§ 13.01.010. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

"Applicant" means 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.

"Bedroom" means any room exclusive of a living room, kitchen, dining room, laundry room or bathroom which is either regularly used for sleeping purposes regardless of size, or which may be used for sleeping purposes and has a floor area of not less than sixty (60) square feet, and shall include any study, den, rumpus room or family room which has a floor area of not less than sixty (60) square feet.

"BOD" or "biochemical oxygen demand" is the measurement of the dissolved oxygen used by microorganisms in the biochemical oxidation of the organic matter.

"Building" means any structure used for human habitation or a place for business, industry, recreation or any other purpose containing sanitary plumbing facilities.

"Building sewer" means that portion of any sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlet of any building and running to the property line or to a private sewage disposal facility. Unless otherwise provided for, building sewers are not the property or responsibility of the city, but remain in the ownership of and responsibility of the private property owner.

"City" means the city of Coachella.

"Commercial users" includes all retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries and other private business and service establishments, schools, churches and all public and private institutions.

"Depositor" means the person making a deposit with the city.

"Direct costs" means any costs that are directly attributable to and for the sole benefit of a fund. Such costs include but are not limited to salaries and related benefits and departmental expenses for supplies, communications, utilities, rents and leases, equipment maintenance, professional services, insurance, memberships, conferences, training and employee educational requirements.

"District" means the Coachella Sanitary District.

"Floatable hydrocarbon oil" means hydrocarbon oil floating to the surface of a sample of water when it is retained for one hour in a quiescent condition in a vessel with vertical walls filled to a depth of thirty (30) centimeters.

"Floatable oil and grease" means oil and grease floating to the surface of a sample of water when it is retained for one hour in a quiescent condition in a vessel with vertical walls filled to a depth of thirty (30) centimeters.

"General and departmental overhead."

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"Maintenance and operating fund." Rental costs attributable to building occupancy shall be allocated based on the pro rata share of floor space used.

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"Sewer capital fund." Costs attributable to the expenditure of such funds not directly chargeable to a construction project. Such costs are to be limited to a fixed percentage of the construction cost of a construction project not to exceed ten (10) percent. Such percentage is to be deemed for the purpose of paying for the project's general and departmental administrative costs of the city.

"House connection sewer" means the portion of a sewer lying within a public street connecting a building sewer to the main sewer. Industrial users means all users classified as industrial under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.), and shall include all fruit/produce and or agricultural processes.

"Lateral sewer" means the same as building sewer.

"Local sewer system" means a sewer system consisting of but not limited to sewer lines, manholes, stub-outs, and/or house connection sewer laterals designed and intended to serve a particular tract or group of dwellings.

"Multiple-family residence" means a structure or group of structures, separate or connected, on one parcel of land, occupied or intended for occupancy by more than one family or living group.

"Nondomestic wastewater" means wastewater arising from or associated with a nondomestic operation. Such operation shall be understood to include the following: production or refining of petroleum; production, processing, packing or canning of fruits, vegetables, meat or beverages; laundering of clothes in public laundries; public self-service laundries; hospitals; restaurants; vehicle service facilities, wash racks and garages; production of fertilizer; keeping of livestock or poultry and operation of dairies; production or dyeing of textiles; production of soap and other detergents or chemicals; production and processing of plastic; cleaning of tanks, tank cars or barrels; plating or processing of metals; processing or reclamation of refuse; the washing of equipment or spaces used in nondomestic operations; and any other similar manufacturing, processing and servicing operations. Nondomestic wastewater does not include the following: wastewaters from the operation of hotels, schools, single or multiple residences and places engaged exclusively in retail business.

"Owner" means the person having legal title to a property or the person having an interest in a property through a contract of sale, long-term lease or similar agreement.

"Permit" means any written authorization required pursuant to this chapter or any other regulation of the city for the installation or use of any part of the sewer system.

"Pollution" means the manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water, dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor).

"Private sewage disposal facility" means an independent sewage disposal system not connected with a public sewer and which accommodates one or more structures, buildings or industries.

"Property" means a parcel of land together with any buildings or appurtenances.

"Public sewer" means a sewer lying within a street and which is controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the city.

"Residential users" mean any single-family home, apartment or condominium unit or mobile home park for the purpose of sewer use charge determination.

"Sanitary sewer" means a sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.

"Service unit (SU)." The service unit is derived from a mathematical formula in which daily flow, biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids are converted to a numerical value in proportion to residential levels for the same three variables.

"Service unit rate" is the monthly charge per service unit.

"Sewage" means a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, structures, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.

"Sewage factor (SF)" is an assigned percentage used to calculate sewage flows from water meter readings derived statistically using methods established by the public works department.

"Sewer connection permit" means a permit used for the connection of a property to the sewer system.

"Sewer deposits" means funds provided by property owners pursuant to Section 13.01.312 for guarantee of payment of sewer service charges. These funds are recorded and accounted for in the maintenance and operating fund and only the interest earnings may be used for maintenance and operating expenses.

"Sewer service charge" is the product of service units and the service unit rate.

"Sewer system" means all facilities owned and operated by the city or owned or operated by others for the benefit of the city for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

"Single-family residence" means a single structure together with any garage, guestroom, servant's quarters or similar appurtenant structure on a parcel of land designed for use by one family or living group.

"Source" means a point of discharge to the sewer system.

"Special sewer permit" means a permit issued for a special use of the sewer system.

"SS" or "suspended solids" means that fraction of the total solids with particle size greater than one micron as determined by passing a known volume of liquid through a filter.

"Street" means any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, way, public place, public easement or right-of-way.

"Stub-out" means a partial house connection sewer extending laterally from the sewer main to a point just beyond the edge of the pavement or curbing which is within the right-of-way adjoining the properties which will be served by the sewer main.

"Trailer space" means an area within a trailer court designated for use by a trailer, whether the space is occupied or not, provided the space is served by plumbing connected to the sewer system.

"User" means the recipient of wastewater collection and treatment services.

"Utility" means an enterprise operated for the benefit of the citizens of the city.

"Utilities general manager" means the person in charge of the sewer, water, and other city owned utilities, appointed by the city manager.

"Water supply" means the water supply serving the area tributary to the city's community sewer system. Water supply to an individual establishment shall be interpreted as meaning specifically a composite analysis over a 12-month period of samples of the water served to an establishment or location as determined by testing and compositing samples and analyses approved by the sewer superintendent.

(Ord. No. 1057, § 1(Exh. A), 10-23-13)