Chapter 13.16
SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS AND PRIVIES—DEFINITIONS
Sections:
13.16.020 City health officer defined.
13.16.030 Construction defined.
13.16.050 Drainage system defined.
13.16.100 Public sanitary sewer defined.
13.16.110 Seepage pit or vertical drain defined.
13.16.120 Septic tank defined.
13.16.140 Sewage disposal defined.
13.16.160 Single family residence defined.
13.16.010 Cesspool defined.
“Cesspool” means an excavation into the earth which is used for the reception of sewage or drainage from plumbing fixtures, effluent from septic tanks, together with water used in carriage of said sewage or drainage, but which does not have watertight walls or bottom. (Prior code § 9068)
13.16.020 City health officer defined.
“City health officer” means the health officer of the city or such other officers or employees of the city to whom the city council delegates the function of the city health officer. (Prior code § 9063)
13.16.030 Construction defined.
“Construction” means construction, repair, alteration or relocation of sewage disposal system. (Prior code § 9071)
13.16.040 Department defined.
“Department” means the department of health of the city or to such other official or employee of the city to whom the city council delegates such functions. (Prior code § 9060)
13.16.050 Drainage system defined.
“Drainage system” means and includes all the piping within public or private premises which conveys sewage or other liquid waste to a point of disposal, but does not include the mains or laterals of a public sewer system. (Prior code § 9065)
13.16.060 Duplex defined.
“Duplex” means a detached building occupied, intended or designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, but under one roof. (Prior code § 9062)
13.16.070 Lot defined.
“Lot” means a parcel of land shown upon a subdivision map or a record of survey map or described by metes and bounds. (Prior code § 9074)
13.16.080 Permit defined.
“Permit” means a sanitation permit issued by the city. (Prior code § 9075)
13.16.090 Privy defined.
“Privy” is a structure used as a toilet under a part or all of which is a vault or pit intended or used for the reception of human waste matter. (Prior code § 9069)
13.16.100 Public sanitary sewer defined.
“Public sanitary sewer” is any sewage disposal system operated and maintained by the city. (Prior code § 9070)
13.16.110 Seepage pit or vertical drain defined.
“Seepage pit or vertical drain,” as used in this chapter, means one or more pits extending into the porous stratum but not into a subterranean water bearing stratum, lined with open jointed walls, and capped. (Prior code § 9072)
13.16.120 Septic tank defined.
“Septic tank” means a water tight receptacle which receives the discharge of a drainage system or a part thereof which is designed and constructed so as to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention, and allows the liquids to discharge into the soil outside the tank through a subsurface drainage system or into a cesspool. (Prior code § 9067)
13.16.130 Sewage defined.
“Sewage” means any and all waste substance, liquid, or solid, associated with human habitation, or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excreta or excrement, offal, or any feculent matter. (Prior code § 9064)
13.16.140 Sewage disposal defined.
“Sewage disposal” means any septic tank, privy, structure vault or pit for disposal or treatment of sewage and any drainage system or other type system used for the disposal of sewage. (Prior code § 9066)
13.16.150 Sewer well defined.
“Sewer well” means any hole dug or drilled into the ground, and intended for use as a water supply, which has been abandoned as a source of water supply and is being used for the disposal of sewage, or any hole dug or drilled into the ground and used or intended to be used for the disposal of sewage and extended to or into a subterranean water bearing stratum which is used, or intended to be used as, or is suitable for, a source of water supply for domestic purposes. (Prior code § 9073)
13.16.160 Single family residence defined.
“Single family residence” means any structure occupied, intended or designed for occupancy by one family for living or sleeping purposes as its principal use. (Prior code § 9061)