<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 70-27. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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               <span class="ital">Check valve</span> means a device installed in water lines to restrict flow in one direction.
               
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               <span class="ital">Developer</span> and <span class="ital">subdivider</span> mean any person who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a development or
               subdivision.
               
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               <span class="ital">Development</span> and <span class="ital">subdivision</span> mean all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites
               or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development, whether immediate
               or future, and include all division of land involving the dedication of a new street
               or a change in existing streets; provided, however, the following are not included:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  The division of land parcels greater than ten acres if no street right-of-way dedication
                  is involved; and
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  The division of a tract in single ownership, the entire area of which is no greater
                  than two acres, into not more than three lots, if no street right-of-way dedication
                  is involved.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Domestic sewage</span> means liquid or water-carried waste from bathrooms, toilet rooms, kitchens and home
               laundries.
               
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               <span class="ital">Garbage</span> means solid wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
               
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               <span class="ital">Industrial waste</span> means liquid or water-carried waste from institutional, commercial and industrial
               processes and operations, as distinguished from domestic sewage.
               
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               <span class="ital">Lateral</span> means a connection between a water main and a meter and is the same as a tap.
               
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               <span class="ital">Meter</span> means any device used to measure the flow of water.
               
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               <span class="ital">Peak flow</span> means the maximum rate of flow occurring at any time measured in terms of gallons
               per normal calendar day or 24 hours.
               
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               <span class="ital">pH</span> means the logarithm (base ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
               expressed in moles per liter, and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of
               the substance. A pH value of 7.0 is neutral, being neither acid or alkaline. Values
               below 7.0 are acid and those above 7.0 are alkaline.
               
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               <span class="ital">ppm</span> means parts per million by weight in water and sewage analysis, the equivalent of
               milligrams per liter.
               
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               <span class="ital">Premises</span> means:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Each residential dwelling unit, industrial unit or mobile home and any lot or space
                  to be used for a trailer or mobile home.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Each unit contained in any structure serving a separate owner, tenant or lessee and
                  used for any purpose other than for residential use.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Properly shredded garbage</span> means the waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been
               shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions
               normally prevailing in public sewer piping, with no particles greater than one-half
               inch in diameter.
               
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               <span class="ital">Public sanitary sewer</span> and <span class="ital">public sewer</span> mean a sewer owned and/or operated, maintained and controlled by the county which
               conveys domestic, industrial, commercial or institutional wastewaters.
               
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               <span class="ital">Sewage</span> means a combination of wastewaters from residences, commercial, industrial and institutional
               establishments.
               
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               <span class="ital">Sewer connection or lateral</span> means a sewer pipeline, normally of four-inch minimum diameter, running laterally
               from a gravity street sewer, an off-street sewer or a trunk sewer to an individual
               tract, lot, parcel of land to serve one or more houses for other buildings, whether
               or not connected to any house or building. The sewer connection or lateral generally
               means the same as sewer tap.
               
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               <span class="ital">Sewer tap</span> means the connection pipe from the public gravity sewer line to the property line
               of an individual tract, lot or parcel of land to serve one or more houses or other
               buildings.
               
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               <span class="ital">Storm sewer</span> and <span class="ital">storm drain</span> mean a sewer or drain designed and constructed to carry stormwaters and surface waters
               and drainage, but not sewage and polluted wastewaters.
               
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               <span class="ital">Suspended solids</span> means solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage
               or other liquids or wastewaters, which are removable by methods of filtering, settling,
               etc., used by wastewater disposal plants, sewage treatment plants or waste treatment
               plants. Suspended solids (SS) are normally expressed in parts per million (ppm) or
               milligrams per liter (mg/l) by dry weight.
               
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               <span class="ital">Tap</span> means a service connection between the water main and the meter and meter box, including
               the meter and meter box.
               
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               <span class="ital">Transmission pipe or main</span> means a water pipe laid along major thoroughfares and/or along roadways connecting
               major thoroughfares. Mains are larger than eight inches in diameter.
               
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               <span class="ital">Valve cock, valve, gate valve</span> and <span class="ital">stop cock</span> mean a device to stop or restrict the flow of water in lines.
               
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               <span class="ital">Water main</span> means any water pipes run underground in streets, indicated rights-of-way or easements
               carrying water to various areas. Water mains are usually six inches in diameter or
               larger.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 70-27; Ord. of 10-7-1974, div. I, art. B)
               
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