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SEWERS § 21-1 CHAPTER 21 SEWERS Article 1. General Provisions. Section 21-1. Intent of chapter. It is the intention of the sewer code to regulate the use of all public sewers. A further intent of this code is to fix the rates of installing lateral and service charge on lots furnished with sewer service. (1983 CC, c 21, art 1, sec 21-1.) Section 21-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise: "Accessible to a sewer" means having a sanitary sewer with laterals available to the lot. B.O.D. (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 milligrams per liter by weight. "Building or house sewer" means that portion of the sewer line extending from a building to the public sewer or private disposal system. "Cesspool" means an individual wastewater system consisting of an excavation in the ground whose depth is greater than its widest surface dimension, which receives untreated wastewater and retains the organic matter and solids discharging therein, but permits the liquid to seep through the bottom or sides to gain access to the underground formation. "Commission" means the environmental management commission of the County. "Connection" means an opening in the public sewer to which the building sewer may be connected. "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management, or the director's authorized representative. "Equivalent population" means the calculated population which would normally contribute the same amount of suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand or volume of flow per day as the daily wastes discharged by an industrial or commercial establishment, using as standard basis pounds of suspended solids or biochemical oxygen demand and one hundred gallons per capita per day. "Extension" means the continuation of an existing public sewer through public or private property not owned, in whole or in part, by the applicant or owner of the particular property or subdivision to be served. "Gang cesspool" means a cesspool designed to accept sewage from two or more sources. 21-1