13.10.020 Definition of terms.

(1)    Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as set forth in this section.

“ASTM Specification.” All references to the form ASTM shall mean the Standard Specifications or Methods of the American Society for Testing Materials of the serial designation indicated by the number and, unless otherwise stated, refer to the latest adopted revisions of said specifications or method.

“Board” shall mean board of commissioners of Clark County, Washington.

“BOD” (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under a standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees centigrade expressed in milligrams per liter.

“Building drain” shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning two (2) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.

“Building sewer” shall mean the extension from the building drain to the property line of right-of-way line for connection with the public sewer service connection.

“Collection facilities charge” shall mean a fee, in addition to permit and inspection fees, charged a property owner as a part of providing sewer service to ensure such property owner shall bear an equitable share of the cost of providing wastewater collection facilities from the regional facilities to such owner.

“Combined sewer” shall mean a sewer intended to serve as a sanitary and storm sewer or as an industrial and storm sewer.

“County” shall mean Clark County, Washington.

“County engineer” shall mean the director of the Clark County department of public works or that employee or representative of the county authorized to perform the duties designated by this chapter.

“Garbage” shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

“Industrial wastes” shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sewage from other sources.

“Multifamily” shall mean two (2) or more family occupancy.

“Natural outlet” shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.

“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

“pH” shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

“Properly shredded garbage” shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow and conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.

“Public sewer” shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.

“Regional facilities charge” shall mean a fee paid by a property owner seeking to connect a structure on its property through the collection facilities of either the Hazel Dell Sewer District or the city of Battle Ground to the Clark County Salmon Creek wastewater treatment plant. This charge is assessed to ensure that such property owner is paying an equitable share of the cost of providing capacity in the regional facilities and treatment plant for the use being made of the structure on its property.

“Sanitary sewer” shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.

“Service connection” shall mean a public sewer which has been constructed to the property line or right-of-way from a public sewer lateral or main for the sole purpose of providing a connection for the building sewer.

“Sewage” shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes, from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishment, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.

“Sewage treatment plant” shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

“Sewage works” shall mean all county-owned facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

“Sewer” shall mean pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

“Sewerage system” shall mean a county-owned facility for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

“Shall—May.” “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive.

“Storm sewer” or “storm drain” shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.

“Superintendent” shall mean the director of public works of Clark County, Washington or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

“Suspended solids” shall mean 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.

“Treatment” shall mean such physical, chemical, or biological activities that serve to control and/or reduce the pollution characteristics of sewage without adversely affecting the surrounding environment.

“Watercourse” shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 1976-05-20; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 1999-11-16)