(1) “Accessory dwelling unit” or “ADU” means a separate dwelling unit, containing habitable space, bathroom(s), and a kitchen, with a single-family dwelling or a separate structure associated with a single-family dwelling which is incidental and subordinate to the primary residential use of the property.

(2) “Authorized side sewer contractor” means a person having appropriate license, bond, insurance, as well as skills and abilities to do work incidental to the construction or repair of side sewers.

(3) “Base rate” means the fixed portion of the monthly user fee that does not vary with the amount of water usage.

(4) “Clallam Bay Sekiu sewer system” or “sewer system” or “public sewer system” means the publicly operated treatment works owned by Clallam County, including all present and future public interceptors’ sewers, treatment plants, pump stations, outfalls, force mains, trunk lines, sewer mains, sub-mains, laterals, and appurtenances, easements, and rights-of-way, located in the Clallam Bay Sekiu urban growth area, and the sewer lines connecting this system.

(5) “Clallam Bay Sekiu general sewer plan” means the most recent “Clallam Bay Sekiu General Sewer/Wastewater Facilities Plan.”

(6) “Clean out” means a capped vertical structure connected in line with a side sewer or sewer main intended to be used only for flushing or other maintenance of that line.

(7) “Change of ownership” means any change that results in more than 50 percent new ownership or new individuals in control of a property, as reflected in a deed of trust, quit claim deed, purchase agreement, or other legally binding ownership document filed with the County Auditor.

(8) “Commercial use” means any premises devoted primarily to the wholesaling or retailing of a product or service for the purpose of generating an income or profit.

(9) “Consumption fee” means the portion of the monthly user fee that is based on the amount of water consumed by each user as reported by the local water utility.

(10) “County” means Clallam County.

(11) “County Inspector” means any employee of the County Public Works Department designated by the Director to inspect sewer facilities pursuant to this chapter.

(12) “Cover” means the depth of material between the top crown of the sewer pipe or drain and the finished grade immediately above it.

(13) “Department” means Clallam County Public Works Department.

(14) “Developer” means a property owner or their agent that is proposing property improvements that will trigger the provisions of this chapter.

(15) “Director” means the Public Works Director, or designee, of the County Public Works Department.

(16) “Downspout” means a pipe which conveys water from the roof of a building to a control structure or roadside drainage.

(17) “Dwelling” or “dwelling unit” means any building or any portion thereof which is intended or designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for living purposes having independent living facilities for one family including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation and including accessory structures and improvements.

(18) “Equivalent residential unit” or “ERU” means a water service connection typical of a residential unit, consisting of a three-quarters of an inch or one-inch diameter service line with a five-eighths-inch meter.

(19) “Footing drain” means an open joint or perforated pipe located near the foundation of a building, intended to intercept and carry underground storm or drainage water away from the structure.

(20) “Force main” means a pressurized pipe conveying sewage from one or more side sewers.

(21) “Food waste” means putrescible waste from the harvest, preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.

(22) “Properly shredded food waste” means food waste that has been shredded to such a degree that it will be carried or suspended freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle larger than three-eighths of an inch in any dimension.

(23) “Industrial waste” means a liquid, solid or gaseous substance, or combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, food processing, business, trade or research, including the development, recovering or processing of natural resources and including garbage, but distinguished from sanitary sewage or storm drainage.

(24) “LID” means a local improvement district established by the County.

(25) “Initial sewer connection” means the first sewer connection to a side sewer which serves a property interest thereon regardless of whether the property interest is owned or leased, and which is to be connected to and served by the sewer utility. The intent of this definition is to make clear that if there are multiple separate and distinct property interests located on a single legally defined lot the first connection to each distinctly held property interest is to be deemed to be an initial sewer connection. The “initial sewer connection” may serve the following types of facilities, including, but not limited to, single-family dwelling, park model or RV.

(26) “Lateral” or “sewer lateral” means that portion of a side sewer that is on public property and is publicly owned.

(27) “Mobile home park” means a lot or parcel of land occupied by two or more mobile homes on a rent or lease basis and approved by Clallam County pursuant to County regulations.

(28) “Natural outlet” means a watercourse, pond, lake, stream, river, ditch, or other body of surface water.

(29) “New development” means any development, redevelopment, or change of use of property that would necessitate either provision of a new sewer service or an expansion or upgrade of an existing septic system or sewer connection.

(30) “Park model,” “park model RV” or “recreational park trailer” means a trailer-type unit that is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use, that meets the following criteria: Built on a single chassis, mounted on wheels; having a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-up mode, certified by the manufacturer as complying with ANSI A119.5.

(31) “Permit card” means a card, in a form prescribed by the Director, issued in conjunction with a permit, or a copy of the permit which shall be posted on the premises of the work being accomplished.

(32) “Person” means any individual, company, partnership, corporation, association, society or group and the singular term shall include the plural.

(33) “Pretreatment” means the treatment of effluent from a sanitary plumbing outlet or of industrial waste prior to its introduction into the sanitary sewer.

(34) “Public sewer system” means the Clallam Bay Sekiu sewer system used to collect, convey and treat wastewater generated in the Clallam Bay Sekiu UGA.

(35) “Public place,” “public area” or “street area” means any space dedicated to or acquired by the County for the use of the general public.

(36) “Public building” means a building or improvement which is used or owned by a governmental agency.

(37) “RV park” means a campground for day use and overnight accommodations by recreational vehicles or RVs.

(38) “Recreational vehicle” or “RV” means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed for recreational camping or travel use that has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle. The units include travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, folding camping trailers, truck campers, recreational park trailers, park model RVs, park models and motor homes.

(39) “Recreational vehicle hookup” or “RV hookup” means an exterior sewer standpipe with a removable cap intended to serve one recreational vehicle sewer service. The use of such single RV hookups must be consistent with the applicable zoning requirements, occupancy usage and any other applicable requirements or restrictions set forth in CCC Title 33 pertaining to a “recreational vehicle” as that term is defined under WAC 296-150R-0020.

(40) “Residential complex” means a multifamily building, i.e., apartments, condominiums, duplex, triplex.

(41) “Sanitary plumbing outlet” means a plumbing outlet from a structure which carries the wastewater from sanitary facilities and plumbing fixtures, and which does not intentionally carry stormwater or unpolluted water.

(42) “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries wastewater and does not intentionally carry groundwater from footing drain, stormwater, or unpolluted water.

(43) “Sewer main” or “sub-main” means a sanitary sewer line that conveys wastewater from one or more side sewers.

(44) “Sewage” means waste discharged from sanitary plumbing outlets of buildings.

(45) “Side sewer” means a privately owned sanitary sewer pipe leading from the plumbing outlet at a building(s), RV connection or footing line(s) to the property line, together with the publicly owned sewer lateral connected to the sewer main.

(46) “Single-family dwelling” means a dwelling unit intended for occupation by one family and including accessory improvements and uses. This definition includes manufactured homes such as mobile homes, modular homes and other homes manufactured in components or as one complete dwelling unit.

(47) “Storm drain” means a public or private drain which carries storm and surface waters or drainage, effluent from storm plumbing outlets, and other unpolluted water.

(48) “Storm plumbing outlet” means a plumbing outlet from a building or structure which carries surface water or unpolluted water.

(49) “Suspended solids” means solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by filtering the liquid, and includes matter which, upon dilution with water or sewage, results in the formation of suspended solids.

(50) “UGA” or “Clallam Bay Sekiu UGA” means Clallam Bay Sekiu urban growth area established by the County pursuant to the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW, for the unincorporated Clallam Bay Sekiu area.

(51) “Unpolluted water” means water in its natural state, or water which, after use for any purpose, is not substantially changed as to chemical or biochemical qualities. The Director may determine which water is unpolluted water.

(52) “User fee(s)” means the monthly fee charged each customer of the Clallam Bay Sekiu sewer system, consisting of a base rate and a consumption fee.

(53) “Wholesale sewer connection” means commercial properties such as mobile home parks or RV parks which contain multiple residential or recreational units where one water meter serves multiple sewer connections.

(54) “Wastewater” is a comprehensive term including industrial waste and sewage.