For the purpose of this chapter, the following
rules of construction apply:
A. Words used in the present tense include the future
tense, and words in the singular include the plural, unless the context
clearly indicates the contrary.
B. The term "shall" is mandatory; the term "may" is permissive.
C. Any word or term not interpreted or defined by this
article shall be used with a meaning of common or standard utilization.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ALLEY
Any dedicated public way affording a secondary means of access
to abutting property, and not intended for general traffic circulation
and not more than 20 feet wide.
BUILDING SERVICE SEWER (DRAINAGE WATER)
Any drainage or water pipe extension from a building foundation
drain outlet, located five feet outside of a building or dwelling
unit, to a public stormwater drain.
BUILDING SERVICE SEWER (WASTEWATER)
The sewer extension from a building drain outlet point, located
five feet outside of a building or a dwelling unit, to a point of
connection with a public sanitary sewer.
BUILDING SERVICE WATER SUPPLY PIPE
Any water supply mains, pipes, services, and/or appurtenances,
except meters, that extend from a point of connection with the building
water piping, located five feet outside of a building or a dwelling
unit, to a point of connection with the public water supply system.
COUNCIL
The Village Council, Village of New Haven, State of Michigan.
CUSTOMER WATER SUPPLY OUTLET
Either the outlet on the customer side of a "stop valve"
near the public easement or public right-of-way line (in the case
of a supply for a single building) or on the customer side of a master
water meter where the Village has allowed the use of a master water
meter to serve special types of customers.
DEPARTMENT
The Village Department of Public Works.
DITCH or DRAINAGE SWALE
An open channel used to transport water, groundwater, surface
water runoff, or drainage water from any source.
DWELLING UNIT
A building, or portion thereof, designed for occupancy by
one family for residential purposes and having cooking facilities.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FOUNDATION DRAIN SERVICE PIPE
A conveyance pipe that receives only foundation drain groundwater
seepage, exclusive of directly and intentionally introduced surface
water run-off.
GPS
The global positioning system.
LAND DEVELOPER or DEVELOPER
A person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or
any other legal entity who or which intends to develop land by making
various improvements to the land as described under the definition
of "site improvements."
LAND DEVELOPMENT or THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND
The reshaping of the land environment to provide for the
elements or amenities associated with community living. Items considered
as these elements or amenities include any of the items listed under
the definition of "site improvements."
LOT
A parcel of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, by a main building or a group of such buildings and accessory buildings, or utilized for the principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with such yards and open spaces as are required under the provisions of Chapter
515, Zoning. A lot may or may not be specifically designated as such on public records. Each such parcel shall also have its front line abutting a public street or a recorded easement.
MAINS or WATER MAINS
As applied to the water supply facilities and connections
thereto, shall mean any water supply conveyance pipe larger than two
inches in diameter.
MCS
The Michigan Coordinate System as defined in Act 9 of the
Michigan Public Acts of 1964.
MONUMENT
A position established for the Village of New Haven with
global positioning system technology for which coordinates in the
Michigan Coordinate System have been calculated, or other positions
previously established with global positioning system technology for
which Michigan Coordinate System values are published or can be calculated
with a standard deviation not greater than 0.25 foot.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any drainage water outlet, including storm drains and sewers
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
groundwater.
NEW HAVEN COORDINATES
The coordinate values for most of the apparent and visible
section, quarter corners and monuments on file in the office of the
Village Engineer of the Village of New Haven.
OPEN DRAIN
A large open channel used to transport water, groundwater,
surface water run-off or drainage water from any source.
PARKING LOT
A designated area used primarily for the off-street parking
of motor vehicles.
PARKING LOT BAY
A portion of the width of a parking lot which includes a
set of parking stalls on either side of a driveway provided for access
to such parking stalls.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
governmental agency (including school district), or other legal entity.
PLAT
A map or chart of a subdivision of land as defined in Act
No. 288 of Michigan Public Acts of 1967, as amended.
PLOT PLAN
A scaled topographic drawing of existing and proposed modifications
to land utilized for or zoned for single and duplex residential dwelling.
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN
A preliminary plat showing the salient features of a proposed
subdivision of land submitted to an approving authority for purposes
of preliminary consideration, as defined in Act No. 288 of Michigan
Public Acts of 1967 as amended.
PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A septic tank with subsurface soil absorption facilities,
wastewater treatment facilities, or similar methods of wastewater
disposal that may be approvable by the Macomb County Health Department
and/or the State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Any system by which potable groundwater is withdrawn and
supplied that may be approvable by the Macomb County Health Department
and/or the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER
A sanitary sewer intended to be located in public easements
or public rights-of-way that collects (or is intended to collect)
wastewater from more than one user or premises and that is required
to receive the approval and issuance of a construction permit from
the Municipal Wastewater Control Section of the DEQ.
PUBLIC SEWER or PUBLIC DRAIN
A common sewer or drain that serves more than one user or
premises and is controlled by the Village Department of Public Works
or another governmental agency.
PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY or UTILITY COMPANY
A legally constituted firm, corporation, or agency, other
than the Village or a county agency acting under a contract with the
Village, that operates under a franchise or agreement approved by
the Village for the purpose of installing and operating public utilities,
including, but not limited to, gas piping, electric or telephone wiring
(underground or overhead), oil piping, television cable, water supply,
transmission mains, sanitary sewer interceptors, and/or drainage facilities.
The Detroit Metro Water Department is a public utility company under
this definition.
PUBLIC WATER MAIN
A main, existing or proposed, in public easements or public
rights-of-way that is intended to serve more than one user or premises
and that is required to receive the approval and issuance of a construction
permit from the Municipal Water Supply Section of the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality. The service pipe, extending from a public
water main to a customer water supply outlet, shall also be considered
"public."
RIGHT-OF-WAY or ROW
Land dedicated, reserved, used, or to be used for a street,
alley, walkway, or other public purpose.
SANITARY SEWER or WASTEWATER SEWER
A sewer, together with appurtenances, that carries liquid
and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial
plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of ground-,
storm- and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SERVICES
As applied to the water supply facilities and connections
thereto, shall mean any water supply conveyance pipe, outside of a
building.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SIGHT DISTANCE
The unobstructed (straight-line) length of view from a driver's
eye height of 3.5 feet to an object height of six inches.
SITE IMPROVEMENTS or IMPROVEMENTS
Such operations, acts of construction, or changes affecting
land that increase the value, utility, or habitability of the site
and including, but not limited to, site grading; drainage water sewers,
culverts, or drains; sanitary sewers; wastewater disposal facilities;
water supply piping; water supply facilities; gas piping; oil piping;
television cable; electric power supply wiring; telephone wiring;
roadway surfacing or paving; parking lot paving; driveways; bridges;
lakes, ponds, or lagoons; sidewalks; landscape walls and fences; and/or
other appropriate appurtenant items.
SITE PLAN
The plan required under Chapter
515, Zoning, for site plan review for all projects other than a land subdivision plat.
SPCS '83
The Michigan State Plan Coordinate System based upon the
NAD '83 Geodetic Reference System. The value of the "international
foot" shall be used.
STOP VALVE or CURB STOP
The valve placed on a building service water supply pipe
that is located at a customer water supply outlet.
STORMWATER DRAIN or STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
A watercourse or a sewer intended for the conveyance of water,
groundwater, surface water run-off, drainage water, or other water
from any source exclusive of intentionally admitted wastewater.
STORMWATER INLET STRUCTURE
A structure designed and constructed to intentionally admit
surface water run-off, drainage water, or other water from any source
exclusive of intentionally admitted wastewater.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, or other right-of-way
that provides for vehicular or pedestrian access to abutting properties
by the general public; and includes the land between the street right-of-way
lines, whether improved or unimproved.
A.
STREET, PUBLICA right-of-way that provides for vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties that is deeded or dedicated to the Road Commission of Macomb County, Michigan Department of Transportation, or other governmental agency authorized to own road ROW and/or operate vehicular transportation facilities.
B.
STREET, PRIVATEA right-of-way that provides for vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties for the general public, but is not deeded or dedicated to the Road Commission of Macomb County, Michigan Department of Transportation or other related governmental agency for ownership, operation, or maintenance.
C.
STREET, MAJORAn arterial street which is intended to serve as a large-volume trafficway for both the immediate municipal area and the region beyond, and is designated as a major thoroughfare, parkway, freeway, expressway, or equivalent term on the Major Thoroughfare Plan to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
D.
STREET, LOCALAny street, private or public, which is intended primarily for access to, or through, abutting properties. Local streets shall have, or shall be considered to occupy, a right-of-way 60 feet wide.
E.
STREET, COLLECTORA street intended to carry traffic from local streets to major roads as designated on the Village Master Thoroughfare Plan. Collector streets shall have a right-of-way 86 feet wide.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person appointed by the Council to manage the Department
of Public Works.
SURFACE WATER RUN-OFF or STORMWATER
That part of rainfall or melting snowfall that reaches the
stormwater drain as run-off from natural land surfaces, building roofs
or pavement.
TABULATION OF QUANTITIES
A list of construction items as usually used in the underground
and pavement construction industry (e.g., as used by the Michigan
Department of Transportation) and compatible with the Village construction
specification items together with the quantity of each item planned
to be constructed.
THOROUGHFARE PLAN
That portion of the Village's Master Plan that sets forth
the location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed street
rights-of-way adopted by the Village.
UNDERDRAIN PIPE
A geotextile-wrapped perforated pipe installed underground
for the specific purpose of lowering a high groundwater condition
or draining a granular subbase by receiving groundwater seepage and
conveying it to a stormwater drain. Farm drain tile is not underdrain
pipe.
UNPOLLUTED WATER or DRAINAGE WATER
Water of a quality equal to, or better than, the effluent
criteria currently in effect (as specified by the DEQ), or water that
would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and
would not be benefited by discharge to the Village sanitary sewers
and wastewater disposal system.
USER
The owner or occupant of any premises connected with, and/or
using, any of the facilities operated by the Department.
UTILITY COMPANY'S CONTRACTOR
A construction contractor engaged by the utility company
to install public utilities for the utility company; or, in the case
where the utility company has a construction division that installs
its own utilities, shall mean the utility company.
VILLAGE
The Village of New Haven, County of Macomb, State of Michigan.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The staff registered professional engineer or the consulting
engineer representing the Village in this position.
WASTEWATER or SEWAGE
The spent water of a community, including liquid and water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater
that may be present.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial open channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
All site plans or surveys containing five acres
or more submitted to the Village, or other site plans or surveys as
determined by the Village, shall conform to the following requirements:
A. All surveys shall tie into and include coordinate
values based upon Michigan Coordinate System with a standard deviation
not greater than 0.25 foot.
B. If available, both a hard copy and computer disk compatible
with the Village system shall be submitted.
C. At least two monuments shall be used in establishing
a bearing and typing into the Michigan Coordinate System.
D. All bearings shall be based upon the Michigan Coordinate
System. Bearings used for platting shall be established according
to Act 288 of 1967 of Michigan Compiled Laws.
E. Any monument established subsequent to this chapter
for which a Land Corner Recordation Certificate, as defined in Act
74 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1970, is recorded with the Macomb County Register of Deeds Office
and is approved by the Village Engineer may be used to tie to the
Michigan Coordinate System.
F. The witnesses for monuments established for the Village
are on file with the Village or the Village Engineer.
G. Elevations shall be National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(NGVD).