§ 14.08.005 — Definitions

14.08.005 - Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section. A. Apartment or apartment house means any building or premises containing two or more dwelling units with separate plumbing facilities, but shall not include any building commonly known as a hotel, motel, or auto court. B. Board house shall have the same meaning as set forth in Title 19 of this Code. C. City sewerage system means those pipe lines, plant facilities and appurtenances constructed, maintained and operated by the City, typically within the public right-of-way or City easement, used primarily for the collection of sewage and the conveyance thereof to the wastewater treatment plant for the treatment of the sewage. D. Dwelling unit means a building of one or more rooms which is occupied by one person or more persons. E. Nonresidential premises means any industrial, commercial, governmental, or institutional premises including apartments, condominiums, and boarding houses, which discharge or cause to be discharged sewage into the City sewerage system. F. Nonresidential private sewer lateral line means the wastewater collection pipe extending from the premises, including the sewer lateral clean out, where the wastewater is generated to the point of connection to the City sewerage system. G. Premises means a lot or parcel of land, a building or an establishment. H. Private residential sewer lateral line means the wastewater collection pipe extending from the premises, including the sewer lateral clean out, where the wastewater is generated to the premises property line or City easement. I. Residential premises means any dwelling unit that is primarily used as a person or persons living quarters, excluding apartments, and which discharges or causes to be discharged sewage in the City sewerage system. J. Sewage means a combination of water or waste borne waste generated from a premises.

(Ord. 7459 § 29, 2019; Ord. 7362 § 6, 2017)