For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AVAILABLE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. A public sanitary sewer system located in a right-of-way, easement, highway, or public way which crosses, adjoins, or abuts upon the property which passes not more than 200 feet at the nearest point from a structure in which sanitary sewage originates.
B.O.D. The biochemical oxygen demand, which is the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20°C, expressed as milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWER. The sewer that connects the building in which sanitary sewage originates to the public sewer or other place of disposal and conveys the sewage of but one building.
COMMERCIAL USERS. Any establishment being involved in a commercial enterprise, business, or service which, based upon a determination by the village, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. A substance amenable to treatment in a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant such as biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus "additional pollutants" identified in the NPDES permit of the publicly owned treatment works designed to treat the pollutants and which does in fact remove the pollutants to a substantial degree. The "additional pollutants" may include, but not be limited to: chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon, phosphorous and phosphorous compounds, nitrogen and nitrogen compounds, fats, oils, and greases of animal or vegetable origin.
COUNTY. The County of Ingham, State of Michigan.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The charge assessed users of the system which is used to pay principal, interest, and administrative costs of retiring the debt incurred for the construction of improvements of and extensions to the system.
DIRECT CONNECTION. The connection of premises where sanitary sewage originates directly to sewer lines constructed by the village.
GARBAGE. Solid waste from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
GOVERNMENTAL USER. A facility connected to a sanitary sewer system and which is occupied by governmental offices or any other facility that provides governmental services at public expense.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
INDIRECT CONNECTION. The connection of any premises to any sewer lines not originally comprising the sewer system constructed by the village but later connected, such as premises served by a subdivision or mobile home park sanitary sewer which in turn connects to the public sewer.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any nongovernmental manufacturing or processing facility discharging wastewater to a public sanitary sewer system, or any trade or process which discharges wastewater to a public sanitary sewer system, and which may contain toxic or poisonous substances or may contain any substance which may inhibit or disrupt any sanitary sewer system, wastewater treatment system or disposal system for solid wastes which are generated in a publicly owned treatment works.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater discharges from industrial, trade, or business process as distinct from their employees' domestic waste or waste from sanitary conveniences.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. A hospital, detention facility, medical facility, or other similar facility that has or provides care for persons, but which is not a residential user.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly owned sewage works that:
(1) Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(3) Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under § 307(a) of the Water Pollution Control Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1317a; or
(4) As found by the permit issuance authority in connection with the issuance of an NPDES permit to the publicly owned sewage works receiving the waste, to have a significant impact either singly or in combination with other contributing industries on the treatment works or upon the quality of effluent emanating from the treatment works.
mg/l. Milligrams per liter.
MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING. A residence in which more than one family resides.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER. A sewage or other wastewater effluent which shall be a compatible pollutant as defined in this section and with B.O.D. of 300 milligrams per liter or less, suspended solids of 350 milligrams per liter or less, and total phosphorus of 12 milligrams per liter or less.
NPDES PERMIT. A permit issued pursuant to the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System prescribed in Pub. L. No. 92-500, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1215 et seq., through the State Department of Natural Resources.
O&M CHARGE. The charge assessed to users of the system for the cost of operation and maintenance (including the cost of replacement) of the system.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M). All work, materials, equipment, utilities, and other effort required to operate and maintain the system, including the cost of replacement, wastewater collection, transportation, and treatment of effluent consistent with adequate treatment of wastewater to produce an effluent in compliance with the NPDES permit and other county, state, and federal regulations, if any.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association, society, group, or corporation, or a governmental entity.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR. The appointed inspector of the village, or if none, then state inspector.
PRESENT SYSTEM. The part of the system which has already been constructed or will be constructed or acquired and the cost financed by the methods and means provided in this chapter.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS. Any septic tank, lagoon, cesspool, or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sanitary sewage other than via the public sanitary sewer.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The waste 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 the public sewers with no particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PROPERTY OWNER. The person or persons having legal title to the premises according to the village's tax records and shall include in the case of land contract sale the land contract vendee or vendees, provided that the village has been furnished with a copy of the land contract or its assignment.
PUBLIC SEWER or PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER. A sanitary sewer constructed, used, or intended for use by the public for the collection and transportation of sanitary sewage for treatment or disposal and owned, operated, and controlled by the village.
REPLACEMENT. The obtaining and installing of any equipment, accessories, and appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the system to maintain the capacity and performance to which the system was designed and constructed and to preserve its financial integrity.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT or EQUIVALENT UNIT. The factor representing a ratio of the estimated sewage generated by each user class to that generated by the normal single-family residential user. The designation RE shall mean RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT.
RESIDENTIAL USER. The user of the system whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for one or more persons including dwelling units such as detached, semi-detached, row houses, mobile homes, apartments, or permanent multi-family dwellings. For purposes of this chapter, transient lodgings shall be considered to be a "commercial" use.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The liquid- or water-carried waste discharge from sanitary conveniences of dwellings, including apartment houses, motels and hotels, office buildings, factories, or institutions.
SANITARY SEWER. The sewer which carries sanitary sewage and industrial waste or either of them and into which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. Any combination of sanitary sewage, storm water, industrial waste, and uncontaminated industrial waste, or any of them.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices or structures used for the treating of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit and appurtenances for transmitting or carrying sanitary sewage including any devices necessary for pumping, lifting, or collecting the sewage.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. A residence in which only one family resides.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. A special assessment district within the village wastewater collection system which may be established by the Village Council for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of the present sewer system or any extension.
STORM SEWER. A sewer intentionally designed for receiving and conveying storm, surface, and ground water and into which sanitary sewage shall not be admitted.
STRUCTURE IN WHICH SANITARY SEWAGE ORIGINATES. A building in which a toilet, kitchen, laundry, bathing, or other facilities which generate water-carried sanitary sewage are used or are available for use for household, commercial, industrial, or other purposes.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Village Street Commissioner.
SURCHARGE. The additional charge which a user discharging wastewater having strength in excess of the limits set by the village for transmission and treatment within the sanitary sewage system will be required to pay to meet the cost of treating the excessively strong wastewater.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in the water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filter.
SYSTEM. The complete village wastewater system.
TABLE OF UNIT FACTORS. The table which is included in Appendix A of this chapter and is adopted by the village and utilized to identify the various classifications of sewer users and stating as "residential equivalents" (or RE) the ratio of the use of the system to that of a single-family residence.
USER CHARGE. The charge levied on users of the system for the cost of its operation, maintenance, and replacement.
USER CLASS. The kind of user connected to the sanitary sewers, including, but not limited to, residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, and governmental.
VILLAGE. The Village of Webberville, Ingham County, Michigan.
WASTEWATER. Water which contains, or previous to treatment has contained, pollutants such as sewage or industrial wastes.
WATER COURSE. An open channel, either natural or artificial in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 114, passed 11-7-1988)