“B.O.D.,” biochemical oxygen demand, means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees centigrade expressed in parts per million (p.p.m.) in weight.

“Branch sewer” means a sewer which received sewage from lateral sewers from relatively small areas.

“Building” means any structure used for human habitation or a place of business, recreation or other purpose containing sanitary facilities.

“Building sewer” or “house sewer” means the extension from the building drain to the sewer connection or other place of disposal.

“Combined sewer” means a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

“Consumer” means the recipient of wastewater treatment services.

“Developer” means any person engaged in the organizing and financing of a sewage collecting system within an area contributing to a trunk sewer of the Town sewer system. Such may be either a subdivider or a legally constituted improvement district.

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

“Industrial wastes” means the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.

“Lateral sewer” means a sewer which discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it.

“Main sewer” means a sewer which receives sewage from one (1) or more branch sewers as tributaries.

“Natural outlet” means any outlet into a watercourse, ditch or other body of surface or groundwater.

“Permit” means any written authorization required pursuant to this chapter or any other regulation of the Town for the installation of any sewage works.

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

“Properly shredded garbage” means garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than one-fourth (¼) inch in any dimension.

“Public sewer” means a sewer controlled by a public authority.

“Sanitary sewage” means any and all waste substances, liquids or solids associated with human habitation, but excluding storm, surface, and groundwater and industrial waste.

“Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.

“Sanitation Department” means those officers and agents of the Town supervising sewer operations of the Town.

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

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

“Sewage works” means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.

“Sewer connection” means the connection to the public sewer and the extension therefrom to the property line at the alley or the curb line of the street, whichever is applicable, depending on the location of the public sewer.

“Sewer connection fee” means the initial sewer connection charge as set forth in Article 11-2 and shall apply to all sewer connections to the public sewer.

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

“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 laboratory filtering.

“Trunk sewer” means a sewer which receives sewage from many tributary main sewers and serves as outlet for a large territory.

“User charge” means the charge made to the recipient of sanitary sewer services by the Town to defray the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement of the sewage collection and treatment facilities by the Town.

“Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently. [Prior code Art. 11-1.]