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c) This Chapter provides for the regulation of discharges into the City's wastewater disposal system through the issuance of per- mits to certain users and through enforcement of the general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein. d) This Chapter shall apply to the City of Lakewood and to per- sons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City wastewater disposal system. Ex- cept as otherwise provided herein, the City Engineer shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. Section 913.02: DEFINITIONS a) Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the follow- ing terms, as used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings here- inafter designated: 1) Act - The Federal Water Pollution Control Act also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.1251 et seq. 2) Biochemical Oxygen Demand '(BOD5) - The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20°Centigrade expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/1). 3) Building Drain - That part of the lowest horizontal piping of ~ 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 outside the inner face of the building wall. 4) Building Sewer - The extension from the building drain to the n~unic%p"A1 sewer or other place of disposal. 5) City - The City of Lakewood or the City Council of Lakewood. 6) Commercial User - A commercial business discharging wastewater; users not catagorized as residential or industrial. 7) Cooling Water - The water discharged from any use as air con- di'tioning, cooling or refrigeration, or during which the only constituent added to the water is heat. 8) Engineer - This means the City Engineer or the Engineer's duly authorized deputy, agent or representative. 9) Garbage - Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dis- pensing' of food, and from the handling; storage and sale of produce. 10) Industrial User - A person who discharges to the City's waste- water disposal system liquid wastes resulting from the process employed in industrial or manufacturing, or from the develop- ment of any natural resource.