Kern County Municipal Code Art. III Definitions

The definitions contained in this section shall be used in the construction and interpretation of this chapter, unless a reasonable construction of the context should otherwise require.

1. "Area" means a specific geographical area to which this chapter is made applicable.

2. "Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of the county of Kern.

3. "Building" includes mobile home.

4. "Building inspector" means the director of the engineering, surveying, and permit services department of the county of Kern, and includes his deputies.

5. "County" means the county of Kern.

6. "Health officer" means the health officer of the county of Kern, and includes his deputies.

7. "Private system" means a private sewerage disposal system or any part thereof, or the building sewer to the point of connection to a pubic sewer main which typically parallels the centerline of the roadway.

8. "Public system" means and includes a common sewerage system or any part thereof which is operated by the county, or by a county service area, or by any political subdivision or public entity.

9. "Regional board" means a California regional water quality control board.

10. "Septic tank" means a watertight, covered receptacle designed and constructed to receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer, to separate solids from the liquid, to digest organic matter, to store digested solids through a period of detention, and to allow the clarified anaerobic liquids to discharge for final disposal.

11. "Sewage" means any combination of water-carried waste, discharged from buildings.

12. "Sewerage system" means and includes a private or public disposal system or any part thereof. Septic tank systems or variations of them (e.g., aerobic or individual treatment facilities are included in this definition).

(Ord. G-6746 § 5, 2001: prior code §§ 3903—3903.12)

(Ord. No. G-8035, § 44, 4-20-10)