Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
AVAILABLE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
Any portion of the New Buffalo Township waste water collection
system which is located in a street, road, highway, right-of-way,
easement, or public or private way which crosses, adjoins, abuts or
is contiguous to the real estate or land affected and which in the
case of real estate or land on which a single-family dwelling unit
is located in a street, road, highway, right-of-way, easement or public
or private way crossing, adjoining abutting or contiguous to any real
estate or land within the special assessment district as defined herein
on which is located a structure in which sewage originates.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public drain
to the public sanitary sewer main, or other place of disposal, whether
on public or private property.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial, manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LOCAL UNITS
One or more of the following governmental units: Chikaming
Township, New Buffalo Township, City of New Buffalo, Lake Township,
City of Bridgman.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewer, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer main in which all owners of abutting properties have
equal rights and is controlled by public authority and includes all
sewers in the GRSD, but shall not include a building sewer or any
connection thereto which serves only one building or owner.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface,
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage and includes all facilities of System No. 7.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL; MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during
normal operation.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Joint Board of the District or its authorized deputy,
agent, or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage
works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the
District bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted
to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article. The Superintendent or his representatives shall have
no authority to inquire into any process, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries, beyond
the point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Township
of New Buffalo Sewer Use Ordinance."