Chapter 13.32
DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS
Sections:
13.32.010 Definitions.
Words and phrases used in this section, unless the same are contrary or inconsistent with the context, shall mean as follows:
1. “City engineer” includes the consulting engineer acting as city engineer and his employees or the utility superintendent of the city or the employees of that department, authorized to have jurisdiction in the area under consideration.
2. “Comprehensive plan” means plans which are large in scope and intended to provide for the ultimate development of the drainage basins served by the sewers, as determined by the city engineer at the time the plan was proposed.
3. “Cover” means the depth of material between the top of the sewer pipe or drain and the finished grade immediately above it.
4. “Director” means the director of the county public health department or his employees.
5. “Downspout” means a pipe which conducts water from a roof of a building.
6. “Footing drain” means an open joint or perforated pipe located near the foundation of a building, intended to intercept and carry underground storm or drainage water.
7. “Garbage” means putrescible waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
8. “Properly shredded garbage” means garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that it will be carried or suspended freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle larger than three-eighths of an inch in any dimension.
9. “Industrial waste” means a liquid, solid or gaseous substance, or combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, food processing, business, trade or research, including the development, recovering or processing of natural resources and including garbage, but distinguished from sanitary sewage or storm drainage.
10. “Licensed side sewer contractor” means a person approved by the city engineer and licensed by the city to do work incidental to the construction or repair of side sewers.
11. “Natural outlet” means a watercourse, pond, lake, sound, stream, river, ditch or other body of surface water.
12. “pH” means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
13. “Permit card” means a card issued in conjunction with a permit, or a carbon copy of the permit which shall be posted on the premises of the work being accomplished.
14. “Person” means any individual, company, partnership, corporation, association, society or group and the singular term shall include the plural.
15. “Inside planting strip” means that portion of the street area lying between a public sidewalk location and the property line or street margin.
16. “Outside planting strip” means that portion of the street area lying between a public sidewalk location and the curb location.
17. “Sanitary plumbing outlet” means a plumbing outlet from a structure which carries the wastewater from sanitary facilities and plumbing fixtures, and which does not intentionally carry stormwater or unpolluted water.
18. “Storm plumbing outlet” means a plumbing outlet from a building or structure which carries surface water or unpolluted water.
19. “Pretreatment” means the treatment of effluent from a sanitary plumbing outlet or of industrial waste prior to its introduction into a storm drain, sanitary sewer or natural outlet, to the extent required by the city engineer.
20. “Public place,” “public area” or “street area” means any space dedicated to or acquired by the city for the use of the general public.
21. “Public sewer system” means the sanitary sewer facilities owned and maintained by the city.
22. “Sewage treatment plant” means an arrangement of devices, structures and equipment for treating wastewater.
23. “Sewage” means waste discharged from sanitary plumbing outlets of buildings and other polluted water.
24. Repealed by Ord. 2017-002.
25. “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries wastewater and does not intentionally carry stormwater or unpolluted water.
26. “Side sewer” means a sanitary sewer pipe leading from a plumbing outlet, drain or other facilities to the public sewer system.
27. “Storm drain” means a public or private drain which carries storm drainage or drainage from storm plumbing outlets.
28. “Sidewalk” means the walkway in a public area lying parallel to or generally parallel to the roadway. If the walkway is not yet paved, then all measurements shall be based upon a location and elevation determined by the city engineer.
29. “Suspended solids” means solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by filtering the liquid, and includes matter which, upon dilution with water or sewage, results in the formation of suspended solids.
30. “Unpolluted water” means water in its natural state, or water which, after use for any purpose, is not substantially changed as to chemical or biochemical qualities. The director or the city engineer may determine which water is unpolluted water.
31. “Wastewater” is a comprehensive term including industrial waste, storm drainage and sewage.
32. “Watercourse” means a channel in which a natural flow of water occurs or has occurred either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 2017-002 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 270 § 2, 1973)
13.32.020 Standards.
Measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and waste to which reference is made in this division shall be determined in accordance with the standards prescribed by the latest revision of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage.” (Ord. 270 § 32, 1973)