Cathodic protection well shall mean a well which uses cathodic protection.
Cathodic protection shall mean a technique to prevent the corrosion of a metal surface by making that surface the cathode of an electrochemical cell.
Chemical toilet shall mean a portable structure provided with a tank into which human fecal matter or urine is to be deposited, the tank designed to contain a disinfecting or bacterial chemical solution.
City council shall mean the city council of the City of Vernon.
Enforcement agency shall mean the health and environmental control section of the City of Vernon.
Exploration hole shall mean an uncased, temporary excavation or boring whose purpose is to the immediate determination of existing hydrologic conditions at a site.
Health hazard shall mean any faulty operating condition, water treatment practice, or method of distribution which creates, or may create, a danger to the well-being of any consumer.
Health officer shall mean the city health officer, or his duly authorized representative. The duties of the health officer are those set forth in the Health and Safety Code of the state. Whenever a power is granted to or a duty imposed upon the health officer in this article, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a duly authorized representative of the health officer unless this article provides otherwise.
Observation or monitoring well shall mean a well constructed for the purpose of observing or monitoring ground water conditions.
Person shall mean any person, firm, corporation or governmental agency, to the extent authorized by law.
Privy shall mean a room or compartment constructed over an earth pit into which human fecal matter or urine is to be deposited.
Sanitary defect shall mean any faulty structural condition, whether of location, design, or construction of collection facilities, treatment works, or distribution works, which may regularly or occasionally prevent satisfactory purification of the water supply, or cause it to be contaminated or polluted.
Toilet facility shall mean a water-flush toilet, a chemical toilet and any other type of toilet.
Toilet room shall mean a room in which is located at least a water-flush toilet.
Water supply system shall mean and include the works and auxiliaries for collection, storage, treatment and distribution of water from the source of supply to the free-flowing outlet of the ultimate consumer.
Water well or well shall mean any drilled, excavated, jetted or otherwise constructed well which is used or intended to be used as a source of water for any purpose or any well, hole, pit or artificial excavation in excess of fifty feet in depth constructed by any method for the purpose of cathodic protection, electrical grounding, water table observation or for any other purpose.
(Ord. No. 985, § Appx. A.)
