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Upper sewer lateral means that portion of the sewer lateral that extends from the <br />private property line to the structure to which it connects. <br />Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) means a surface sewer spill, loss, or discharge of <br />wastewater from a sanitary sewer system. <br />Sewer district means sewer assessment districts formed for the purpose of <br />financing and constructing public sewer systems owned and operated by the city. <br />Sewer facilities means any and all facilities used for collecting, conveying, <br />pumping, and disposing of wastewater. Sewer facilities shall mean the same as sewer <br />system. <br />Sewer lateral means that entire connecting sewer line running from the sewer <br />main to the private property line and extending to the structure to which it connects. <br />Sewer main means the main line sewer, used as a trunk line or major channel of <br />passage for transporting sewage and waste, constructed in a street, highway, alley, <br />place, or right -or -way dedicated to public use. It shall not include sewer laterals or any <br />portion of them. <br />Waste means sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, <br />gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation or of human and animal <br />nature, including such wastes placed within containers of whatever nature prior to and <br />for the purpose of disposal. <br />Wastewater means the liquid and water -carried wastes of the community and all <br />constituents thereof, whether treated or untreated, discharged into or permitted to enter <br />a public sewer. <br />Sec. 39-50.1. - Ownership. <br />(a) The City shall in no way whatsoever be responsible for any damage to <br />persons or property because of any leakage, breakage, or seepage from, or accident or <br />damage to, any sewer pipe or its appurtenances located on any private premises; nor <br />shall the City be responsible for or on account of any damage, injury, or loss caused <br />directly or indirectly by the existence on private premises of any sewer pipe or its <br />appurtenances. <br />(b) A sewer lateral from its connection to a building on the property to its point <br />of connection with the sewer main, inclusive of both the upper and lower sewer lateral, <br />shall remain the responsibility of the property owner or user with regard to maintenance, <br />repair and upkeep. All sewer laterals shall be maintained by the owner of the property <br />or user served by such lateral in a safe and sanitary condition so that there is no <br />seepage of waste at any point up to and including the junction of the sewer lateral and <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 37 of 56 <br />75C-39 <br />