Angels Camp Municipal Code Art. II Definitions

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as set out in this article.

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"Administrator"

means the person designated by the city council to manage the city sewer system, and to perform the services or make the determinations permitted or required under this chapter to be made by the administrator.

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"Agent"

means the city council of the city of Angels, or its authorized representative.

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"As-built map"

means a document that illustrates precisely what changes were made in the field, different from the city engineer’s drawing. Before making any changes the contractor must have the approval of the city engineer. All measurements must be taken accurately from a known point and dimensioned on a reproducible paper, and be neat and legible. The city engineer must approve the "as-built map" before acceptance by the city council.

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A.

"B.O.D." (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)

means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at twenty degrees centigrade, expressed in parts per million by weight.

B.

"pH"

means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

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"City"

means the city of Angels, Calaveras County, California, its council or its authorized representative.

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"City council"

means the city council of the city.

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"City engineer"

means the person designated by the city council to consult with and supply to the city council, such engineering data and services as it may require.

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"Garbage"

means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

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"Industrial wastes"

means any and all solid or liquid waste substance, not sewage, from any producing, manufacturing or processing operation of whatever nature.

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"Multiple dwelling structure"

means any two or more dwelling units in any single building or structure, or group of buildings or structures, including any apartment house, apartment court or roominghouse.

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"Natural outlet"

means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.

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"Person"

means any individual, firm, company, association, society or corporation, and any political subdivision of the state of California.

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"Private sewer"

means that portion of the sewer line on the property or premises of the users.

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"Properly shredded garbage"

means garbage that has 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 inch in any one dimension.

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"Public sanitary sewer"

means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by the city.

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"Sanitary sewer"

means a sewer which carries domestic sewage and industrial wastes.

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"Septic tank"

means a tank in which the settled sewage sludge is in immediate contact with the sewage flowing through the tank, while the organic solids are decomposed by bacterial action.

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"Sewage"

means any and all waste substance, liquid or solid, associated with human habitation or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excreta or excrement, offal or feculent matter.

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"Sewage treatment plant" or "disposal plant"

means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

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"Sewage works"

means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

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"Sewer"

means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

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"Shall"

is mandatory; "may" is permissive.

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"Single-family dwelling"

means any unit designed to house human beings which consists of one or more rooms and having one or more plumbing fixtures and used or capable of occupancy by a single person or any number of persons living together as a single family.

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"Standards" or "improvement standards"

means those standards for construction of all improvements within the city and which include standards for the construction of sewer improvements and which are set forth in resolution of the city on file with the city clerk.

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"Storm sewer" or "storm drain"

means a sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and drainage, but which excludes sewage and industrial wastes.

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"Suspended solids"

means 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.

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"Watercourse"

means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

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