(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter and Chapter 52, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
B.O.D. or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in 5 days at 20°C, expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDABLE SITE.
(a) A premises or a portion of a premises upon which a single-family home could be constructed in compliance with the village zoning code in effect at the date of publication of Ordinance No. 56, now repealed.
(b) A premises may contain 1 or more BUILDABLE SITES.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside of the walls of the building and conveys to the building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface run-off and sewage.
COUNTY. The County of Grand Traverse, Michigan.
C.O.D. or CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The oxygen consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in wastewater.
CHARGES FOR SEWER SERVICES. Includes the user charge, trunkage connection fee, sanitary sewer availability fee, and miscellaneous customer fee.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. The pollutants which are treated and removed to a substantial degree by the treatment works. These pollutants are biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform, phosphorus and its compounds, and nitrogen and its compounds.
COUNCIL. The Village Council of the Village of Kingsley, the legislative and governing body thereof.
DIRECT CONNECTION. Shall refer to the connection of the building sewer directly to the public sewer system.
EPA ADMINISTRATOR. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDIRECT CONNECTION. Shall refer to the connection of a building sewer to a sewage collection system which is installed and paid for by private funds (for example, if a developer constructs sanitary sewer in a plat and connects the resulting collection sewers to the public sewer system, the connection of each lot in the plat would be an indirect connection).
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment:
(a) Having a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per work day;
(b) Having a flow greater than 5% of the total flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(c) Having in its discharge a toxic pollutant in amounts exceeding the desired limits; and
(d) Is found by the permit issuance authority, in connection with the issuance of an NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
MAY. Is permissive.
MG/L. Milligrams per liter.
NPDES PERMIT. National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit. According to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by Public Law 92-500, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., it prohibits any person from discharging pollutants into a waterway from a point source unless his or her discharge is authorized by a permit issued either by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or by an approved state agency.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, outlet, or other body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL STRENGTH DOMESTIC WASTES. Wastes which have a B.O.D. of 200 milligrams per liter, suspended solids of 170 milligrams per liter, phosphorus of 10 milligrams per liter, have a pH between 6.5 and 9.5 and do not contain a concentration of other constituents which will interfere with the normal wastewater treatment process.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. The satisfactory provision for assuring proper and efficient functioning of the system in accordance with any National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit issued by either the U.S. Environment Protection Agency or by an approved state agency and United States Environmental Protection Agency grant conditions.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter.
PPM. Parts per million.
PREMISES. The lands included within the boundaries of a single description as set forth, from time to time, on the general tax rolls of the village as a single taxable item in the name of the taxpayer or taxpayers at 1 address, provided that:
(a) In the case of platted lots, PREMISES shall be deemed to mean a single platted lot unless an existing building or structure is so located on more than 1 lot as to make the same a single description for purposes of assessment or conveyance now or hereafter; and
(b) In the case of a mobile home park, PREMISES shall be deemed to mean a single lot for a mobile home.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to the degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than ½ inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance, for which the works were designed and constructed.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The liquid- or water-carried waste discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, commercial and industrial establishments, institutions, and other structures.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY SEWER AVAILABILITY FEE. The amount charged at the time and in the amount hereinafter provided to certain premises in the village for the availability of the system to directly serve the premises.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with the ground surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE SERVICES. The collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage emanating from premises now or hereafter.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
STORM SEWER STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and/or storm drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
STRUCTURE IN WHICH SANITARY SEWAGE ORIGINATES. A building in which toilet, kitchen, laundry, bathing, or other facilities which generate water-carried sanitary sewage, are used or are available for use for household, commercial, industrial, or other purposes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by the wastewater treatment process.
SYSTEM. The complete sanitary sewer system of the village, including all sewer mains, laterals, and treatment facilities, including all appurtenances thereto now owned by the village or hereafter acquired and all extensions and improvements thereto hereafter made, located in the village.
TRUNKAGE CONNECTION FEE. The amount charged at the time and in the amount hereinafter provided, to each premises in the village for connecting or being connected to the system and represents the proportionate cost allocable to the premises and the cost of inspecting and approving the physical connections to the system and the issuance of a connection permit.
U.S. EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, which assures the protection of the environment by abating or controlling pollution on a systematic basis.
UNIT or UNITS.
(a) A term relating to the quantity of sewer use and the benefits derived from the sewer use ordinarily arising from the occupancy of a residence building by a single-family of ordinary size (but the term shall not necessarily be related to actual use arising from any such building) and shall be defined or determined from time to time by the village through its Village Council.
(b) The UNITS are set forth in Appendix A to Chapter 52, according to the type of use to which the property is put.
(c) Any use not enumerated in Appendix A shall, in the discretion of the Village President, upon authority of the Village Council, possess those units which attach to the property based upon the most similar use enumerated in Appendix A.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of a system and treatment works for the user's proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) and debt service on village debt incurred to pay part or all of the acquisition, construction and related costs of the system.
USER CLASS. That the recipient of wastewater treatment services will be assigned to 1 of the 3 classes as discussed in § 52.18.
VILLAGE. The Village of Kingsley, Michigan, and/or its duly authorized agent or representative.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(B) Amendments to this section.
(1) Publication.
(a) A true copy or a summary of the amendments to this section passed by Amending Ordinance No. 4-01 shall be published in Traverse City Record Eagle, a newspaper circulated in the village, within 15 days after the adoption of Amending Ordinance No. 4-01 by the Village Council.
(b) Upon the publication, the Clerk shall immediately enter the time and place of the publication in the record of ordinances.
(2) Effective date. The amendments to this section passed by Amending Ordinance No. 4-01 shall be in full force and effect as of 3-1-2001.
(1992 Code, § 9.1) (Am. Ord. 4-01, passed 2-5-2001)