Section
General Provisions
50.001 Title
50.002 Contract requirements
50.003 State and federal requirements
50.004 Incorporation of findings from the City of Dowagiac
50.005 Public health, safety, and welfare
50.006 Measure of sewer use by metering of water supply
50.007 Definitions
Use of Public Sewer System Required
50.020 Discharge of sewage
50.021 Sewage disposal facilities
50.022 Mandatory connection of properties in Special Assessment District and M-51 Interceptor Service District
50.023 Mandatory connection of new construction in service district outside Special Assessment District and M-51 Interceptor Service District
50.024 Connection of existing improved properties in service district outside Special Assessment District and the M-51 Interceptor Service District
50.025 Connection deadline
50.026 Enforcement in the event of a failure to connect
50.027 Extensions of public sewer system to service new developments inside the service district
50.028 Connection of premises located outside the service district
50.029 Conditions for extension of public sewer system by property owner
50.030 Sewer extension agreements
Private Sewage Disposal
50.045 Private sewage disposal facilities
50.046 Operation and maintenance
50.047 Governmental requirements
50.048 Connection to public sewer system; abandonment
Building Sewers and Connections
50.060 Permit requirement
50.061 Permit application
50.062 Approval of application
50.063 Building sewer replacement
50.064 Excavations, pipe laying, and backfill
50.065 Connection of building sewer
50.066 Connection of certain drains is prohibited
50.067 Public safety requirements; restoration
50.068 Cost of installation of building sewer and connection to public sewer indemnification
50.069 Inspection
50.070 Township’s responsibility for repairs, operation, and maintenance
50.071 Property owner’s responsibility for repairs, operation, and maintenance
50.072 Sister Lakes Area Sanitary Sewage Disposal System
Sewer Rates and Charges
50.085 Public utility basis; fiscal year
50.086 Connection fee
50.087 User charge
50.088 User surcharge
50.089 Miscellaneous customer fee
50.090 Inspection fee
50.091 Billing of sewer rates and charges
50.092 Unpaid sewer rates and charges; time price differential
50.093 Unpaid sewer rates and charges; remedies
50.094 Lien
50.095 No free service
50.096 Rental properties
50.097 Cancellation of permits; disconnection of service
50.098 Security deposit
50.099 Billing address
50.100 Interruption of service; claims
Revenues
50.115 Estimated rates; sufficiency
50.116 Revenues; depository
Administrative Appeals; Board of Appeals
50.130 Informal hearing
50.131 Board of Appeals
50.132 Appeals from informal hearing
50.133 Payment of amounts outstanding
50.134 Effect of administrative action
50.135 Appeal from Board of Appeals
Enforcement
50.150 Inspection
50.151 Damage to system
50.152 Notice to cease and desist
50.153 Nuisance; abatement
50.154 Liability for expenses
50.155 Remedies are cumulative
Miscellaneous
50.170 Repeal of conflicts
50.171 Severability
50.172 State and federal law requirements
50.173 Subchapter and section headings
50.174 Reservation of right to amend
50.175 Schedule of residential equivalent factors
50.176 Service district
50.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) The Sister Lakes Area Sanitary Sewage Disposal System (together with the M-51 Interceptor referenced below, defined in Section 201 (28) as the “Public Sewer System”) was established in accordance with the Sister Lakes Sanitary Sewage Disposal System Contract, dated September 1, 2000, as amended by the First Amendment to Sister Lakes Sanitary Sewage Disposal System Contract dated as of March 1, 2001, (together, as defined in Section 201(10), the “Contract”), by and between the County of Van Buren (as defined in Section 201 (11), the “County”), the County of Cass, the Township of Silver Creek (as defined in Section 201 (42), the “Township”) and the Sister Lakes Area Utility Authority (as defined in Section 201(1), the “Authority”), to promote the health and welfare of the residents of the Township.
(B) The Authority is required by the terms of the Contract to operate, maintain, and administer the Public Sewer System as the agency for the County and the Townships and to pay all costs related to the Public Sewer System including debt service on the bonds issued by the County from revenues provided by the Townships in accordance with the Contract. The Township is further required by the terms of the Agreement for Sanitary Sewage Disposal Service, dated as of March 1, 2001, as amended (as defined in § 50.007, the “Wastewater Treatment Agreement”) by and between the County, the Township, the Authority, and the City of Dowagiac (as defined in § 50.007, the “City”), and approved by Keeler pursuant to which the City has agreed to accept and treat the Sewage from the Public Sewer System at the City’s wastewater treatment plant (as defined in § 50.007, the “Wastewater Treatment Plant”) and by the terms of the Agreement for Billing/Monitoring/Operation and Maintenance of Sanitary Sewer Collection System dated as of May 14, 2001 (as defined in § 50.007, the “Operation and Maintenance Agreement”) by and between the City, and the Authority and consented to by the County and the Townships, pursuant to which the City has agreed to operate and maintain the Public Sewer System and to bill the Users of the Public Sewer System, to adopt by ordinance such rates, regulations and restrictions applicable to the use of the Public Sewer System that are not less restrictive than those in effect in the City with respect to the Wastewater Treatment Plant and which enable the City to comply with all state and federal laws and regulations applicable to the treatment and discharge of Sewage.
(C) In addition, the City transferred ownership of the M-51 Interceptor to the County in accordance with the Wastewater Treatment Agreement, which ownership shall revert to the Authority upon payment in full of the bonds issued by the County in accordance with the Contract, Accordingly, it is necessary for the Township to establish rates and charges for services to persons using the Public Sewer System in amounts necessary to operate, maintain and administer the Public Sewer System and to pay debt service on the bonds issued by the County in accordance with the Contract, and to adopt an ordinance that requires users of the Public Sewer System to pay rates and charges for sewer, collection and disposal services. It is the purpose of the Township by enacting and keeping in force and effect this chapter to comply with the foregoing requirements of the Contract, the Wastewater Treatment Agreement and the Operation and Maintenance Agreement and to protect and promote the health and welfare of the residents of the Township.
(Ord. 01-03, passed 8-8-2001)
This chapter, together with the Indian Lake Wastewater Sewer System (Ord. 89-1), sets forth uniform requirements for Users of the Public Sewer System and enables the Township to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.).
(Ord. 01-03, passed 8-8-2001)
(A) The Township hereby incorporates in its entirety and adopts as Township findings and objectives for this Sewer Connection and Rate Chapter the findings and objectives made and established by the City of Dowagiac in § 8-61 of City of Dowagiac Code.
(B) In addition, the objectives of this chapter include the following:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Sewage System which will interfere with the operation of the Public Sewer, the City Collection System, or the Wastewater Treatment Plant System, or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Public Sewer System which will pass through the Public Sewer System, the City Collection System, or the Wastewater Treatment Plant inadequately treated into the receiving stream or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with the Public Sewer System, the City Collection System or the Wastewater Treatment Plant;
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the Public Sewer System;
(4) To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the Public Sewer System; and
(5) To protect the physical integrity of the Public Sewer System, the City Collection System, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant, and to provide for the safety of the public and workers on and in the Public Sewer System, the City Collection System, or the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(Ord. 01-03, passed 8-8-2001)
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