[1997 Code § 282-1]
A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the service lateral or other place of disposal.
CITY
The City of Absecon City.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other but which shall be free from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids each in excess of 10 parts per million by weight.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
CUSTOMER
The applicant for sewerage service at one household, industry or business, whether owner or tenant, who is served by the sewerage system.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
ENGINEER
The duly appointed consulting engineer employed by the City.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving and dispensing of food and from the sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trades or businesses as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
OWNER
The person holding title of record to the property.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A system of pipes, septic tanks, cesspools and other disposal areas whose function is to separate the solids from the sewage and dispose the liquid portion of the sewage underground. All components of this system function independently of the public sewerage system.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE LATERAL
That part of the sewerage system from the main to one foot inside the curb or easement line or abutting the property line.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any building or structure, including but not limited to residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities of the City utilized for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
SLUG
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 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
STREET
Any public right-of-way, including but not limited to any street, road, lane, court, alley or public square.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Sewer Department and/or of Water Pollution Control of the City of Absecon City, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of or is in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
B. 
Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.