(a) “Benefited Properties” shall mean all properties which will derive benefit from the construction of an improvement.
(b) “Commissioner” shall mean the Oakland County Drain Commissioner or his or her designated agent, appointed in accordance with the administrative provisions of the plan for the Oakland County Drain Commissioner Cross Connection Control Program.
(c) “Council or “Village Council” shall mean the Village of Wolverine Lake Council.
(d) “Debt Retirement Charge” shall mean an additional charge paid quarterly imposed upon all Wolverine Lake Village Water supplied to the water customers by the Village Council for the purpose of insuring the payment of all principal, interest and reserve obligations owing as a result of outstanding bonded indebtedness, and the payment for any budgeted capital improvements.
(e) “Department” shall mean the Village Water Department or a combination water/sewer department.
(f) “Lateral” shall refer to a pipe or conduit, located within the public right-of-way or an easement granted or dedicated to the public which delivers water service to abutting properties.
(g) “Lateral Benefit Charge” shall mean a charge to be paid as set forth in Schedule B of this chapter for connection to a public water main or water lateral, said payment to be made prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a premises. (For premises already possessing a certificate of occupancy, all pertinent connection fees must be paid prior to any tap in.)
(h) “Manager” shall mean the Manager of the Water Department or his or her authorized representative. The Village Administrator will serve as the Manager until Council appoints one.
(i) “Off Site Water Mains" shall mean water mains constructed off the premises of the owner to be served, which are necessary to afford service to the premises from transmission water mains not adjacent to the premises.
(j) “Owner” shall include fee title holders, contract holders, or anyone else having a beneficial interest in property.
(k) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity.
(l) “Plan” shall mean the written description of the regulations set forth by the Oakland County Drain Commissioner Cross Connection Control Program, as approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
(m) “Premises” shall mean the lands included within a single description as set forth from time to time on the Village tax roll as a single taxable item in the name of a taxpayer or taxpayers at one address, but in the case of platted lots shall be limited to a single platted lot unless an existing building or structure is so located on more than one lot so as to make the same a single description for purposes of assessment or conveyance, now or hereafter.
(n) “Program” shall mean the program setting forth the Oakland County Drain Commissioner Cross Connection Control Regulations.
(o) “Residential Equivalent Unit (REU)” shall mean fifteen thousand three hundred seventy one (15,371) cubic feet of water consumption per year. This amount of water has been determined to be the average water use of Village customers served on a yearly basis.
(p) “Service Connection” shall mean a connection serving a single water customer consisting of one water connection, one curb stop and one meter.
(q) “User Connection Unit.” One user connection unit shall be defined as 315 gallons of water use per day. The number of user connection units which particular classes of users of sewage disposal services are required to purchase pursuant to this chapter shall be determined by reference to Schedule "A" at the end of this chapter. (as amended from time to time).
(r) “Village” shall mean the Village of Wolverine Lake.
(s) “Village Water Distribution System” shall mean all mains, connections, pipes, meters, hydrants and appurtenances connected with or served by the Village water system.
(t) “Water Connection” shall mean that part of the Village water distribution system connecting the water main with the premises served.
(u) “Water Main” shall mean that part of the Village water distribution system located within easement lines or streets designed to supply more than one connection.
(v) “Water Meter” shall mean the meter itself, the remote reading device, and the wire connecting them.
(Ord. 146. Passed 6-8-05; Ord. 146 A-2. Passed 12-14-05.)