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§ 160-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings given them in this section:
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the horizontal potion of the building drainage system extending from the building drain to its connection with the septic tank and carrying the sewage of but one building.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A sewage disposal system, other than a public or community system, which receives from an individual establishment. Unless otherwise indicated the word "system" as it appears in this chapter means "individual sewage disposal system."
RAW SEWAGE
Sewage which has not been subjected to any treatment process.
SEWAGE
Any water-carried domestic waste, exclusive of footing and roof drainage, of any residence, industry or commercial establishment, whether treated or untreated, and includes the liquid wastes produced by bathing, laundry and culinary operations, and from toilets and floor drains.