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(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 DISCHARGING 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 PREPARATION, COOKING AND DISPENSING OF FOOD, AND FROM THE HANDLING, STORAGE AND SALE OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND PRODUCE. (F) "INDUSTRIAL WASTES" SHALL MEAN ALL WATERBORNE SOLIDS, LIQUIDS OR GASEOUS WASTES RESULTING FROM ANY INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, TRADE, BUSINESS OR FOOD PROCESSING OPERATION OR PROCESS, OR FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY NATURAL RESOURCE, OR ANY MIXTURE OF THESE WITH WATER OR DOMESTIC SEWAGE AS DISTINCT FROM NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. (G) "NATURAL OUTLET" SHALL MEAN ANY OUTLET INTO A WATERCOURSE, POND, DITCH, LAKE OR OTHER BODY OF SURFACE OR GROUNDWATER. (H) "NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE" SHALL MEAN SEWAGE IN WHICH CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENDED MATERIALS AND FIVE DAYS 20°C B.O.D. IS ESTABLISHED AT 240 PARTS PER MILLION EACH, BY WEIGHT, ON THE BASIS OF THE NORMAL DAILY CONTRIBUTION OF TWENTY HUNDREDTHS POUNDS PER CAPITA, PER 100 GALLONS. (I) "PARTS PER MILLION" SHALL MEAN A WEIGHT TO WEIGHT RATIO; THE PARTS PER MILLION VALUE MULTIPLIED BY THE FACTOR 8.345 SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO POUNDS PER MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. (J) "PERSONS" SHALL MEAN ANY AND ALL PERSONS, NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL, INCLUDING ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, COMPANY, INDUSTRY, MUNICIPAL OR PRIVATE CORPORATION. (K) "PH" SHALL MEAN THE LOGARITHM (BASE 10) OF THE RECIPROCAL OF THE HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION OF A SOLUTION. IT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ONE OF THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN "STANDARD METHODS". (L) "POINT OF DISCHARGE" SHALL MEAN THE POINT AT WHICH WASTE IS DISCHARGED TO THE RIVANNA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY SEWERS BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND/OR THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY. (M) "PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE" SHALL MEAN WASTES FROM THE PREPARATION, COOKING AND DISPENSING OF FOOD WHICH HAVE BEEN SHREDDED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT ALL PARTICLES WILL BE CARRIED UNDER THE FLOW CONDITIONS NORMALLY PREVAILING IN THE CITY SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, WITH NO PARTICLE GREATER THAN ONE-HALF INCH IN ANY DIMENSION.