For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Board of the township or the legislative and governing body thereof.
B.O.D. (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside of the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CHARGES FOR SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES or CHARGES. The amount charged to each premises in the township for sewage collection and disposal services.
COUNTY. The County of Genesee, Michigan.
COUNTY AGENCY. The Genesee County Drain Commissioner.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial, manufacturing, processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAY. May is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group, public or private.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
POTW. Publicly owned treatment works. The complete sewage disposal, transportation and treatment system of Genesee County, Michigan.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in sewers and no particle greater than ½-inch in any dimension.
QUARTER. A consecutive 3-month period and shall coincide with the water billing period for the premises if furnished water by a public supply.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICES. The collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage emanating from properties now or hereafter connected directly or indirectly to the system.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER CONNECTION CHARGE. The amount charged to each applicant by the township at the time an application is made to the township to connect the premises to the system to cover the cost of inspecting and approving the physical connection to the system and the issuance of a connection permit.
SHALL. Shall is mandatory.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
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 laboratory filtering.
SYSTEM. The sanitary sewer system of the township.
TOWNSHIP. The Charter Township of Montrose, Genesee County, Michigan.
UNIT. With respect to charges for a particular premises, shall be deemed to be the equivalent of a household. Unless otherwise provided, the number of units assigned to a particular premises shall be as provided in the ordinances governing the Genesee County Sewage Disposal District No. 5 where not provided for in the ordinances, as established by resolution of the Township Board.
USER. Any premises connected to a public sewer and includes appurtenant land and improvements.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 17-228, passed 9-19-2017)