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surface wate rs: <br />ii. ^Co mpliant System" ■ A system which do es not meet all the lo ca tio n, <br />design an d co nstructio n stan dard s o f the current City co des, but was install ed ac co rding to the co de <br />in effect at the time o f installa tio n, and which is oper a ting sa tisfactorily by trea ting and dispo sing <br />of the entire current sewage input witho ut discharging any <br />po lluta nts into gro und o r surfa ce wa ters. <br />iiii. "Fail ing System” ■ Any system which is being used beyo nd its ca pa city <br />o r fo r any oth er reas o n has fail ed to treat properly an d/or dispo se o f the entire current input and is <br />therefor e: <br />(1) Dischar ging pol lutan ts, or any liquid, to the surface o f the gro und <br />o r the gro und wa ter o r to any tak e, stream or ot her bod y o f wate r, or , <br />(2) Not ac cepting sewag e input fro m an o ccupied building; o r, <br />(3) —Crea ting a safe ty hazard due to unpro tected o r imprope r <br />cons tmctio n o r main tenan ce; o r, <br />(4) Crea ting a public-nuisance in any mann er. <br />IS. "Owner" - Any person having legal or equitable title or sufficient proprietary <br />interest in any building or land subject to the provisions of this Section. For purposes of notification, <br />the owner shall be the occupant of the property or the person listed as taxpayer on the current tax <br />rolls. <br />IS. "Pollutants" - Bacterial or chemical impurities including pathogenic bacteria, <br />infectious viruses, toxic chemicals, excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), unpotable water, <br />or septage. <br />17. "Privy" - An outhouse, a cesspool enclosed by a building, typically not served <br />with running water. <br />m. 18."Prohibited Systems" - Cesspools, dry wells, leaching or seepage pits, and <br />privies. <br />19. " Pumping" - The removal by gravity, syphon or mechanical means of any liquid <br />or septage from sewage or holding tanks. <br />1 5. "Seepage Pit or Lea ching Pit o r Dry Well" ■ An undergro und pit into which a <br />sewage tank discharg es effluent or ot her liquid was te and fro m which the liquid seeps into the <br />surrounding so il thro ugh the botto m and o penings in the side o f the pit, including sewag e tanks <br />which are no t wa tertight. <br />1 6. "Septage ” ■ Those so Hds an d liquids remo v ed during period ic main tenan ce o f a <br />septic or a erob ic tank, or tho se solids an d liquids which ar e remov ed fro m a ho lding tank. <br />Page 4 of 22