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Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 11-91

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Sec. 11-91. - Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows: BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter. Building drain shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall. Building sewer shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. Combined sewers shall mean a sewer receiving both surface run-off and sewage. Combined sewers shall not be allowed. Director shall mean the director of the department of public works of the city or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, including the city engineer. Garbage shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. Industrial waste shall mean the liquid wastes from any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process as distinct from sanitary sewage as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 35.905. Natural outlet shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water. pH shall mean the negative logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. Properly shredded garbage shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension. Public sewer shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. Sanitary sewer shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm and surface waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted. Sewage shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present. Sewage treatment plant shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage. Sewerage works shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. Sewer shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. Slug shall mean any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation. Storm drain (sometimes termed "storm sewer") shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water. Suspended solids shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering. Watercourse shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Code 1963, § 29-80; Ord. No. 1910, 6-16-92)

Source: City of Gulfport, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/gulfport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH11WASE_ARTIVUSPUPRSE_S11-91DEFetched: 11/1/2026