Article I — DEFINITIONS

Editor's note— To preserve the style of this Appendix, and at the editor's discretion, former definitions §§ 101—131 have been consolidated into one section, renumbered as § 101, as set out herein. Former section numbering is maintained in brackets before each definition.

Sec. 101. - Definitions.

[101] "District" shall mean Lake County Sanitation District, Lake County, California.

[102] "County" shall mean the County of Lake, California.

[103] "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of said District.

[104] "Administrator" shall mean the Special Districts Administrator or his authorized representative.

[105] "District Engineer" shall mean the Civil Engineer appointed by and acting for the Board.

[106] "District Inspector" shall mean the District Maintenance Superintendent, his assistant, or the District's Engineering representative.

[107] "Plumbing Inspector" shall mean the County's Chief Building Inspector or his representative.

[108] "Person" shall mean any human being, individual, firm, company, partnership, association and private or public or municipal corporations, the United States of America, the State of California, districts and all

political subdivisions, governmental agencies and mandatories thereof.

[109] "Permit" shall mean any written authorization required pursuant to this or any other regulation of District for the installation of any sewage works.

[110] "Building" shall mean any structure used for human habitation or a place of business, recreation or other purpose containing sanitary facilities.

[111] "Applicant" shall mean the person making application for a permit for a sewer or plumbing installation and shall be the owner of premises to be served by the sewer for which a permit is requested or his authorized agent.

[112] "Contractor" shall mean an individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association duly licensed by the State of California to perform the type of work to be done under the permit.

[113] "Street" shall mean any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, way, public place, public easement or right-of-way.

[114] "Sewage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

[115] "Sewage" shall mean a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.

[116] "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

[117] "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer lying within a street right-of-way and which is controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the District.

[118] "Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

[119] "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.

[120] "Storm Sewer or Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface or ground waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.

[121] "Main Sewer" shall mean a public sewer designed to accommodate more than one lateral sewer.

[122] "Lateral Sewer" shall mean the portion of a sewer lying within a public street connecting a building sewer to the main sewer.

[123] "Building Sewer" shall mean that portion of any sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlet of any building or industrial facility and running to the property line or to a private sewage disposal system.

[124] "Side Sewer" shall mean the sewer line beginning at the foundation wall of any building and terminating at the main sewer and includes the building sewer and lateral sewer together.

[125] "Private Sewer" shall mean a sewer serving an independent sewage disposal system not connected with a public sewer and which accommodates one or more buildings or industries.

[126] "Outside Sewer" shall mean a sanitary sewer beyond the limits of the District not subject to the control or jurisdiction of District.

[127] "Plumbing System" shall mean all plumbing fixtures and traps, or soil, waste, special waste and vent pipes, and all sanitary sewer pipes within a building and extending to the building sewer connection three (3) feet outside the building wall.

[128] "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

[129] "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and the dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

[130] "Fixture Units" shall mean fixture unit load values for drainage piping and shall be computed from Tables 1 and 2 of Chapter 4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted herein.

[131] "Additional Definitions." For the purpose of this Ordinance additional terms shall have the meaning indicated in Chapter 1 of the Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted herein.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76; Ord. No. 1019, §§ 1, 2, 5-30-78)

Sec. 201. - Rules and Regulations.

The following rules and regulations respecting sewer construction and disposal of sewage and drainage of buildings and connection to the sewerage works of the District are hereby adopted, and all work in respect thereto shall be performed as herein required and not otherwise.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 202. - Purpose.

This Ordinance is intended to provide rules and regulations for the use and construction of sanitary sewer facilities hereafter installed, altered or repaired within the District. This Ordinance shall not apply retroactively and, in the event of an alteration or repair hereafter made, it shall apply only to new materials and methods used therein.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 203. - Short Title.

This Ordinance shall be known as the "SEWER USE ORDINANCE" of the Lake County Sanitation District.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 204. - Relief on Own Motion.

The Board may, on its own motion, find that by reason of special circumstances any provision of this regulation and Ordinance should be suspended or modified as applied to a particular premise and may, by resolution, order such suspension or modification for such premises during the period of such special circumstances, or any part thereof.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 205. - Sewer Required.

The Owner of any building situated or constructed within the District and abutting on any street in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer of the District, is hereby required at his expense to connect said building directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within two hundred (200) feet of the property line.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)