§ 17-20. Definitions.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:

BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).

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 five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.

Building sewer shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called house connection.

Chlorine requirement shall mean the amount of chlorine, in milligrams per liter, which must be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content, or to meet the procedures set forth in "Standard methods."

City shall mean the City of Shelton.

Combined sewer shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

Food preparation establishments (FPE) shall mean establishments that engage in cooking methods that have the potential to produce fats, oils, and grease, including: facilities that are regulated by the local health district and are classified as a Class III or Class IV food service establishment (FSE), as defined by the state health code; or are regulated by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. These facilities include, but are not limited to, restaurants, hotel kitchens, hospitals, school kitchens, bars, factory cafeterias, clubs, prisons, butchers, and commercial bakeries. Residences and industrial food processing facilities shall not be regulated by this article.

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 manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

Natural outlet shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.

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 residential wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispersion of food that have 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-half-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.

Sanitary sewer shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.

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

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

Sewage works shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

Sewer shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

Sewer authority or authority shall mean sewer authority of the City of Shelton or their authorized agent or representative.

Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.

Slug shall mean any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

Standard methods shall mean the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage, and Industrial Wastes," published jointly by the American Water Works Association and the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations.

Storm drain (sometimes termed "storm sewer") shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

Sewer commission administrative officer shall mean the sewer commission administrative officer of the City of Shelton 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.

Watercourse shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

(Ord. No. 80, 4-22-68; Ord. No. 336, 7-10-78; Ord. No. 852, §§ 2.01—2.27, 7-8-10)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.