§ 4.32.010. Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise indicates, terms used herein have the following meanings:

(a)

Additional Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter additional terms shall have the meaning indicated in chapter 1 of the last edition, and any revision thereof, of the "Western Plumbing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code," by the Western Plumbing Officials Association, copies of which are on file in the office of the Director of Public Works.

(b)

Board shall mean the Board of Supervisors of the County.

(c)

County shall mean the County of San Mateo, State of California.

(d)

Customer shall mean owner or owners of real property for which the district is providing sewer service.

(e)

District shall mean the following County sewer maintenance (C.S.M.) or County sanitation districts (C.S.D.):

Burlingame Hills Sewer Maintenance District

Crystal Springs County Sanitation District

Devonshire County Sanitation District

Emerald Lake Heights Sewer Maintenance District

Kensington Square Sewer Maintenance District

Oak Knoll Sewer Maintenance District

Scenic Heights County Sanitation District

Harbor Industrial Sewer Maintenance District

Fair Oaks Sewer Maintenance District

(f)

Residential Unit. The following residential establishments shall be deemed to have the following number of residential units:

1.

Single Residential Dwelling, designed for occupancy by one family only, which is not occupied by more than one family: One residential unit.

2.

Duplex, Triplex, Apartment House, or other Multi-Residential Establishment, designed for occupancy for living purposes by more than one family, which is divided into separate housekeeping units each of which is designed for occupancy by one family: Each housekeeping unit shall be deemed to be a separate residential unit.

3.

Auto Court, Trailer Court, Trailer Park and other like Establishment, divided into separate living units, auto spaces or trailer spaces, with or without housekeeping facilities: Each room or suite of rooms, or each auto or trailer space, which is designed to be occupied for living purposes by persons living separately from others, shall be deemed to be a separate residential unit.

4.

Lodging House, Rooming House, Dormitory, Rest Home or other Establishment, other than those hereinabove specified in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3, which is occupied, or designed, intended or arranged for occupancy, for residential purposes, by one (1) or more persons to whom rooms are rented or otherwise made available for sleeping purposes, without separate housekeeping facilities for each room or suite of rooms: Each six (6) beds, or part of six (6), shall be deemed to be a separate residential unit (for which purpose a double bed shall be deemed to be two (2) beds). If separate housekeeping facilities are accorded any room or suite of rooms, each room or suite of rooms shall be deemed a separate residential unit.

(g)

Residential Unit Equivalent. A residential unit equivalent shall be defined as the estimated number of residential units that would equal the sewage flow, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids (SS) loading delivered to the sanitary sewer system by commercial or industrial customers. For the purpose of this chapter of the code, all parcels of property not classified as in paragraph (f) above, shall be charged for sewage service on the basis of residential unit equivalents. To determine the number of residential unit equivalents for flow (V1/VR) the metered or estimated volume of domestic water, in gallons, delivered to a parcel for a twelve (12) consecutive month period is divided by the product of two hundred twenty (220) gal/day times three hundred sixty-five (365) days. The number of residential unit equivalents for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids (SS) shall be determined by dividing the metered rate or district assigned rate by two hundred seventy-five (275) mg/l (BOD) and three hundred (300) mg/l (SS) respectively. Upon proper application and substantiation by the owner of the parcel, the Director of Public Works may modify the number of residential unit equivalents so calculated due to the fact that a substantial amount of the domestic water delivered to the parcel does not enter the sanitary sewer system. For the purpose of this chapter of the code, the residential unit equivalents (flow, BOD and SS) shall be utilized as indicated in section 4.32.020 to determine the charge for sewage services for parcels identified as commercial and industrial.

(h)

Report shall mean the report referred to in section 5473 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

(i)

Sewer Service Charges shall mean fees, tolls, rates, rentals or other charges for services and facilities furnished in connection with the district's sanitation or sewerage system.

(j)

Basis of Charge. The basis of the annual sewer service charge is the establishment of a flat rate for residential customers and a rate for non-residential customers, computed to reflect costs of collection, treatment and disposal of sewage. In no event shall any customer be charged less than the annual residential customer flat rate charge.

(Prior code § 4155.0; Ord. 2252, 06/18/74; Ord. 2368, 06/15/76; Ord. 2846, 07/12/83)