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(A) Inspection. The duly authorized representatives, employees, or agents of the township, the county, and the city, including, but not limited to, the Township Inspector, the Township Engineer, the Health Department, representatives of the MDEQ and the EPA bearing proper identification shall be permitted to enter at any time during reasonable or usual business hours in and upon all properties in the service district for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, testing, and emergency repairs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person who applies for and receives sewer services from the township or owns real property in the service district shall be deemed to have given consent for all such activities including entry upon that person’s property.
(B) Damage to system. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, recklessly, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with, climb upon, or enter into any structure, appurtenance, or equipment of the public sewer system or the publicly owned treatment works or connect or disconnect any building sewer to the public sewer system or tamper with or modify any pump, valving appurtenance, flow control section, meter, or sampling equipment so as to have the effect of rendering inaccurate any meter or other monitoring equipment.
(C) Notice to cease and desist. Except for violations of division (B) hereof, any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(D) Nuisance; abatement. Any nuisance or any violation of this chapter is deemed to be a nuisance per se. The township in the furtherance of the public health may enforce the requirements of this chapter by injunction or other remedy and is hereby empowered to make all necessary repairs or take other corrective action necessitated by such nuisance or violation. The person who violated this chapter or permitted such nuisance or violation to occur shall be responsible to the township for the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by the township in making such repairs or taking such action as a miscellaneous customer fee.
(E) Liability for expenses. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the township and their authorized representatives for any expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, loss, or damage incurred by the township by reason of such violation as a miscellaneous customer fee.
(F) Remedies are cumulative. The remedies provided by this chapter shall be deemed to be cumulative and not mutually exclusive with any other remedies available to the township.
(Ord. 09-06, passed 8-12-2009)
(A) A fee based upon units for unauthorized drainage service rendered to a premises by the public sewer system. The fee represents a proportionate share of the cost of the operation and maintenance of the public sewer system and the benefit derived from the availability and use of the public sewer system.
(B) A drainage violation fee in an amount per month per unit determined from time to time by resolution of the Township Board shall be charged periodically to the owner of a premises connected to the public sewer system for the drainage service rendered to the premises:
(1) If the premises has a footing drain or drains connected to the public sewer system, or there is a discharge from the premises of, or the owner or any occupant of the premises shall discharge or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, unpolluted air conditioning water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to the public sewer system in violation of this chapter or the Sister Lakes Area Sanitary Sewage Disposal System (Ord. 01-03); or
(2) In the event the owners or occupants of a premises shall deny access to the township, the Authority, the county, or the city or an authorized representative thereof, including the Township Inspector, bearing proper credentials and identification, to the premises between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during any weekday or at such other time as may be reasonable, which access has been requested by mail or in person for the purpose of inspection of the premises for any such connections or discharges of the type set forth in division (B)(1) above. For a premises with an unauthorized drainage connection, the drainage violation fee shall accrue as of the date of the connection, provided that a drainage violation fee shall not be charged for more than one year past drainage service. When access to a premises is denied under this division (B)(2) said drainage violation fee shall accrue 30 days after notice by certified mail is given to the owner of such failure to gain access. Any changes or corrections to eliminate any such connection or discharge must be approved by the township and the drainage violation fee shall continue until such approval is given.
(Ord. 09-09, passed 9-9-2009)
Occupation Use | Units | Unit Factor |
Occupation Use | Units | Unit Factor |
Apartments | 0.50 | Per dwelling unit |
Auto dealers - new and/or used | 1 | Per premise plus 0.25 per 1,000 square fee of building including service area |
Auto repair/collision | 1 | Same as above |
Auto wash (coin operated do-it-yourself, 10 gallons or less per car) | 1 | Per stall |
Auto wash (mechanical, over 10 gallons per car - not recycled) | 10 | Per stall or production line including approach and drying area |
Auto wash (mechanical, over 10 gallons per car - recycled) | 5 | Per stall or production line including approach and drying area |
Bar | 4 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Barber shop | 1 | Per shop plus 0.1 per chair after 2 |
Beauty shops | 1 | Per shop plus 0.1 per booth |
Boat docking space | 0.06 | Per space under 25 feet in length |
0.01 | Per space over 25 feet in length | |
Bowling alleys (no bar) | 1 | Per premise plus 0.2 per alley |
Churches | 0.25 | Per 1,000 square feet - minimum 1 unit |
Cleaners (cleaning and pressing facilities) | 1 | Per premise plus 0.5 per 500 square feet |
Cleaners (pick up only) | 1 | Per shop |
Clinics (medical or dental) | 1 | Per premise plus 0.5 per exam room |
Convalescent or boarding homes | 1 | Per premise plus 0.25 per bedroom |
Convents | 1 | Per premise plus 0.25 per bedroom |
Country clubs and athletic clubs | 1.5 | Per 1,000 square feet of clubhouse plus restaurant and bar |
Drug stores | 1 | Per premise plus snack bar |
Factories (office and production) wet process | 0.75 | Per 1,000 square feet based on metered sewage flow |
Fraternity or sorority houses | 0.50 | Per dwelling unit |
Funeral home | 1.5 | Per 1,000 square feet plus residence to be computed separately |
Grocery stores and super market | 1 | Per premise plus 0.8 per 1,000 square feet |
Hospitals | 1.1 | Per bed |
Hotels and motels | 0.40 | Per bedroom plus restaurant and bar |
Laundry (self serve) | 1 | Per premise plus 0.5 per washer |
Mobile homes (freestanding) | 1 | Per unit |
Mobile homes (parks) | 0.5 | Per pad or site at indirect connection rate plus laundry, community building, and office to be computed separately per schedule |
Multiple-family residence duplex or row houses | 1 | Per dwelling unit |
Post office | 1 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Professional office | 0.25 | Per 500 square feet - minimum 1 |
Public institutions | 0.75 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Restaurants (meals and drinks) | 3.5 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Restaurants (meals only) | 2.5 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Restaurants auxiliary dining rooms when used less than 20 hours per week | 2 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Retail store (other than listed) | 1 | Per premise plus 0.1 per 1,000 square feet |
Schools | 1 | Per classroom |
Service stations | 1.5 | Per 1,000 square feet of building area |
Single-family residence | 1 | Per residence |
Snack bars, drive-ins, and the like | 2.5 | Per 1,000 square feet |
Theaters | 0.04 | Per seat |
Theaters (drive-in) | 0.04 | Per car space |
Two-family residential | 1 | Per unit |
Veterinary facility | 1.5 | Per facility |
Veterinary facility with kennel | 1.5 | Per facility plus 0.5 per 5 kennels |
Warehouse and storage | 0.2 | Per 1,000 square feet |
(Ord. 89-1, passed 9-13-1989)
(A) Any violation of § 51.12, or any violation beyond the time limit provided for, shall be a municipal civil infraction, for which the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first offense and not less than $200 nor more than $2,500 for subsequent offenses, in the discretion of the court, and in addition to all other costs, damages, and expenses provided by law.
(B) For purposes of this section, SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE means a violation of the chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a previous violation of the chapter for which said person admitted responsibility or was adjudicated to be responsible, provided, however, that offenses committed on subsequent days within a period of one week following issuance of a citation for a first offense shall all be considered separate first offenses.
(C) Each day that such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition, become liable for any expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such violation. The Supervisor or his or her designated official, with Board approval, is hereby authorized to issue citations for municipal civil infractions for violation of the chapter.
(Ord. 09-06, passed 8-12-2009)