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ORDINANCE No. 78' -/4 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER. The City Council of the City of Elk River hereby ORDAINS: SECTION 1: SEWER USE CODE SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following words and terms shall have the meaning set out below, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise. "BOD" (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen .utilized in the chemical oxidation of Organic matter expressed in milligrams per liter, as determined in accordance with standard laboratory procedure as set out in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. "BUILDING DRAIN" means that part of the lower horizontal plplng 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" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called house connection. "CITY" is the area within the corporate boundaries of the City of Elk River, as presently established or as amended by ordinance or other legal actions at a future time. The term "City" when used herein may also be used to refer to the City Council and its authorized representatives. "COD" (denoting Chemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter, expressed in milligrams per liter, as determined in accordance with standard laboratory procedure as set out in the latest edition of Standard methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. "COMBINED SEWER" means a sewer originally designed and currently designated to receive both surface water runoff and sewage. "GARBAGE" means solid wastes resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage or sale of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, vegetables, or condemned food. "INDUSTRIAL WASTES" means the solid, liquid or gaseous wastes resulting from any industrial or manufacturing processes, trade or business, or from the development, recovery or processing of natural 'resources. "NATIONAL ;POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT (NPDES PERMIT)" means the system for issuing, conditioning and denying permits for the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable waters, the contiguous zone, and the oceans by the Administrator of the Environmental ;Protection Agency pursuant to Section 402 and 405 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment 1972. -1-