demand"
means the difference between the amount of chlorine added to a wastewater sample and the amount remaining at the end of a thirty minute period as determined by the procedures given in "Standard Methods."
"City engineer"
shall mean the city engineer of Crescent City or his duly authorized deputy or agent.
"City"
means the city of Crescent City.
"City council"
means the governing body of the city.
"COD" or "chemical oxygen demand"
means the measure of chemically decomposable material in domestic or industrial wastewater as represented by the oxygen utilized as determined by the appropriate procedure described in the "Standard Methods."
"Commercial owner"
means any owner who is not a residential owner, industrial owner or institutional owner.
"Contractor"
means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association duly licensed by the state to perform the type of work to be done under this permit.
"Discharger"
means any person that discharges or causes a discharge to a public sewer.
"Dissolved solids" or "dissolved matter"
means the solid matter in solution in the waste-water and shall be obtained by evaporation of a sample from which all suspended matter has been removed by filtration as determined by the procedures in "Standard Methods."
"Domestic wastewater"
means the water-carried wastes produced from noncommercial or nonindustrial activities and which result from normal human living processes.
"Dwelling unit"
means any single family dwelling of one or more rooms having one or more plumbing fixtures suitable for residential occupancy by any number of persons living together as a single family, including single family dwelling units, and each group of rooms constituting a dwelling unit for a single family in any multiple dwelling structure.
"Effluent"
means the liquid outflow of any facility designed to treat, convey or retain wastewater.
"Family"
means any one or more persons comprising a single family unit.
"Formula"
means the industrial wastewater treatment surcharge formula.
"Garbage"
means or includes kitchen and table refuse, offal, swill, and every accumulation of animal, vegetable, and other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing in the storage of meats, fish, birds, fruits, or vegetables and all broken or discarded crockery, bottles and tin vessels. Dead animals, swill, offal and other salvable waste matter having a value shall not be included within the meaning of the word garbage.
"Gravity separation interceptor"
means any facility designed, constructed and operated for the purpose of removing and retaining dangerous, deleterious or prohibited constituents from wastewater by differential gravity separation before discharge to the public sewer.
"Industrial connection sewer"
means the sewer connecting the building sewer or building waste drainage system to the public sewer for the purpose of conveying industrial wastewater.
"Industrial owner"
means any owner on whose premises any manufacturing or processing activity for profit is engaged in, including the manufacturing or processing of agricultural products, animals, poultry, goods, wares or other products or materials.
"Industrial wastewater"
means all water-carried wastes and wastewater of the community excluding domestic wastewater and uncontaminated water, and shall include all wastewater from any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural, or other operation where the wastewater discharged includes significant quantities of wastes of non-human origin.
"Inspector"
shall mean a person authorized by the city engineer to inspect wastewater generation, conveyance, processing and disposal facilities.
"Institutional owner"
shall mean any owner, public or non-profit school, church, hospital, lodge, club, fire department, library, memorial building or other public or non-profit activity.
"Lateral sewer"
shall mean the sewer from the main sewer to the property line.
"Local sewering agency"
shall mean the city or other public agency legally authorized to construct, maintain and operate a system of lateral or collecting sewers.
"Main sewer"
means a public sewer designed to accommodate more than one lateral sewer.
"Multiple dwelling structure"
means any two or more dwelling units in any single building or structure or group of buildings or structures, including any apartment house or apartment court, excepting any multiple lodging structure.
"Multiple lodging structure"
means any two or more lodging units in any single building or structure or group of buildings or structures, including any rooming house, hotel or motel.
"Ordinance"
means, unless otherwise specified, the sewer use ordinance.
"Outside sewer"
means a sanitary sewer beyond the city limits not subject to the control or jurisdiction of the city.
"Peak flow rate"
means the average rate at which wastewater is discharged to a public sewer during the highest thirty minute flow period in the preceding twelve months.
"Permit"
means any written authorization required pursuant to this or any other regulation of the city for the installation of any sewage works.
"Person"
means any individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, public agency, and any other organization or group of persons, public or private.
"Plant"
means the wastewater treatment plant of the city.
"Premises"
means any lot, or any piece or parcel of land comprising two or more lots of record in one ownership, or any building or other structure or any part of any building or structure used or useful for human habitation or gathering or for carrying on a business or occupation or any commercial or industrial activity.
"Public improvement standards"
means the minimum standards for public works construction in the city and on file in the office of the city engineer.
"Public sewer"
means a sewer lying within a street and which is under the jurisdiction of the city or other public agencies.
"Radioactive material"
means material containing chemical elements that spontaneously change their atomic structure by emitting any particles, rays or energy forms.
"Residential owner"
means any owner whose premises are used solely for residential purposes by any one or more persons.
"Sanitary sewer"
means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
"Section"
means a section of this ordinance.
"Sewage"
means water and water-carried wastes, including industrial sewage and industrial wastes disposed of or disposable through plumbing outlets and carried through and ultimately disposed of by the municipal sewage disposal system.
"Sewer"
means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
"Sewer service"
means the service and facilities for collection, treatment and disposal of sewage furnished or available to premises by the sewer system.
"Sewerage system"
means a network of wastewater collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal facilities interconnected by sewers, and owned by the city.
"Shall"
is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
"Single family dwelling"
means one dwelling unit in a single structure.
"Solid waste"
means the nonliquid carried wastes normally considered to be suitable for disposal with refuse at sanitary landfill refuse disposal site.
"Standard Methods"
means the current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," as published by the American Public Health Association.
"Storm drain"
means a conduit which carries storm and surface or groundwaters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
"Street"
means any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, way, easement, or right-of-way in the city.
"Suspended solids" or "suspended matter"
means the insoluble solid matter suspended in wastewater that is separated by laboratory filtration in accordance with the procedure described in "Standard Methods."
"Trade secrets"
include but shall not be limited to any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which is known only to certain individuals within a commercial concern who are using it to fabricate, produce, or compound an article of trade or a service having a commercial value, and which gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.
"Trunk sewer"
means a sewer constructed, maintained, and operated by the city that conveys wastewater to the city's treatment facilities and into which lateral and collecting sewers discharge.
"Uncontaminated water"
means any wasted water of the community not contaminated or polluted with wastewater and which is suitable or could readily be made suitable for discharge to the municipal storm water drainage system.
"User"
means discharger.
"Wastewater"
means the water-carried wastes of the community derived from human or industrial sources including domestic wastewater and industrial wastewater. Rainwater, groundwater or drainage or uncontaminated water is not wastewater.
State law and cross references pertaining to this ordinance:
1.
For state law as to authority of city to construct, etc., sewers and drains, see Government Code, Sections 38660, 38900. As to "Sewer Right-of-Way Law of 1921," see Government Code, Section 39000 et seq. As to sanitation and sewerage systems generally, see Health and Safety Code, Section 5470 et seq.
As to plumbing, see Chapter 15.16 of city code.
2.
As to street excavations generally, see Chapter 12.08 of city code.