Except as otherwise provided herein, the Director shall administer,
implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any user whose premises are used primarily for the conduct
of a profit oriented enterprise and who primarily discharges normal
domestic wastewater. This definition shall also include multi-family
residences having three or more units served by a single service.
DEPARTMENT
Department of Public Works and Utilities.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works or his or her designee.
DISTRICT
The Village sewer service area.
GBMSD
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A user discharging more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons
per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget
as amended and supplemented.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid or liquid substance discharged, permitted to flow,
or escaping from any industrial manufacturing, commercial, or business
establishment or process or from the development, recovery, or processing
of any natural resources.
MONITORED USERS
Monitored users shall consist of those users determined by
the Director to be producers of sewage that is, in the Director's
judgment, abnormal sewage and requiring monitoring.
NON-MONITORED USERS
Non-monitored users shall consist of those users determined
by the Director to be dischargers of normal strength sewage.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Domestic and industrial wastes in which the daily average
concentrations for BOD, suspended solids, phosphorous, and TKN are
not more than the daily average concentrations established by resolution
by the GBMSD.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the sewerage system, including administration and replacement costs.
PERSON
Any person, natural or artificial, including any individual,
firm, company, municipality, private corporation, association, society,
institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity discharging
sewerage to the municipal system.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village or GBMSD.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
sewerage system to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such systems were designed and constructed. Operation and maintenance
costs include replacement costs.
RESIDENTIAL USER
A user discharging domestic wastes from a single family dwelling
or duplex.
REU
Residential Equivalent Unit. As defined in the 2004 Utility
Rate study, an REU is a residential living space required to house
one family regardless of size.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that conveys sewage and into which storm, surface,
and ground waters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not admitted
intentionally.
SEWAGE
Domestic and industrial wastes.
SEWER SERVICE AREA
The area designated by Brown County Regional Planning as
being appropriate for sanitary sewer development.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A charge levied on users of the sewerage system for the user's
proportional share of the cost of operation, maintenance, debt service,
and replacement of said system.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to the minimum requirements and shall not be
deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin
statutes, Wis. Adm. Code or Green Bay Metropolitan Sewer District.
Where any terms or requirements of this chapter may be inconsistent
or conflicting, the state statute, administrative code provision or
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewer District ordinance shall apply. Where
a provision of this section is required by Wisconsin statutes, Wis.
Adm. Code, or by a standard in Green Bay Metropolitan Sewer District
Sewer Use Ordinance and where this section provision is unclear, the
provision shall be interpreted in light of the Wisconsin statutes,
Wis. Adm. Code and Green Bay Metropolitan Sewer District Sewer Use
Ordinance in effect on the date of the adoption of this section, or
in effect on the date of the most recent text amendment to this chapter.