Blackman Charter Township, MI Article III Public Sanitary Sewer Connection

[Adopted 1-8-1973 by Ord. No. 23; amended in its entirety 12-19-2016 by Ord. No. 125]

§ 99-17 Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to protect the surface and subsurface waters of the Township of Blackman.

§ 99-18 Statutory authority.

Public Act 288 of 1972[1] authorizes local units of government to require structures in which sanitary sewage originates lying within the limits of the Township to be connected to available public sanitary sewers in the Township.

[1] Editor's Note: See now MCLA § 333.12751 et seq.

§ 99-19 Mandatory connection.

Structures in which sanitary sewage originates lying within the limits of the Township of Blackman shall be connected to available public sanitary sewers in the Township.

§ 99-20 Notification of readiness to serve.

Said structure shall be connected within 180 days following publication of a notice by the Township of Blackman stating the availability of the public sanitary sewer. Said 180 days for connection is hereby established for reasons of public health.

§ 99-21 Mandatory connection time limits.

In the event that a structure does not connect within the one-hundred-eighty-day period above provided, then the Township of Blackman shall require connection forthwith after notice to the owner of the property on which the structure is located. Said notice shall give the approximate location of the public sanitary sewer system which is available for connection of the structure involved, and shall advise the owner of the requirements and enforcement provisions of Act 288 and of this article. Said notice shall include but not be limited to notification of the following.

§ 99-22 Enforcement.

Where any structure in which sanitary sewage originates is not connected to an available public sanitary sewer system within 90 days after the date of mailing or posting of the written notice, the governmental agency which operates the available sanitary sewer system may bring an action for a mandatory injunction or order in the District, Municipal or Circuit Court in the county in which the structure is situated to compel the owner to connect to the available sanitary sewer system forthwith. The governmental agency in one or more of such actions may join any number of owners of structures situated within the governmental unit to compel each owner to connect to available sanitary sewer system forthwith.

§ 99-23 Violations and penalties.

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both fine and imprisonment.