(a) The following definitions shall apply wherever used in this chapter unless another definition is specifically stated or another meaning is obviously and clearly intended.
(1) “Board” shall mean the Charter Township of Clinton Board of Trustees.
(2) “Department” shall mean the Charter Township of Clinton Department of Public Services.
(3) “Dwelling unit” shall mean a structure designed for and intended for occupancy exclusively by a person or persons with sleeping quarters.
(4) “Entity” shall mean a person, partnership, corporation, firm or other legally recognized organization capable of identification as a single entity.
(5) “Main” or “mains” shall mean any pipes other than service pipes used for conveying or distributing water.
(6) “Premises” shall mean a dwelling unit. “Premises” shall also mean the area occupied for nonresidential purposes, together with outbuildings and surrounding adjacent land used exclusively in connection therewith by a person or entity.
(7) “Sewage disposal system” shall mean any part of the equipment or material attached to sanitary sewers, including pipes located in publicly dedicated right-of-ways or easements, and including appurtenances such as manholes, pumping facilities, and meters operated by the Department. Privately owned portions may be part of a sewage disposal system.
(8) “Sewer” or “sewers” shall mean any pipes or conduits used for the conveyance of waste water or sewage or any connections and appurtenances thereto.
(9) “Sewer service pipe” shall mean the pipe conveying waste water or sewage from a building to the public sewer.
(10) “Superintendent” shall mean the Director of the Department of Public Services for the Charter Township of Clinton.
(11) “Township” shall mean the Charter Township of Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan.
(12) “User” shall mean any entity or its agents actually owning, leasing or occupying any premises or portion thereof supplied or to be supplied with water by the Township or connected to the Township sewers.
(13) “Water service pipe” shall mean pipe tapped into the water main and thence extending to the meter.
(14) “Water supply system” shall mean any part of the equipment or material attached to the water mains conveying water furnished by the Township, including pipes located in publicly dedicated right-of-ways or easements, and including appurtenances such as hydrants, valves, meters, reservoirs, and pumping facilities.
(b) Abbreviations used in this chapter, with their meanings, are as follows:
(1) ANSI shall mean the American National Standards Institute.
(2) ASTM shall mean the American Society for Testing Materials.
(3) NSF shall mean National Sanitation Foundation.
(4) AWWA shall mean the American Water Works Association.
(5) CSDS shall mean the Clinton Township Sewage Disposal System.
(6) CWSS shall mean the Clinton Township Water Supply System.
(7) EGLE shall mean the Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes, and Environment.
(8) MCPWO shall mean the Macomb County Public Works Office.
(9) MCHD shall mean the Macomb County Health Department.
(10) MDPH shall mean the Michigan Department of Public Health.
(11) MCDOR shall mean the Macomb County Department of Roads.
(12) WEF shall mean Water Environment Federation.
(Ord. 319. Passed 12-22-97; Ord. 482. Passed 10-24-22.)