§ 13.16.140. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have or include the meanings accorded to them by this paragraph:

1.

"User" means any person, business, government entity or agency, who uses or deposits sewer, waste, or wastewater into the city's sanitary sewer system or on whose premises or property is within two hundred feet of the city sewage facility (ies).

2.

"Residential equivalent" means that wastewater flow and strength equivalent to the flow and strength normally expected from a typical single-family residence. For the purpose of establishing a typical residual equivalent, the flow shall be assumed as two hundred seventy gallons per day and producing a bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) of less than two hundred fifty parts per million (ppm) and suspended solids (SS) less than two hundred fifty ppm.

3.

"Low strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system has a BOD of less than two hundred fifty ppm and suspended solids less than two hundred fifty ppm. All residential uses shall be deemed low strength.

4.

"Medium strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system is not categorized as a low-strength or high-strength user.

5.

"High strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system has a BOD of greater than six hundred ppm or suspended solids greater than four hundred fifty ppm.

6.

"Metered service" means a user who receives potable water from the city water system through an approved water meter.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

(Ord. No. 2008-1191, § 1, 12-1-2008)