Mohave County |
Code of Ordinances |
Part I. CODE OF ORDINANCES |
Chapter 28. SOLID WASTE |
Article III. REFUSE HAULERS AND SEPTIC PUMPER HAULERS |
Division 2. SEPTIC PUMPERS/HAULERS |
§ 28-87. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Chemical toilet means a toilet with a watertight, impervious pail or tank that contains a chemical solution placed directly under the seat and a pipe or conduit that connects the riser to the tank.
Earth-pit privy means a device for disposal of human excreta in a pit in the earth.
Human excreta means human fecal and urinary discharges and includes any waste that contains this material.
Pail or can type privy means a privy equipped with a watertight container, located directly under the seat for receiving deposits of human excreta, that provides for removal of a waste receptacle that can be emptied and cleaned.
Sewage means the waste from toilets, baths, sinks, lavatories, laundries, and other plumbing fixtures in residences, institutions, public and business buildings, mobile homes, and other places of human habitation, employment, or recreation.
( Ord. No. 2011-06 , § III-A, 11-5-2012)