§ 15.34.010 — Definitions
The Code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Supp. No. 53: codified through Ordinance No. BL2025-1141, approved December 17, 2025) · Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 15.34.010
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15.34.010 - Definitions.
"Collector force main" means a pipe which transports wastewater by means of internal pressure and is therefore not dependent upon gravity. "Department" means the water services department of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. "Department installation" means a residential sanitary sewer pump installed by the department. "Developer installation" means a residential sanitary sewer pump installed by developers with the approval of the department. "Homeowner installation" means a residential sanitary sewer pump installed by a property owner, including those residential sanitary sewer pumps installed prior to the enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter. "Gravity sewer line" means a pipe that transports wastewater by means of natural gravity. "Residential sanitary sewer pump" (RSSP) means an in-ground wastewater pumping system that serves as an alternative to either standard gravity service or septic tank/overflow service. This pump may discharge to either a gravity sewer line or to a collector force main.
(Ord. 98-1427 § 1 (part), 1998)
