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• AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976 BY ADDING AN ARTICLE II, CONTAINING SECTIONS 24-12 THROUGH 24-25, REGULATING LIMITING AND RESTRICTING THE DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND POLLUTANTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville: 1. That Chapter 24 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976 be amended by adding an Article II containing Sections 24-12 through 24-25 as follows: ARTICLE II INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISCHARGE SECTION 24-12. Definitions. As used in this Article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them, unless otherwise clearly required • by the context: (a) "B.O.D." or "biochemical oxygen demand" shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter, under standard laboratory procedure, in five days at 20°C, expressed in parts per million. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in "Standard Methods". (b) "Building sewage drain" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a sewage system which receives the discharge from the sanitary sewer inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning three feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (c) "Building sewer" shall mean the extension from the building sewage drain to the public sewer or other place for disposal. (d) "Domestic sewage" shall mean waterborne wastes normally dis- charging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface water and industrial wastes. (e) "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes and residue from the prepara- tion, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and produce.