For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AREA. The area served by the laterals shall be deemed to be the entire Village of Lake Orion including the area served contiguous with the village boundaries located in the Township of Orion in agreement with the Township of Orion.
CAPITAL CHARGE. The amount charged at the time and in the amount hereinafter provided to each premises in the area served by the laterals for connecting or being connected to the new construction or to existing laterals and represents the proportionate cost allocable to such premises for the trunk and treatment facilities by which sewage disposal services are immediately provided to said areas.
CHARGES FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICES. The amount charged to each premises in the area by the laterals for sewage disposal service which may include a debt service factor.
COUNCIL. The Village Council of the Village of Lake Orion, the legislative and governing body thereof.
COUNTY. The County of Oakland, Michigan.
DWELLING. Any building or portion thereof which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes.
DWELLING GROUP. A group of two or more detached or semi-detached one-family, two-family or multiple dwellings occupying a parcel of land in common ownership and having yards and courts in common.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE. A building having three or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY. A detached building having one dwelling unit.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A detached building having two dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT. Any building or portion thereof which is designed or used for one family exclusively for residential purposes, and having cooking facilities.
FAMILY. One or more persons living together in one dwelling unit and interrelated by bonds of marriage, blood or legal adoption. A FAMILY is distinguished from a group occupying a rooming house, boarding house, lodging house, club, fraternity house, hotel, motel, tourist home, or foster care group home.
INSPECTION, APPROVAL AND TAP FEE. The amount charged to each applicant by the village to cover the cost of inspecting and approving the physical connection to the system and the issuance of a connection permit.
LATERAL BENEFIT FEE. The amount charged at the time and in the amount hereinafter provided to each premises in the area served by the Laterals for the availability to directly serve said premises by the new construction facilities of the system and represents the proportionate cost allocable to such premises for the lateral service made directly available to the premises by the new construction.
NEW CONSTRUCTION. The laterals to be construed pursuant to contract dated May 25, 1970, between the County of Oakland and the Village of Lake Orion and any and all future extensions of the Paint Creek Interceptor Disposal System which are being built or may be built by the County under contract with the village now or hereafter.
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 item in the name of the taxpayer or taxpayers at one address whether such property be taxable or exempt from taxation, but in the case of platted lots shall be limited to a single platted lot unless a building or structure is so located on more than one lot as to make the same a single description for purposes of assessment or conveyance now or hereafter. In the event single descriptions are combined so that a new description is set forth on the general tax rolls of the village as a single item, such combination shall not abate the obligation to continue payment of capital or lateral charges to each premises existing prior to the combination.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL LATERALS and LATERALS. The Lake Orion extrusions of the Paint Creek interceptor established under Public Act 185 of 1957, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 46.171 through 46.185, to be constructed by the County under a certain contract dated May 25, 1970, between the County of Oakland and the Village of Lake Orion, together with all additions and extensions of such new construction as are hereinafter defined and additions and extensions thereto.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICE. Refers to the collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage emanating from premises now or hereafter in the area served by the sewage disposal laterals.
SYSTEM. The entire sanitary sewer disposal system located within the Village of Lake Orion.
UNIT. That quantity of sanitary sewage ordinarily arising from the occupancy of a residential building by a single family of ordinary size. The number of units or fractional parts thereof to be assigned to types or determined by the Council from time to time, as herein after provided. The determination of units shall be based upon studies relative to the quantity of sewage generated by different types of use and occupancy of premises and shall be kept up-to-date and revised as needed and as new studies are made and through experience gained by the village in the actual operation of the Sewage Disposal System.
VILLAGE. The Village of Lake Orion, Michigan.
(Ord. 23.01, passed 9-28-70; Am. Ord. 23.13, passed 6-12-78; Am. Ord. 23.14, passed 1-8-79; Am. Ord. 23.16, passed 9-14-81)