§ 52.31 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.

   1982 ORDINANCES.  The Sewer Use Ordinance No. 3-82 (§§ 53.01 through 53.05) and the Sewer User Charge Ordinance No. 4-82 (§§ 53.20 through 53.23) both of which were adopted March 8, 1982, and took effect on April 23, 1983, as amended.

   ACT 94.  Public Act 94 of 1933, being M.C.L.A. §§ 141.101 through 141.138, as amended.

   ACT 185.  Public Act 185 of 1957, being M.C.L.A. §§ 123.731 through 123.786, as amended.

   BIRCH RUN SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM NO. 2.  The sanitary sewer system improvements being undertaken by the village through the County of Saginaw pursuant to a contract dated as of June 1, 1990, as amended.

   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM.  Any capital improvements to the sewer system or the water system of the village which shall include any real or personal property or the cost of installation or construction thereof with a useful life of one year or more. It shall not include any expenditure of any type for operating expenses.

   FUND. The Sewer and Water Capital Expansion Fund shall mean the fund created by § 52.33.

   OPERATING YEAR.  The operating year of the system which shall be the fiscal year of the village beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

   ORDINANCE.  This ordinance entitled Village of Birch Run Capital Sewage Charge Ordinance.

   RATES.  The capital expansion charges for public utility services set forth in § 52.35, including any further amendment thereto.

   SEWER SYSTEM.  The existing sewer system operated by the Village of Birch Run, any improvements thereto, or extension thereof, including, but not limited to, Birch Run Sewage Disposal System No. 2.

   SYSTEM.  The sewer system and the water system.

   UNIT.  A measure of equivalent use based upon a single-family residence being one unit as set forth in Appendix A to this subchapter which shall be of part of the ordinance.

   USER.  All persons, corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, trusts or estates or other business entities which own or operate any structure which is connected to the Village sewer system or water system.

   VILLAGE.  The Village of Birch Run.

   VILLAGE COUNCIL.  The Village Council of the Village of Birch Run.

   WATER SYSTEM.  The water system of the Village of Birch Run as it now exists, including any extensions or improvements thereto.

(1992 Code, § 85.002)  (Ord. 2-91, passed 6-14-1991; Ord. 3-91, passed 11-11-1991)