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. '. e, -. Ordinance No. '. , Page 2 . (c). "Business and Commercial Concerns" A business and commercial concern is any privately or publicly owned business operated for the purpose of private, gain or the public welfare. (d). "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water- carried waste from business buildi~g, institution and industrial establishments, t~gether with such ground surface and storm water as may be present. (e). "Domestic Sewage" shall mean water-borne wastes normally dischargi~g into the sanitary conveniences of office buildi~gs, factories and institutions, free of storm surface water and industrial wastes. (f). "Normal" domestic sew~ge shall mean normal sew~ge for the City of La Porte in which the average concentration of suspended materials and S-day B.O.D. is established at 300 parts per million each, by we~ght, on the basis of the normal daily contribution of seventeen hundredths (0.17) pounds per capita per 100, gallons. (g). "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carryi~g sanitary sew~ge. (h) . "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutti~g properties shall have equal r~ghts and interest controlled by public authority. (i) . ','Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface and, ground waters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally passed. (j). "Storm Sewer or Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drain~ge but excludes sew~ge and polluted industrial wastes. (k). "Sewage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecti~g, pumpi~g, treati~g and disposi~g of sew~ge and indus- trial wastes and would include sew~ge, as well as the sew~ge treatment facilities. (1). "Sewerage" shall mean the system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection transportation and pumping of sew~ge and industrial wastes.