§ 9.04.010. Definitions

The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements for the city sewage system and for discharges into such system. It may be referred to in other ordinances or resolutions of the city council as the City of Isleton Sewer Ordinance. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter or by use intended to have a different meaning, certain terms and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

A.

Applicant means an individual or agency applying for sewer utility service.

B.

BOD means the biochemical oxygen demand determined in accordance with standard analytical procedures, five days at 20 degrees Celsius.

C.

Building inspector means the building inspector of the city or such other person as may be designated by the building inspector to perform the service or make the determinations permitted or required in this city to be made by the building inspector.

D.

Building sewer means a sewer line on private property conveying waste from the building(s) of a customer to the service lateral in the public right-of-way.

E.

Capacity charge means a charge which is part of a connection fee for facilities in existence at the time a charge is imposed or charges for new facilities to be constructed in the future that are of benefit to the person or property being charged.

F.

City engineer means the registered professional engineer retained by the city council to advise the council on engineering matters.

G.

City sewer ordinance means this chapter as it may be amended from time to time.

H.

City sewer rate ordinance means the ordinance adopted by the city council from time to time pursuant to this chapter in which rates and charges provided for in this chapter are established.

I.

City limits means the limits of the City of Isleton.

J.

COD means the chemical oxygen demand as determined in accordance with standard analytical procedures.

K.

Commercial sewage means all liquids or water-carried wastes discharged into the sewage system from premises engaged in a business, trade, or professional activity. This term includes office buildings, schools, churches and governmental facilities and all other sewage not herein defined as "domestic industrial" sewage.

L.

Connection fee means a one-time charge for new connections to the city's sewage system that may include both a permit fee, a facilities fee and a capacity charge.

M.

Cross-connection means any unprotected connection between any part of a water system used or intended to supply potable water and any source or system containing non-potable water or other substances that are not safe or cannot be approved as safe, wholesome, and potable for human consumption.

N.

Customer means any individual, business or agency of record, who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of waste into the sewage system.

O.

Developer means a person or corporation requesting sewer service from the city regardless of the number of services.

P.

Domestic sewage means the waterborne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes, which contain human excreta or normal animal or vegetable household wastes and is of such character that it will permit satisfactory disposal into the public domestic sewer system without specialized pretreatment.

Q.

Discharge permit means a permit issued by the city allowing discharges into its sewer system.

R.

Domestic sewage system means that portion of the city's facility for the collection, storage, treatment and disposal of domestic sewage.

S.

Dwelling unit means a structure containing one or more rooms, with kitchens facilities, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for a family or group of persons living together or by a separate person living alone. Dwelling units include single-family residence, duplex, triplex, etc., apartment, mobile home or house trailer.

T.

EDU means the level of service provided to a typical residential dwelling unit, or equivalent dwelling unit.

U.

Employee means any person designated by the city council of the city or its public works superintendent to perform work or labor for the sewer system, excluding contractors and their employees.

V.

Facilities fee means a fee for the physical facilities necessary to make a water connection or sewer connection, including, but not limited to, meters, meter boxes, and pipelines from the structure or project to a water distribution line or sewer main, and that does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of labor and materials for installation of those facilities.

W.

Finance director means the finance director of the city appointed by the city council or his or her designated representatives.

X.

Fixture unit means the quantity of sewage produced by different kinds of plumbing.

Y.

Garbage means solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

Z.

Grease trap means a device designed to retain grease and prevent it from entering the sewage system.

AA.

Health department means the State of California Department of Health.

BB.

Hotel, motel and boarding house means a building containing two or more living quarters designated primarily for occupancy by individuals who are lodged with or without meals, and in which no facilities are provided for cooking in any individual room or suite. Discharges from such buildings are to be considered commercial sewage.

CC.

Industrial sewage means the waterborne wastes from any production, manufacturing, or processing operation of whatever nature, including institutional and commercial operations, where water is used for the removal of significant quantities of waste other than for human habitation of premises connected to the public industrial sewage system.

DD.

Lot means a parcel of land consistent of one or more contiguous lots of record in one ownership.

EE.

Main(s) means the pipelines, manholes, and appurtenances, located in streets highways, public ways, or public utility easements which are used to serve the general public.

FF.

MGD means million gallons per day.

GG.

Permit fee means a fee that may be part of a connection fee intended to reimburse the city for its administrative expenses in processing a permit required by this chapter.

HH.

Person means any natural person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, trust, the state and the United States of America and all political subdivisions, special districts and governmental agencies thereof except the city, acting solely or as an agent for another.

II.

pH means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion activity in moles per liter solution as measured by standard analytical procedures.

JJ.

Premises means a parcel or parcels of real estate or portion thereof including any improvements thereon which is determined by the city to be single customer for purposes of receiving, using or paying for sewer service.

KK.

Private sewer means a sewer line on private property conveying waste from more than one structure or connection on a premise to a service lateral or city main on the public right-of-way.

LL.

Properly shredded garbage means the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow condition normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particles greater than 1.25 centimeters in any dimension.

MM.

Public facilities means those facilities which are designed for and utilized by customers of the occupant of the premises and/or the general public, such as restaurants, cocktail lounges, laundromats and schools.

NN.

Public works superintendent means the officer, employee or agent of the city designated by the city council to be responsible for the operation of the sewer system.

OO.

Rental unit means any building or portion thereof that can be used as a completely independent unit.

PP.

Sanitary sewage means waste discharging into the city's sewage system and which contains human excreta or normal animal or vegetable household waste.

QQ.

Septic system means a system consisting of a septic tank and leach field or seepage pit designed for the treatment and disposal of wastes.

RR.

Service lateral means a sewer line that receives sewage from the building sewer and discharges it into a sewer main.

SS.

Sewage system means the city's facilities for the collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of domestic and industrial wastes, including monitoring, sampling, metering, and other devices and appurtenances.

TT.

Sewer main means a sewer lines receiving sewage from one or more sewer laterals and conveying sewage to the treatment plant.

UU.

Sewer service means discharge or authority to discharge into the sewage system.

VV.

Slug means any discharge of water, sewage, or liquid waste, in which concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.

WW.

SS means suspended solids, which are that portion of non-settled residue present in sewage that is retained on a filter as, measured in accordance with standard analytical procedures and expressed in milligrams per liter.

XX.

Standards means the standard plans, details, and specifications prepared by the city engineer and adopted by the city.

YY.

Subdivider means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association who proposes to divide, divides, or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or for others; except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities acting in such capacity are not subdividers.

ZZ.

Subdivision means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a parcel or as contiguous parcels.

AAA.

Superintendent means the public works superintendent of the city or such other person, including but not limited to the plant operator, as may be designated by the public works superintendent to perform the services or make the determinations permitted or required in this chapter to be made by the public works superintendent.

BBB.

TDS means the residue upon evaporation of all water after filtration as determined in accordance with standard analytical procedures.

CCC.

Treatment plan means the sewage treatment plant owned and operated by the city.

DDD.

Utility means the public utility or publicly owned utility named herein.