For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface run-off and sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. Any person or persons duly authorized by the Council to inspect and approve the installation of building water and sewer services and their connection to the public water and/or sanitary sewer system.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
OPERATOR. The Operator of the Municipal Sewage Works of the Village of Birch Run, Michigan, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than a 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER. A sewer dedicated to transporting sewage to approved treatment facilities with all owners of abutting properties having equal rights and is controlled by public authority, which storm, surface and/or ground waters are not admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER LINE. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory; MAY is permissive.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer, which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(1992 Code, § 81.003) (Ord. 00-05, passed 9-25-2000)