For the purpose of this chapter, the following
rules of construction apply:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future
tense, and words in the singular include the plural, unless the context
clearly indicates the contrary.
B.
The term "shall" is mandatory; the term "may" is permissive.
C.
Any word or term not interpreted or defined by this
article shall be used with a meaning of common or standard utilization.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
Any dedicated public way affording a secondary means of access
to abutting property, and not intended for general traffic circulation
and not more than 20 feet wide.
Any drainage or water pipe extension from a building foundation
drain outlet, located five feet outside of a building or dwelling
unit, to a public stormwater drain.
The sewer extension from a building drain outlet point, located
five feet outside of a building or a dwelling unit, to a point of
connection with a public sanitary sewer.
Any water supply mains, pipes, services, and/or appurtenances,
except meters, that extend from a point of connection with the building
water piping, located five feet outside of a building or a dwelling
unit, to a point of connection with the public water supply system.
The Village Council, Village of New Haven, State of Michigan.
The point of connection to the public sewer.
Either the outlet on the customer side of a "stop valve"
near the public easement or public right-of-way line (in the case
of a supply for a single building) or on the customer side of a master
water meter where the Village has allowed the use of a master water
meter to serve special types of customers.
The Village Department of Public Works.
A specifically designated site being developed (or proposed
for development) by a developer.
An open channel used to transport water, groundwater, surface
water runoff, or drainage water from any source.
Any storm sewers, lakes, ponds, streams, rivers or storm
drains, including facilities designated as county drains, that receive
water from lands owned by more than one owner.
A building, or portion thereof, designed for occupancy by
one family for residential purposes and having cooking facilities.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
A conveyance pipe that receives only foundation drain groundwater
seepage, exclusive of directly and intentionally introduced surface
water run-off.
The global positioning system.
A person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or
any other legal entity who or which intends to develop land by making
various improvements to the land as described under the definition
of "site improvements."
The reshaping of the land environment to provide for the
elements or amenities associated with community living. Items considered
as these elements or amenities include any of the items listed under
the definition of "site improvements."
A parcel of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, by a main building or a group of such buildings and accessory buildings, or utilized for the principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with such yards and open spaces as are required under the provisions of Chapter 515, Zoning. A lot may or may not be specifically designated as such on public records. Each such parcel shall also have its front line abutting a public street or a recorded easement.
As applied to the water supply facilities and connections
thereto, shall mean any water supply conveyance pipe larger than two
inches in diameter.
The Michigan Coordinate System as defined in Act 9 of the
Michigan Public Acts of 1964.[1]
The state agency which regulates water supply facilities
in the state and certain wastewater disposal facilities in the state.
The state agency which operates state roadways and federal
expressways.
The state agency which regulates the discharge of wastewater
and drainage water to the natural outlets of the waters of the state
and provides various rules and regulations to control same.
A parcel of land developed in conformity with Michigan Public
Acts of 1976, Act 419,[2] as amended, containing two or more manufactured housing
units.
A position established for the Village of New Haven with
global positioning system technology for which coordinates in the
Michigan Coordinate System have been calculated, or other positions
previously established with global positioning system technology for
which Michigan Coordinate System values are published or can be calculated
with a standard deviation not greater than 0.25 foot.
Any drainage water outlet, including storm drains and sewers
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
groundwater.
The coordinate values for most of the apparent and visible
section, quarter corners and monuments on file in the office of the
Village Engineer of the Village of New Haven.
A large open channel used to transport water, groundwater,
surface water run-off or drainage water from any source.
A designated area used primarily for the off-street parking
of motor vehicles.
A portion of the width of a parking lot which includes a
set of parking stalls on either side of a driveway provided for access
to such parking stalls.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
governmental agency (including school district), or other legal entity.
A map or chart of a subdivision of land as defined in Act
No. 288 of Michigan Public Acts of 1967, as amended.[3]
A scaled topographic drawing of existing and proposed modifications
to land utilized for or zoned for single and duplex residential dwelling.
A preliminary plat showing the salient features of a proposed
subdivision of land submitted to an approving authority for purposes
of preliminary consideration, as defined in Act No. 288 of Michigan
Public Acts of 1967 as amended.[4]
A septic tank with subsurface soil absorption facilities,
wastewater treatment facilities, or similar methods of wastewater
disposal that may be approvable by the Macomb County Health Department
and/or the State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Any system by which potable groundwater is withdrawn and
supplied that may be approvable by the Macomb County Health Department
and/or the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
A sanitary sewer intended to be located in public easements
or public rights-of-way that collects (or is intended to collect)
wastewater from more than one user or premises and that is required
to receive the approval and issuance of a construction permit from
the Municipal Wastewater Control Section of the DEQ.
A common sewer or drain that serves more than one user or
premises and is controlled by the Village Department of Public Works
or another governmental agency.
A legally constituted firm, corporation, or agency, other
than the Village or a county agency acting under a contract with the
Village, that operates under a franchise or agreement approved by
the Village for the purpose of installing and operating public utilities,
including, but not limited to, gas piping, electric or telephone wiring
(underground or overhead), oil piping, television cable, water supply,
transmission mains, sanitary sewer interceptors, and/or drainage facilities.
The Detroit Metro Water Department is a public utility company under
this definition.
A main, existing or proposed, in public easements or public
rights-of-way that is intended to serve more than one user or premises
and that is required to receive the approval and issuance of a construction
permit from the Municipal Water Supply Section of the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality. The service pipe, extending from a public
water main to a customer water supply outlet, shall also be considered
"public."
Land dedicated, reserved, used, or to be used for a street,
alley, walkway, or other public purpose.
A sewer, together with appurtenances, that carries liquid
and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial
plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of ground-,
storm- and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
As applied to the water supply facilities and connections
thereto, shall mean any water supply conveyance pipe, outside of a
building.
A wastewater conveyance pipe which carries wastewater under
pressure.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
The unobstructed (straight-line) length of view from a driver's
eye height of 3.5 feet to an object height of six inches.
Such operations, acts of construction, or changes affecting
land that increase the value, utility, or habitability of the site
and including, but not limited to, site grading; drainage water sewers,
culverts, or drains; sanitary sewers; wastewater disposal facilities;
water supply piping; water supply facilities; gas piping; oil piping;
television cable; electric power supply wiring; telephone wiring;
roadway surfacing or paving; parking lot paving; driveways; bridges;
lakes, ponds, or lagoons; sidewalks; landscape walls and fences; and/or
other appropriate appurtenant items.
The plan required under Chapter 515, Zoning, for site plan review for all projects other than a land subdivision plat.
The Michigan State Plan Coordinate System based upon the
NAD '83 Geodetic Reference System. The value of the "international
foot" shall be used.
The valve placed on a building service water supply pipe
that is located at a customer water supply outlet.
A watercourse or a sewer intended for the conveyance of water,
groundwater, surface water run-off, drainage water, or other water
from any source exclusive of intentionally admitted wastewater.
A structure designed and constructed to intentionally admit
surface water run-off, drainage water, or other water from any source
exclusive of intentionally admitted wastewater.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, or other right-of-way
that provides for vehicular or pedestrian access to abutting properties
by the general public; and includes the land between the street right-of-way
lines, whether improved or unimproved.
STREET, PUBLICA right-of-way that provides for vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties that is deeded or dedicated to the Road Commission of Macomb County, Michigan Department of Transportation, or other governmental agency authorized to own road ROW and/or operate vehicular transportation facilities.
STREET, PRIVATEA right-of-way that provides for vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties for the general public, but is not deeded or dedicated to the Road Commission of Macomb County, Michigan Department of Transportation or other related governmental agency for ownership, operation, or maintenance.
STREET, MAJORAn arterial street which is intended to serve as a large-volume trafficway for both the immediate municipal area and the region beyond, and is designated as a major thoroughfare, parkway, freeway, expressway, or equivalent term on the Major Thoroughfare Plan to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
STREET, LOCALAny street, private or public, which is intended primarily for access to, or through, abutting properties. Local streets shall have, or shall be considered to occupy, a right-of-way 60 feet wide.
STREET, COLLECTORA street intended to carry traffic from local streets to major roads as designated on the Village Master Thoroughfare Plan. Collector streets shall have a right-of-way 86 feet wide.
The person appointed by the Council to manage the Department
of Public Works.
That part of rainfall or melting snowfall that reaches the
stormwater drain as run-off from natural land surfaces, building roofs
or pavement.
A list of construction items as usually used in the underground
and pavement construction industry (e.g., as used by the Michigan
Department of Transportation) and compatible with the Village construction
specification items together with the quantity of each item planned
to be constructed.
That portion of the Village's Master Plan that sets forth
the location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed street
rights-of-way adopted by the Village.
A public storm sewer having a diameter of 24 inches or larger.
A geotextile-wrapped perforated pipe installed underground
for the specific purpose of lowering a high groundwater condition
or draining a granular subbase by receiving groundwater seepage and
conveying it to a stormwater drain. Farm drain tile is not underdrain
pipe.
Water of a quality equal to, or better than, the effluent
criteria currently in effect (as specified by the DEQ), or water that
would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and
would not be benefited by discharge to the Village sanitary sewers
and wastewater disposal system.
The owner or occupant of any premises connected with, and/or
using, any of the facilities operated by the Department.
A construction contractor engaged by the utility company
to install public utilities for the utility company; or, in the case
where the utility company has a construction division that installs
its own utilities, shall mean the utility company.
The Village of New Haven, County of Macomb, State of Michigan.
The staff registered professional engineer or the consulting
engineer representing the Village in this position.
The spent water of a community, including liquid and water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater
that may be present.
Facilities for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and
sludge.
A natural or artificial open channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
All site plans or surveys containing five acres
or more submitted to the Village, or other site plans or surveys as
determined by the Village, shall conform to the following requirements:
A.
All surveys shall tie into and include coordinate
values based upon Michigan Coordinate System with a standard deviation
not greater than 0.25 foot.
B.
If available, both a hard copy and computer disk compatible
with the Village system shall be submitted.
C.
At least two monuments shall be used in establishing
a bearing and typing into the Michigan Coordinate System.
E.
Any monument established subsequent to this chapter
for which a Land Corner Recordation Certificate, as defined in Act
74 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1970,[2] is recorded with the Macomb County Register of Deeds Office
and is approved by the Village Engineer may be used to tie to the
Michigan Coordinate System.
[2]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 54.201
et seq.
F.
The witnesses for monuments established for the Village
are on file with the Village or the Village Engineer.
G.
Elevations shall be National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(NGVD).
