Chapter 13.16 — SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS AND PRIVIES – DEFINITIONS2

“Cesspool” means an excavation into the earth which is used for the reception of sewage or drainage from plumbing fixtures, effluent from septic tanks, together with water used in carriage of said sewage or drainage, but which does not have watertight walls or bottom. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“City health officer” means the health officer of the city or such other officers or employees of the city to whom the city council or city manager delegates the function of the city health officer. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“City manager” means the city manager of the city of Folsom or his or her designee unless otherwise stated or indicated by context. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Construction” means construction, repair, alteration or relocation of sewage disposal system. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Department” means the department of health of the city or to such other official or employee of the city to whom the city council or city manager delegates such functions. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Duplex” means a detached building occupied, intended or designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, but under one roof. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Lot” means a parcel of land shown upon a subdivision map or a record of survey map or described by metes and bounds. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Permit” means a sanitation permit issued by the city. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

2. Prior legislation: Prior code §§ 9060 through 9075.

“Person” means any natural person as well as any corporation, partnership, public agency, trust, estate, cooperative association, joint venture, business entity or other similar entity, or the agent, employee or representative of any of the above. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“SacSewer” means the Sacramento Area Sewer District. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Sanitary sewer collection system” means the cityowned system that is designed to convey sewage, including but not limited to pipes, manholes, laterals, pump stations, siphons, wet wells, diversion structures, and/or other pertinent infrastructure, upstream of the SacSewer facilities including:

A. Laterals owned and/or operated by the city of Folsom;

B. Satellite sewer systems; and/or

C. Temporary conveyance and storage facilities, including but not limited to temporary
piping, vaults, construction trenches, wet wells, impoundments, tanks and diversion
structures.
(Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Satellite sewer system” means a portion of a sanitary sewer collection system owned or operated by a different owner other than the city of Folsom. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Seepage pit or vertical drain,” as used in this chapter, means one or more pits extending into the porous stratum but not into a subterranean water-bearing stratum, lined with open jointed walls, and capped. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Septic tank” means a watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of a sewer drainage system or a part thereof which is designed and constructed so as to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention, and allows the liquids to discharge into the soil outside the tank through a subsurface drainage system or into a cesspool. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Sewage” and its associated wastewater, means untreated or partially treated domestic, municipal, commercial, and/or industrial waste (including sewage sludge), and any mixture of these wastes with inflow or infiltration of stormwater or groundwater, conveyed in the sanitary sewer collection system. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Sewage disposal” means any septic tank, privy, structure vault or pit for disposal or treatment of sewage and any sewer drainage system or other type system used for the disposal of sewage. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Sewer drainage system” means and includes all the piping within public or private premises which conveys sewage or other liquid waste to a point of disposal, but does not include the mains or laterals of a public sanitary sewer collection system. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Sewer well” means any hole dug or drilled into the ground, and intended for use as a water supply, which has been abandoned as a source of water supply and is being used for the disposal of sewage, or any hole dug or drilled into the ground and used or intended to be used for the disposal of sewage and extended to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum which is used, or intended to be used as, or is suitable for, a source of water supply for domestic purposes. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Single-family residence” means any structure occupied, intended or designed for occupancy by one family for living or sleeping purposes as its principal use. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Temporary vault privy” is a waterless, portable sanitation system featuring a sealed tank that collects waste without allowing it to seep into the soil, typically used at construction sites or events where access to the public sanitary sewer system is unavailable. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Water closet” means a room with a toilet and/or sink where the water system is connected to the city of Folsom’s water facilities and the sewer drainage system is connected to the city of Folsom’s sanitary sewer collection system. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Waters of the state” means surface waters or ground-water within boundaries of the state as defined in Water Code Section 13050(e), in which the State and Regional Water Boards have authority to protect beneficial uses. Waters of the state include, but are not limited to, ground- water aquifers, surface waters, saline waters, natural washes and pools, wetlands, sloughs, and estuaries, regardless of flow or whether water exists during dry conditions. Waters of the state include waters of the United States.

(Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)

“Waters of the United States” means surface waters or waterbodies that are subject to federal jurisdiction in accordance with the Clean Water Act. (Ord. 1367 § 2, 2026)