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Charter and Code of Ordinances of the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan
Charter and Code of Ordinances of the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CHARTER
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3: ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CHAPTER 5: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6: RESERVED
CHAPTER 7: AMUSEMENT DEVICES
CHAPTER 8: ANIMALS
CHAPTER 9: BICYCLES
CHAPTER 10: RESERVED
CHAPTER 11: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 12: BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13: CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 13A: CARNIVALS
CHAPTER 14: ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16: RESERVED
CHAPTER 17: EARTH CHANGES
CHAPTER 18: RESERVED
CHAPTER 19: FENCES
CHAPTER 20: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 23: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
CHAPTER 24: RESERVED
CHAPTER 25: HUMAN RELATIONS
CHAPTER 26: JUNK YARDS AND AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARDS
CHAPTER 27: LAND DIVISION AND COMBINATION
CHAPTER 28: LIBRARY
CHAPTER 29: LICENSING OF BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 30: MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 31: NOISE
CHAPTER 32: RESERVED
CHAPTER 33: NUISANCES
CHAPTER 34: OBSCENITY
CHAPTER 35: OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 36: FALSE ALARMS
CHAPTER 37: PARKING AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 38: PARKS
CHAPTER 39: PEDDLERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS AND THE LIKE
CHAPTER 40: POLITICAL AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
CHAPTER 41: PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 42: RESERVED
CHAPTER 43: RECREATIONAL WATERS
CHAPTER 44: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER 45: SOLID WASTE REDUCTION
CHAPTER 46: RESERVED
CHAPTER 47: SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
CHAPTER 48: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 48A: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 49: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE CODE
CHAPTER 51: VEGETATION
CHAPTER 52: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 53: WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
ZONING ORDINANCE
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Zoning Comparative Table Subdivision Comparative Table
APPENDIX
CHAPTER 53: WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
ARTICLE I . WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM GENERALLY
53-1. DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BONDS. Whenever the word BONDS shall be used in this article, it shall be understood to refer to the water supply and sewage disposal system revenue bonds issued by the City of Sterling and dated April 1,1964.
   CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS, CITY. The City of Sterling Heights is a municipal corporation of the State of Michigan and is the successor municipality to the City of Sterling, County of Macomb, State of Michigan.
   REVENUES; NET REVENUES. Whenever the words REVENUES and NET REVENUES are used in this article, they shall be understood to have the meaning as defined in Public Act 94 of 1933, § 3, as amended (M.S.A. § 5.2733; M.C.L. § 141.103).
   SYSTEM. The SYSTEM is the water supply and sewage disposal system of the City of Sterling Heights and shall include all water mains and laterals, pumping stations, sewage treatment facilities, sewers, storage facilities or appurtenances used or useful in connection with the supplying and distributing of water or the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, either now in existence or hereafter acquired. Such SYSTEM shall be deemed to include, but not by way of limitation, all such facilities acquired, constructed and owned by the City of Sterling Heights and such facilities constructed to service the city by the County of Macomb, or any other public agency, and operated and maintained by the city pursuant to contract authorized by law. Said combined water supply and sewage disposal system is sometimes herein referred to as the SYSTEM.
(1978 Code, § 35-1; Ord. No. 182-F, § 1, 3-31-81)
53-2. JURISDICTION OF CITY MANAGER RELATIVE TO OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, ETC.
   The operation, repair and management of the system and the acquiring of the public improvements herein authorized shall be under the immediate supervision and control of the City Manager, subject to the general supervision and control of the City Council. The City Manager may make such rules, orders and regulations as he or she deems necessary to assure the efficient management and operation of the system.
(1978 Code, § 35-2; Ord. No. 182-F, § 1, 3-31-81)
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