[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.1, eff. 8-10-1979; Ord. No. 69-02, § 1,
eff. 12-3-1998]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any manner upon public or private property within
the municipality, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the municipality,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other waste.
(b)
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any watercourse or drain within
the municipality, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the municipality,
any wastewater or other polluted water.
(c)
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(d)
The board finds that a wastewater system is essential to the health,
safety and welfare of the people of the municipality. Septic tank
disposal systems in the municipality are subject to failure due to
heavy soil conditions prevalent throughout the municipality. Failure
or potential failure of septic tank disposal systems poses a threat
to the public health, safety and welfare; presents a potential for
ill health, transmission of disease, mortality and potential economic
blight; and constitutes a threat to the quality of surface and subsurface
waters of the municipality. Connection to the available wastewater
system at the earliest reasonable date is necessary in the public
interest which is declared by the board to be a matter of legislative
determination.
The owner of a structure in which sanitary sewage originates
and which is located within 200 feet of a right-of-way, easement,
highway, street or public way which crosses, adjoins or abuts upon
the property upon which such structure is located and within which
right-of-way, easement, highway, street or public way a public sanitary
sewer is available for connection, shall connect to the sanitary sewer
system within 18 months after the sanitary sewer becomes available
for connection. This section is adopted pursuant to and in accordance
with the provisions of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of Michigan
of 1978 (MCL 333.1101 et seq., MSA 14.15(1101) et seq.).
(e)
All drainagewater and unpolluted water shall be deposited into a
watercourse or public drain.
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.2, eff. 8-10-1979]
(a)
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions
of this article, a building sewer shall be connected to a private
sanitary sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this
article.
(b)
No private sanitary sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil
absorption facilities shall be constructed on a parcel of property
less than 12,000 square feet in area.
(c)
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sanitary sewage
disposal system shall comply with all regulations and recommendations
of the Michigan Water Resources Commission and its designated agent,
the Macomb County Health Department.
(d)
The owner shall first obtain a written permit from the agent before
commencement of construction of a private sanitary sewage disposal
system. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the agent, which the applicant shall supplement with any plans,
specifications or other information considered necessary by the agent.
(e)
The agent shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction,
and the permittee shall notify the agent when the work is ready for
any required inspection, including final inspection.
(f)
The owner shall operate and maintain a private sanitary sewage disposal
system in a sanitary manner at all times at no expense to the municipality,
such that polluted water shall be prevented from entering all drains
or watercourses.
(g)
At such time as a public sanitary sewer becomes available to a property
served by a private sanitary sewage disposal system, the building
sewer shall be connected to the public sanitary sewer within 18 months
after official notice of the availability of such sewer. Any septic
tanks, cesspool or similar private sanitary sewage disposal facility
shall be abandoned by cleaning and filling them with suitable material.
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.3, eff. 8-10-1979; Ord. No. 123, § 1(1.1), 5-6-2002; 11-24-2020 by Ord. No. 186]
(a)
Written permit; connection fee. No person shall uncover, make any
connection to, open, use, alter or disturb any public sanitary sewer
or public drain or appurtenance without first obtaining a written
permit from the Director. A connection fee and/or capital charge shall
be paid to the municipality at the time application is made for a
permit to connect a building service drain or building service sewer
to public facilities.
(b)
Classes of permits. There shall be two classes of building service
sewer construction permits: sanitary sewage service and industrial
sewage service. Construction of a building service drain discharging
into public facilities requires a construction permit. The owner or
his agent in all cases shall make application for the permit on a
form furnished by the municipality. The permit application shall be
supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered
pertinent by the municipality.
(c)
Costs and expenses. All costs and expenses incident to the installation
of a building service sewer or building service drain shall be borne
by the owner of the premises. The owner shall indemnify the municipality
from any loss or damage to the municipality's wastewater or drainage
systems that may result directly or indirectly by such connections.
(d)
Separate sewer. A separate building service sewer shall be provided
for every building. Sanitary sewage and industrial sewage shall not
be combined in a single building service sewer.
(e)
Connection with new buildings. Existing building service sewers may
be used in connection with new buildings when it is determined by
the Director that the building service sewers meet the requirements
of this article.
(f)
Conformance. The size, slope, alignment, materials and methods of
construction of a building service sewer or building service drain,
including the connection to a public sanitary sewer or public drain,
and the methods to be used in trench excavating, placing jointing
and testing the pipe and backfilling the trench, shall conform to
the requirements of the building and/or plumbing code or other applicable
ordinances of the municipality. In the absence of code provisions,
the materials and procedures set forth in the ASTM and WPCF Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
(g)
Elevation. The building service sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor whenever possible. For building
floors having a level lower than elevation 578.5 USGS datum, sanitary
sewage carried by the building sewer shall be pumped by an approved
means before being discharged to the building service sewer.
(h)
Prohibition. No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation
or footing drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
and/or groundwater to a building sewer or building service sewer that
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(i)
Notification. The applicant for a building service sewer or building
service drain permit shall notify the Director for inspection of connections
to the public sewer or drain. All connections shall be made under
the supervision of the Director or their representative.
(j)
Barricades and lights. All excavations for building service sewer
or building service drain installation shall be surrounded with barricades
and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks,
parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the
work shall be restored to its original condition.
(k)
Footing drain tile. Requirements concerning footing drain tile shall
be as follows:
(1)
Footing drains or foundation drains of buildings connected to
the public sanitary sewer before March 30, 1968, shall not be required
to disconnect from the public sanitary sewer unless the flow from
the footing drain or foundation drain is excessive as determined by
the Director.
(2)
All groundwater and stormwater collected in footing drains installed
after March 30, 1968, shall be directly connected to a storm drain
or watercourse by a pipe. Such connection shall be approved by the
Director.
(3)
Sump pumps shall be installed in all new buildings having footing
drains which have been constructed after March 30, 1968. Sump pumps
shall be installed in accordance with plans approved by the Building
Department and shall be designated to pump drainage water from foundation
drains to an approved drain. Connections from sump pumps to drains
shall require a permit from the Department for a building service
drain.
(4)
Sump pump connection fee. In addition to costs and expenses
outlined in Subsection (c) of this section, each premises (unit) requiring
a new connection to a storm sewer system shall pay a connection fee.
Payment shall be made to the Sewer and Water Department prior to issuance
of a building permit. The sump pump connection fee shall be per premises
(unit).
(l)
Lot grading. All basement excavations and/or excavations for foundation
walls for a building served by a sanitary sewer shall be backfilled
upon completion of construction of the basement wall or foundation
wall. The earth surface surrounding such wall shall be graded so as
to direct drainage water away from such walls to a point of disposal.
The building contractor shall provide drainage away from the building
during all stages of construction and the owner shall maintain such
drainage during all times the building is connected to a sanitary
sewer.
(m)
Building or house eaves troughs, gutters and downspouts. All buildings
connected to a sanitary sewer shall be equipped with adequate eaves
troughs, gutters, downspouts and similar connections so as to discharge
stormwater at least five feet perpendicularly away from all building
walls. If stormwater is discharged on the surface of the ground or
on the surface of a sidewalk or driveway, such ground or surface shall
slope away from the building. Temporary downspouts and connections
directing stormwater away from a building during stages of construction
of the building shall be provided, if necessary.
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.4, eff. 8-10-1979]
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.5, eff. 8-10-1979; Ord. No. 69-02, § 1(4.5),
eff. 12-3-1998]
(a)
All sanitary sewage shall be discharged into public sanitary sewers
except as otherwise permitted in this division. No new connections
to sanitary sewers shall be allowed unless sufficient capacity for
treatment of flows from such connections is available. Such flow capacity
is subject to maximum flow limitations contained in contracts or agreements
between the township, the county and the City of Detroit.
(b)
Industrial sewage may be discharged into public sanitary sewers upon
issuance of an industrial sewage permit by the municipality and when
such sewage meets the requirements described in this section.
(c)
Drainage water and uncontaminated water shall not be discharged into
public sanitary sewers.
(d)
No waste or wastewater shall be discharged into a public sanitary
sewer that contains toxic, poisonous or corrosive solids, liquids,
explosive or gases in a quantity, either alone or in combination with
other wastes which may damage or interfere with the current or future
wastewater system or the sewage treatment process, or which may constitute
a hazard to humans, animals or public property, or which may create
a public nuisance or have a deleterious effect on the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant effluent.
(e)
No waste or wastewater shall be discharged into public sanitary sewers
which may damage the sewers. By way of example and not limitation,
damage may result from:
(1)
Chemical reactions, either directly or indirectly, with sewer
construction materials which impair the strength or durability of
the wastewater system.
(2)
Mechanical action which destroys or damages the wastewater system.
(3)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of sewer structures or
restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance of the sewer.
(4)
Placing unusual demands on the wastewater treatment equipment
or process or limiting its effectiveness.
(f)
No solid or viscous substance in quantity or size capable of obstructing
the flow in pipes or causing other interference with the operation
of the wastewater system such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, either whole or
ground by garbage grinders, shall be placed in or discharged to a
public sanitary sewer.
(g)
No gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas shall be placed in or discharged to a public
sanitary sewer.
(h)
No waste or wastewater causing excessive discoloration, such as but
not limited to dye wastes or vegetable tanning solutions, shall be
placed in or discharged to a public sanitary sewer.
(i)
No waste or wastewater shall be placed in or discharged to a public
sanitary sewer which constitutes a slug either in quantities of flow
or concentration or both.
(j)
No waste or wastewater shall be placed in or discharged to a public
sanitary sewer which has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or
which has any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to the wastewater system or treatment works.
(k)
The township shall conform its ordinances with all laws, ordinances,
rules, regulations and orders of the City of Detroit and the State
of Michigan with reference to wastewater characteristics, collection
and disposal, and water pollution control.
(l)
Every unit or separate address of a condominium, strip mall, townhouse
or office shall be considered a separate unit and shall pay its own
tap-in fee and have a separate service connection to the sanitary
sewer main.
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.6, eff. 8-10-1979; Ord. No. 69-02, § 1(4.6),
eff. 12-3-1998]
(a)
Industrial sewage permit. Industrial sewage shall not be discharged
into public sanitary sewers except upon issuance of a special industrial
sewage permit by the municipality. Such permits shall be annual permits
and shall be subject to review for past and proposed conformance with
all requirements of this article as a condition of renewal. An annual
permit fee shall be paid to the municipality by the industrial sewage
permit holder. The board may, after proper notice and hearing, suspend,
revoke or refuse to renew a special industrial sewage permit upon
a showing by the superintendent that the permittee has persistently
disregarded the provisions of this division pertaining to the discharge
of industrial sewage.
(b)
Compatible wastes. Compatible wastes which are discharged by industry
in concentrations greatly in excess of domestic sewage will be sampled,
analyzed and treated. The municipality shall assess and collect surcharges
from the permittee to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the overlimit discharge of compatible waste. Such surcharges shall
be uniform throughout the system and shall be based on samples taken
at the control manhole of each industrial and commercial user. No
costs shall be assessed unless the concentrations are greater than
those found below:
|
Waste
|
Concentration
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Suspended solids
|
300 mg/l
| |
|
BOD
|
300 mg/l
| |
|
Hexane soluble (total grease) in supernatant liquid after 4
hours settling
|
100 mg/l
| |
|
Floating oil
|
None collectible
| |
|
Phenolic compounds
|
0.5 mg/l
| |
|
Total solids
|
2,000 mg/l (daily avg.)
| |
|
20,000 mg/l (any sample)
|
(c)
Options of municipality. If any water or wastewater is discharged,
or is proposed to be discharged, which may cause damaging effects
to the public sewers as described in this article, or which contains
an excess of the substances or exceeds the limitations set forth in
subsection (c)(3) of this section, or which may have a deleterious
effect upon the sewage system, processes, equipment or receiving waters,
or which otherwise creates a hazard to life or constitutes a public
nuisance, the municipality may:
(1)
Reject the waste;
(2)
Require pretreatment of incompatible wastes to an acceptable
condition for discharge to the public sewers; and/or require periodic
reports on effluent volume and quality; and/or require control over
the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(3)
Assess and collect monitoring and surveillance fees when the
limits of incompatible wastes, as defined below, are found to be exceeded.
|
Soluble Incompatible Pollutants
|
Limits
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Antimony
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Arsenic
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Cadmium
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium, hexavalent (Cr+6)
|
5.0 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium (total)
|
25.0 mg/l
| |
|
Copper
|
3.0 mg/l
| |
|
Cyanide (total)
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Ethyl hexyl phthalate
|
100 parts per trillion
| |
|
Iron
|
50.0 mg/l
| |
|
Lead
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.005 mg/l
| |
|
Nickel
|
5.0 mg/l
| |
|
Phosphorus
|
13.0 mg/l
| |
|
Polychlorinated biphenyls
|
100 parts per trillion
| |
|
Selenium
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Silver
|
2.0 mg/l
| |
|
Sulfides
|
10.0 mg/l
| |
|
Thallium
|
0.1 mg/l
| |
|
Zinc
|
15.0 mg/l
| |
|
H2S, SO2 NO (total)
|
10.0 mg/l
| |
|
Explosive substances
|
None detectable
| |
|
Combustibles
|
None detectable
| |
|
Radioactive waste
|
100 microcuries/liter
| |
|
Toxic gases
|
None detectable
|
|
General Conditions
|
Limits
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Grease or oil that will solidify or become viscous at 50°
F. or above
|
None detectable
| |
|
Particle size
|
Must pass 1/2-inch sieve in any dimension
| |
|
Specific gravity of suspended solids
|
2.65 maximum
| |
|
Temperature limit
|
150° F.
| |
|
Toxic or irritating substances not otherwise described
|
None detectable
|
(d)
Interceptors. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be installed
by the user when the municipality determines they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes to remove grease in excessive
amounts, to remove any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients.
Interceptors shall not be required for private dwelling units. All
interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the municipality,
shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection, and shall be continuously maintained by the user in
an operating condition to accomplish the required result.
(e)
pH requirement. Any water or wastewater having a pH lower than 5.5
or higher than 9.5 shall be pretreated to an acceptable condition
within these limits before discharge to the public sanitary sewers.
(f)
Pretreatment criteria. If the municipality permits the pretreatment
or equalization of wastewater flows, the design and installation of
the pretreatment facilities and equipment shall be subject to the
superintendent's review and approval and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws. Where pretreatment or
flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waste or wastewater,
the owner or user shall maintain these facilities continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation at his expense.
(g)
Monitoring. Monitoring procedures shall be as follows:
(1)
The municipality may monitor any discharger of industrial sewage
as frequently as required to provide proper enforcement of this article
and assess proper charges and fees to industrial waste dischargers.
(2)
The superintendent and other authorized personnel bearing proper
identification shall be permitted to enter upon any premises or easement
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing in accordance with the provisions of this division. The
superintendent and authorized personnel shall have no authority to
inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil,
refining, ceramic, paper or other processes other than to determine
the type and source of discharge to the sewers, waterways or facilities
for waste treatment.
(3)
While performing the necessary work on private properties, the
superintendent and duly authorized personnel shall observe all safety
rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
(4)
The owner of any property discharging industrial wastewater
to a sanitary sewer shall install on the industrial sewage building
service sewer a suitable control manhole or structure, together with
necessary meters, positive control devices and other appurtenances
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastewater.
Such structure shall be accessible and safely located in a public
right-of-way or easement, allowing continuous access by municipal
personnel, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications
approved by the municipality. The structure shall be installed by
the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by the owner to
be safe and accessible to authorized personnel at all times.
(5)
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes shall be performed as prescribed by Standard
Methods and shall be determined at the control manhole or samples
taken from the control manhole and analyzed off the premises.
Sampling shall be conducted in accordance with customarily accepted
methods to determine the effects of constituents upon the wastewater
treatment works and the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
The analyses will determine whether continuous monitoring, a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises, or periodic sampling is appropriate.
BOD and SS analyses are usually obtained from twenty-four-hour composites
of all outfalls, whereas pH values are determined from periodic samples
or by the use of pH meters.
(h)
Monitoring device; liability insurance. When the municipality determines
wastewater or wastes, either untreated or pretreated, are of a type
which may pose a threat to the public or the public sanitary sewer
system as described in this section, such dischargers may be required
to provide a continuous monitoring device incorporating a detection
and warning system and a positive control device approved by the board
to prevent spills of incompatible wastewater from entering the sanitary
sewer, and to provide and maintain a property damage and personal
injury liability insurance policy in an amount deemed necessary by
the board. Such policy shall provide a minimum $1,000,000 coverage.
Such liability insurance shall cover claims against the user for damage
to the public sanitary sewer system which may be caused by such abnormal
and/or deleterious waste and for claims brought against the user for
personal injury and/or property damage generally. All conditions of
Detroit's Ordinance No. 129-H regulating discharge of waste into the
wastewater system, and all subsequent amendments to the ordinance,
shall be applicable.
[Ord. No. 69,
§ 4.7, eff. 8-10-1979; amend.
by Ord. No. 69-1, § 4.7,
eff. 9-22-1989; Ord. No. 69-02, § 1(4.7), eff. 12-3-1998]
All contractors engaged in the business of making connections
to the township water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer systems shall
be registered with the sewer and water department. Such registration
shall be effected by the completion of a form provided by the superintendent.
As a condition for conducting business in the township, such sewer
contractor shall provide a performance bond for each connection in
an amount not less than $5,000, and shall provide liability insurance
in the amount of $500,000 per person and $1,000,000 per incident,
together with property damage insurance for personal injuries in the
amount of $50,000. The township, its employees, agents and consultants,
shall be named as an additional insured on the policies. Such contractor,
as a condition for conducting business, shall provide evidence that
compliance with the Michigan worker's compensation insurance requirements
have been satisfied.
