[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Charter Township of Huron as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water supply systems — See Ch. 515.
[Adopted 6-9-1993 by Ord. No. 93-3 (Part 166 of the 1995 Compilation of Ordinances)]
The Township Board of the Charter Township of Huron hereby determines that in the best interests of the public health and welfare of said Township, the existing sewage collection systems of the Township shall be operated as a public utility under the terms of Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 141.101 et seq.
In construing this article, the terms and words hereinafter defined, unless the context clearly establishes otherwise, shall be given the meanings hereinafter set forth.
CONTRACTS
A. 
Contracts previously entered into for the construction of sewer improvements between the Charter Township of Huron and the County of Wayne by the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of Wayne dated December 1, 1968;
B. 
Contracts entered into between the Charter Township of Huron and the County of Wayne, by its Board of Public Works, dated as of May 1, 1974; or
C. 
Any additional contracts entered into between the Charter Township of Huron and the County of Wayne for the acquisition and construction of any additions, extensions or improvements to the sewage collection system of the Township.
DEBT RETIREMENT PAYMENTS
Those fixed payments required to be made by the Charter Township of Huron to the County of Wayne pursuant to the contracts previously referred to in Subsection B of the definition of "contracts."
SYSTEM
All sanitary sewers, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage now in existence or hereafter constructed within the corporate limits of the Township.
TOWNSHIP
The Charter Township of Huron, County of Wayne, Michigan.
TOWNSHIP BOARD
The Township Board of the Charter Township of Huron, the governing body thereof.
A. 
The system shall be operated and maintained on a public utility basis as authorized by law. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the Township Board to maintain reasonable and uniform rates and charges applicable to various classifications of users so as to provide funds to:
(1) 
Operate and maintain said system in a reasonable, proper and efficient manner;
(2) 
Make the debt retirement payments as they become due; and
(3) 
Provide for such enlargement and extensions of said system as shall appear necessary.
B. 
The cost of sewage treatment through the sewage treatment plant facilities of the County of Wayne, and maintenance of interceptors to carry said sewage to the treatment plant, together with trunk and lateral extensions thereto, as established by rates fixed by the County of Wayne, shall be considered as operation expenses of the system.
The system, as herein defined, shall be and remain under the management, supervision and control of the Township Board or such agency or department of the Township as it may designate, subject to the provisions of the contracts in relation thereto.
The system shall be operated on the basis of a fiscal year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by Ord. No. 96-4]
The rates and charges for the services and benefits provided by the system shall be as prescribed by the Township Board and found in the fee schedule.[1]
A. 
Charges for connections to sewers. Each premises connected to sanitary sewers within the Charter Township of Huron shall pay the Township a total fee comprised of a reserve fund charge, mini-sewer debt charge, a connection charge and an inspection fee.
B. 
Reserve fund charge and mini-sewer charge.
(1) 
A reserve fund charge and a mini-sewer debt charge shall be set by the Township and found in the fee schedule. One unit shall be regarded as a normal house service connection for a single-family residence. Reserve fund charges and the mini-sewer debt charge to premises other than single-family residences shall be in the above amount multiplied by a factor representing the increased sewer use by such premises, based upon the following schedule (square footage is rounded to the next highest foot):
Use
Units
Auto car wash (production lines)
10.0 units per production line
Auto car wash (self-service)
1.0 units per stall
Auto dealers
1.0 unit plus 0.15 unit per service bay
Banquet/rental halls
1.00 unit per 2,000 square feet of building area
Barber shop (see hair salons)
Bars/lounges (drink and/or dinner)
1.0 unit per 600 square feet of building area
Bowling alleys (does not include bar/lounge area — see applicable section)
1.0 unit plus 0.10 unit per lane
Campgrounds (with individual hookups)
1.0 unit plus 0.30 units per space whether occupied or not
Campgrounds (rustic)
To be determined upon time of application by DPW Director
Churches
1.0 per unit per 6,000 square feet of building area
Cleaners
1.0 unit per 1,000 square feet of building area
Clubhouses
1.0 unit per 1,000 square feet of building area (see ancillary uses for additional units)
Convalescent homes
1.0 unit plus 0.75 unit per bed
Dorms, rooming houses, group quarters with kitchen and/or eating facilities
1.0 unit plus 0.25 units per bed
Dorms, rooming houses, group quarters without kitchen and/or eating facilities
1.0 unit plus 1.0 unit every 6 beds or fraction thereof
Drugstores (with food service)
1.0 unit per 2,000 square feet of building area
Drugstores (without food service)
1.0 unit per 4,000 square feet of building area
Grocery stores and supermarkets
1.0 unit per 2,000 square feet of building area
Hair salons
1.0 unit per 200 square feet of building area
Health spa
1.0 unit plus 1.0 unit per 1,000 square feet
Hospitals
1.0 unit plus 0.75 unit per bed
Hotels and motels
1.0 unit plus 0.25 unit per bed (see ancillary uses for additional units)
Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority
Unit determination to be calculated by Huron Township's engineer
Industrial use
1.0 unit per 10,000 square feet of building area plus 1.0 unit for each additional 10,000 square feet of building area or fraction thereof
Laundry (self-service)
1.0 unit per 100 square feet of building area
Medical clinics
1.0 unit plus 0.50 unit per examining room
Mobile home parks
1.0 unit per mobile home space whether occupied or not
Multiple-family residence
1.0 unit per dwelling unit
Office building
1.0 unit per 4,000 square feet of building area
Restaurants
1.0 unit per 600 square feet of building area
Riding/boarding stables (public)
1.0 per 5 stalls
Schools
1.0 plus 1.0 unit per classrooms
Service station
1.0 unit plus 1.0 unit per 2,000 square feet
Snack bars (drive-in)
1.0 unit per 600 square feet of building area plus 0.10 unit per stall
Stores (other than specifically listed)
1.0 unit per 2,000 square feet of building area
Swimming pool (residential excluded)
1.0 unit per 1,000 square feet of pool area, including bath house
Theaters (drive-in)
3.50 units per acre
Theaters (inside)
1.0 unit plus 0.01 unit per seat
Veterinarian clinics (see medical clinics)
NOTES:
*
For any use not listed above or for any change in use of an existing building, the per-unit charge shall be determined by the Township DPW Director at the time of application or change of use.
(2) 
All new construction shall pay the reserve fund charge and mini-sewer debt charge in full prior to the application for a building permit. Existing premises shall pay reserve fund charge and the mini-sewer debt charge in full at the time of application.
(3) 
The Township Board may approve the deferral of payment of reserve fund charge and mini-sewer debt charge for a single-family home in a case where hardship prevents payment of the charges prior to connection. "Hardship" means a situation in which neither the owner or the occupant of a single-family home can pay the connection charges in full before connection, due to poverty. If charges are deferred until after the sewer connection is made, the connection shall not be made until the owner of the property signs an agreement in a form approved by the Township Attorney, suitable for recording and creating a lien against the property for the amount of the unpaid charges. The agreement will state the installment payments, if any, required, and will contain all disclosures required by law to be made for deferred payments to consumers relating to installments and total amount due. In the event of deferred payment, payment in full of the unpaid balance shall be required prior to transfer of ownership.
C. 
Connection charge.
(1) 
The charge for connection to an existing Township sanitary sewer shall be prescribed by the Township Board and found in the fee schedule.[2] All connection charges shall be payable in full at the time of application for connection. Any costs of construction to extend a service line from a Township sewer shall be paid by the property owner.
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the Township offices.
(2) 
In the event a developer extends his own service leads to the property line from sewers he has installed to a single-family residence, the normal connection charge will be waived and a fee, prescribed by the Township Board, will be collected for each residence. This connection charge must be paid to the Township prior to making application for a building permit for the residence.
D. 
Inspection charges. In addition to all other charges, there shall be a fee for inspection, payable prior to the time of the connection or alteration to the water service line. Said fee shall be prescribed by the Township Board and found in the fee schedule.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the Township offices.
The rates and charges specified in this article shall be subject to revision by the Township Board. Such rates and charges shall provide sufficient funds to enable the system to be efficiently operated and maintained.
No free service shall be furnished by the system to any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or to any public agency, but service so furnished by the system shall be paid for in accordance with the foregoing schedule of rates, or any revision thereof, in compliance with the provision of this article. The Township shall pay from its funds for any connections serving said Township and all of its departments or agencies.
Sewer bills shall be rendered quarterly during the fiscal year and shall represent charges for the quarterly period immediately preceding the date of rendering the bill. Said bills shall become due and payable within 15 days from the date thereof, and for all bills not paid when due, a penalty of 10% of the amount of such bill shall be added thereto.
A. 
The rates and charges herein specified shall constitute a lien on the property served and benefited. If rates and charges are not paid within six months after the same are due, the water service shall be shut off until payment in full is made. There will then be a charge to turn the water service back on as listed in the fee schedule. If a delinquency still exists as of September 1, all delinquent charges shall be placed on the next tax roll as a lien and collected in the same manner as the general Township taxes.
B. 
As provided in Section 21, Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended,[1] where notice is given that a tenant is responsible for payment, no further water or sewer service shall be rendered to such premises until a cash deposit of not less than $100 has been made as a security for the payment of such charges.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 141.121.
All revenues of the system shall be set aside, as collected and deposited, in a separate depository account, in a bank prescribed by the Township Board, which shall be duly qualified to do business in Michigan, in an account to be designated water supply and sewage disposal system receiving fund (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving fund"), said revenues so deposited in the receiving fund to be used and allocated for operation and maintenance of the system.
A. 
Sewer bond debt retirement.
(1) 
There shall be maintained a separate depository account designated sewer bond debt retirement fund to be used and applied to the payment of contractual obligations incurred by the Township under contracts for the construction of sewer improvements.
(2) 
If at the time of mailing the annual tax levy, there shall be funds on hand in the sewer bond debt retirement fund earmarked and set aside for the payment of the contractual obligations due prior to the next tax collection period, such annual tax levy may be reduced accordingly. Funds on hand in the sewer bond debt retirement fund are hereby earmarked and pledged solely and only for the payment of any contractual obligations incurred by the Township for sewer improvements.
B. 
Sewer reserve fund.
(1) 
There shall be maintained a separate depository account known as the sewer reserve fund. All revenues so designated shall be paid into this account and shall be used solely for the following purposes:
(a) 
Debt retirement, providing a reserve of at least $500,000 is maintained;
(b) 
Extension or expansion of system;
(c) 
Major repair (defined as repairs having a cost of not less than $50,000);
(d) 
Matching funds for grants;
(e) 
Excess flow charges.
(2) 
No expenditure of reserve funds shall be made without the prior approval or the Township Board.
C. 
Surplus. Any moneys remaining in the receiving fund after meeting the requirements of the receiving fund may be used, at the option of the Township, for:
(1) 
Advance sewer debt retirement payments as authorized and provided in the contracts;
(2) 
The acquisition and construction of additional extensions and improvements to the system, or the payment of indebtedness incurred therefor; or
(3) 
Any other legal purpose.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed in any way to prevent the Township from entering into additional contracts under the provisions of either Act 185, Public Acts of Michigan, 1957 as amended, or Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended,[1] for the acquisition, construction and financing of additions, extensions and improvements to the system, and the use of revenues of the system for the payment of additional contractual obligations incurred thereby.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 46.171 et seq.
[Amended 8-25-1993 by Ord. No. 93-7]
A. 
All properties to which a public sanitary sewer shall become available shall connect to such sewer within six months after the forwarding of notice of the availability of such sewer by the Township Board to the owner of or resident at such property. After the expiration of said six-month period, it shall be unlawful for such property to maintain or use a septic tank, cesspool, or any other private means of disposal of sanitary sewage.
B. 
The owner of all buildings proposed and existing for use for human occupancy for any purpose situated on property within the Township which abuts any street, alley or right-of-way, whether public or private, in which there is now located a public sanitary sewer shall be hereby required, at his expense, to connect directly with the sanitary sewer; provided, that the sanitary sewer is within 400 feet of the aforementioned building. Connection with the sanitary sewer shall be in accordance with the provisions of all applicable rules, regulations and ordinances of Huron Township.
C. 
No connection shall be made or permitted to be made to any sanitary sewer of the system without obtaining the applicable permits referred to in § 426-6C of this article, nor shall any connection be made or permitted to be made to any of the sanitary sewers of the system which will in any way cause stormwater or surface drainage to be carried into said sanitary sewers. For new construction, application for permit to connect to any sanitary sewer of the system shall be made prior to the issuance of a building permit.
D. 
Ownership of the property will not be transferred until said property is connected to the public sewer system, if available.
The Township shall file annual statements and audits as required by law.
[Amended 8-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged runoff or surface water, subsurface drainage such as to footing drains for basements, or uncontaminated industrial waste, to any sanitary sewer. In no case shall the excavation for basements be temporarily or permanently drained into a sanitary sewer system. The house lead and building drain, immediately upon being placed, shall be tightly capped or thoroughly sealed and all interior stacks and openings shall remain in this condition until the basement floor and basement walls have been laid to grade.
[Amended 8-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
A. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall be served by the Township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and ordering the correction thereof. The offender shall immediately cease all violations, unless he has been given a period of time in which to make the corrections.
B. 
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit established in the written notification from the Township shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be so punishable.
[Amended 8-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
The sewer rules and regulations as adopted by the Township Board are regulated and enforced under the provisions and penalties of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 20, User charge and industrial pretreatment ordinance, of Ord. No. 93-3, as amended by Ord. No. 96-10 (Section 166.020 of the 1995 Compilation of Ordinances), which previously followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 8-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
This article shall be recorded in the official Huron Township Ordinance Book as soon as practicable after its passage, which record shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Township supervisor and Township Clerk an shall be published in accordance with law.
[Adopted 4-14-1999 by Ord. No. 99-3 (Part 171 of the 1995 Compilation of Ordinances)]
This article has its purpose the protection of the public health and safety by abating and preventing pollution through the regulation and control of the quantity and quality of wastewater admitted to or discharged into the sewerage collection system of the Charter Township of Huron (municipality) for the transportation and treatment of the South Huron Valley Utility Authority publicly owned treatment works. Its further purpose is to allow the Charter Township of Huron (municipality) and the South Huron Valley Utility Authority to comply with all applicable state and federal laws as required by the Federal Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended, and the General Pretreatment Regulation for existing and new sources of pollution (40 CFR 403) and the requirements of the South Huron Valley Utility Authority Rules and Regulations.
A. 
This article is enacted in accordance with the authority and requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-500) as amended (including any applicable federal rules promulgated pursuant thereto); Act 451 of 1994, MCLA § 324.3101 et seq., Water Resources Protection; the County Department and Board of Public Works Act, Act 185 of 1957, as amended;[1] and/or the County Public Improvements Act, P.A. 342 of 1939[2] and Act 359 of P.A. of 1947[3] and Act 288 of 1967 (Plat Act), as amended;[4] Act 40 of 1956 (Drain Code), as amended;[5] Acts 185 of 1957,[6] 233 of 1955,[7] 7 of 1980[8] and 178 of 1985,[9] each as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations pertaining to said acts and the requirements of the national pollution discharge elimination permits issued pursuant to said acts.[10]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 123.721 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 46.171 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 42.1 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 560.101 et seq.
[5]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 280.1 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 123.731 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 124.281 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 45.501 et seq.
[9]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 124.284 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
The Charter Township of Huron (municipality) hereby adopts, incorporates herein and makes a part of this article, the following articles and sections of the South Huron Valley Utility Authority Rules and Regulations adopted March 24, 1999, and published herewith:
Article I
Definitions
Article II
Permit requirements
Article III
Design and construction requirements for wastewater transmission facilities
Article IV
Design and construction requirements for stormwater facilities
Article V
Discharge of wastewater into public sewers
Article VI
Authority and duties of inspectors and protection of owners
Article VII
Appeal procedures
Article VIII
Separability and repealer clause
Appendix A
Local discharge limitations
C. 
Copies of said South Huron Valley Utility Authority Rules and Regulations are available for public distribution at a reasonable charge at the office of the Township Clerk located at 22950 Huron River Drive, New Boston, MI, during office hours.[11]
[11]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
Any violation of any provision of this article, except for those violations set forth in Section 6.10.3 of the Rules and Regulations, shall constitute a municipal civil infraction as defined in Article 12, P.A. 1994 (MCLA § 600.101 et seq.) and upon a finding of responsibility, shall be fined in an amount of not less than $1,000, plus actual damages incurred per violation per day for as long as the violation continues. In addition, the court may access reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and other expenses associated with the enforcement activities, including sampling, monetary and analysis expenses.
B. 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article as set forth in Section 6.10.3 of the Rules and Regulations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable upon conviction thereof, by a fine not to exceed $500, or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both.