§ 5-6.901. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)

Allocated Capacity.

(1)

For Major Industry Users, Allocated Capacity means the "allocation level" as determined under City Council Resolution No. 2007-422 for the flows and substances listed in such resolution and any other constituents or substances for which the City imposes a limit in a User's wastewater discharge permit (including without limitation constituents referred to in Section 5-6.210, entitled Specific Pollutant Limitations (Local Limits)) (collectively, "substances").

(2)

For Minor Industry Users, Allocated Capacity means the "allocation level" as determined under City Council Resolution No. 2007-422 for the flows and substances listed in such resolution and any other constituents or substances for which the City imposes a limit in a User's wastewater discharge permit (including without limitation constituents referred to in Section 5-6.210, entitled Specific Pollutant Limitations (Local Limits)) (collectively, "substances"), except that for Minor Industry Users, the years 2003-2013 will be used to determine the allocation level.

(b)

Equivalent Dwelling Unit or EDU means a single-family equivalent dwelling unit based upon standardized estimated wastewater discharge characteristics of a typical single-family dwelling of two hundred ninety (290) gallons per day (gpd), two hundred (200) milligrams per liter (mg/L) of strength Five Day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), and two hundred (200) mg/L of Total Suspended Solids content (TSS) as set forth in City Council Resolution 2007-287.

(c)

Industrial User has the same meaning as in Section 5-6.103.

(d)

Major Industry has the same meaning as in Section 5-6.103.

(e)

Minor Industry has the same meaning as in Section 5-6.103.

(f)

Permitted Capacity means the amount of wastewater flows and substances that a User is entitled to discharge into the City's wastewater collection and treatment system under a valid wastewater discharge permit.

(g)

Transfer, Transfer of Allocated Capacity, and Transfer Allocated Capacity mean the sale, loan, lease, or gift of Allocated Capacity to another User, another property owned by the same Industrial User or an affiliate of the same Industrial User that operates under a separate wastewater discharge permit, or the City.

(h)

User has the same meaning as in Section 5-6.103 and includes Industrial User, as defined in this article.

(i)

Wastewater Treatment Capacity means the entire ability of the City to legally process and discharge wastewater in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of California. This ability is under the exclusive dominion, ownership, and control of the City and its Sewer District No. 1 as licensed providers of wastewater services to the public.

(Ord. 3655-C.S., § 1, effective 11-11-16)