Ordinance - #84-02 - 02/28/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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-2- 7. "Building Drain" is that part of the lowest piping of the 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 at least one (1) foot outside the building footings. 7a) Building oficial is the plumbing inspector, building inspector or on-site systems inspector. 8. "Building Sewer" is that part of the drainage system which axtends from the end of the building drain and conveys its discharge to an individual sewage treatment system or to a public sanitary sewage collection system. 9. "Capacity" is the liquid volume of a sewage tank using inside dimensions below the outlet. 10. "Cesspool" is an underground pit into which raw household sewage or other untreated liquid waste is discharged and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil. 11. "Council" is the Ramsey City Council. 12. "Distribution Pipes" are perforated pipes or agricultural drain tiles that are used to distribute sewage tank effluent in a soil treatment system. Perforated pipe used for distribution pipes shall have one (1) or more rows of holes of no more than one-half (1/2) inch in diameter spaced no more than thirty-six (36) inches apart. Holes shall be spaced to prevent bearing capacity of not less than eight hundred (800) pounds per linear foot. 13. "Distribution Device" is a device which is used to distribute sewage tank effluent to the distribution pipes, including but not limited to distribution boxes, drop boxes, and valve boxes. 14. ".Dosing Chamber" (or pump pit or wet well) is a tank or separate compartment following the sewage tank which serves as a reservoir for the doing device. 15. "Drainfield" is also called tile disposal field or soil absorption field and uses distribution pipes placed in favorable soil so that sewage from the septic tank can percolate through and into the soil. 16. "Dwelling" is any building or place used or intended to be used by human occupants as a single-family or two-family unit. 17. "Filter Material" is clean rock, crushed igneous rock, or similar insoluble, durable, and decay-resistant material free from dust, sand, silt, or clay. The size shall range from one and one-fourth (1-1/4) inch minimum diameter to two and one-half (2-1/2) inches effective diameter. 18. "Holding Tank" is a watertight tank for storage of sewage until it can be transported to a point of approved disposal. 19. "Impermeable", with regard to soils, is a soil horizon or layer having a vertical permeability less than one (1) inch in twenty-four (24) hours and shall be considered impermeable.