This chapter shall be known as the "sanitary sewer ordinance"
and +may be cited as such.
(Prior code § 68.101)
The definitions in this section shall govern the construction
of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context.
means the director of the department of public works of the
city or his or her authorized agent.
means partially or completely treated sewage flowing out
of any sewage treatment device.
means any waterborne waste from industrial or manufacturing
processes, labs, institutions, commercial or business buildings, as
distinct from sanitary sewage.
means the authorized inspector, deputy, agent, or representative
of the director.
means any piece or parcel of land bounded, defined, or shown
upon a plat or described in a deed recorded in the office of the county
recorder which conforms to the boundaries of such lot as shown upon
such recorded plat or described in such recorded deed; provided, however,
that, in the event any building or structure covers more area than
a lot as herein defined, the term "lot" includes all such places or
parcels of land upon which said building or structure is wholly or
partly located.
means any person who has obtained a permit from the director
under the provisions of this chapter.
means the waterborne wastes from dwellings, kitchens, restaurants,
institutions, stables, dairies, business buildings, and other similar
structures, but excludes any stormwater, rainwater, surface water,
groundwater, roof or yard drainage.
"Industrial sewage" means sewage in which industrial wastes
predominate.
"Sanitary sewage" (also known as "domestic sewage") means
sewage which originates in the sanitary conveniences of a residential
dwelling, business building, factory, or institution.
"Building sewer" means that part of the private sewer system
which receives discharge from soil and waste pipes in a building and
extends from the building to the sewer service lateral or public sewer.
"Industrial connection sewer" means a building sewer through
which is discharged industrial waste, or industrial sewage as defined
in subsection H of this section.
"Main line sewer" means any sewer or pressure main which
is used to convey the common sewage of any community.
"Public sewer" means the main line sewer constructed in a
street, highway, alley, place, right-of-way, or sewer easement dedicated
for public use. "Public sewer" does not include building sewer.
means that portion of a sewerage system in public property
which connects any property, public or private, to a public sewer.
For practical purposes, a sewer service lateral shall be considered
to terminate at the property line of the property being served.
means any pipe receiving the sewage from one or more water
closets or clinic sinks, with or without connection to any other plumbing
fixture, but does not include building sewers as defined in subsection
J of this section.
means any pipe receiving the discharge of any plumbing fixture,
except a water closet and clinic sink, but does not include building
sewers as defined in subsection J of this section.
means a fitting for a branch, on which the spur joins the
barrel of the pipe at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees.
(Prior code §§ 68.102—68.122; Ord. 190, 1991)
Whenever the director is permitted by this chapter to grant
an exception to any requirement of this chapter, he or she shall do
so only if he or she finds that literal compliance with such provision
is impossible or impractical because of peculiar conditions in no
way the fault of the person requesting such exception, and that the
purposes of this chapter may be accomplished and public safety secured
by an alternative construction or procedure, in which case he or she
may permit such alternative construction or procedure.
(Prior code § 68.123)
