Utilities ordinance

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO
THE UTILITIES ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at its regular meeting on December 18, 2018, at the Township Hall located at 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Independence, MI 48346, the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees approved the second reading and adopted an ordinance amending the Utilities Ordinance under Chapter 48, “Utilities,” Division 4, “General Wastewater Regulations.” A summary of the ordinance is set forth below. A true copy of the Ordinance can be inspected or obtained at the office of the Township Clerk at the above address.
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE
ORDINANCE NO. #2018-48-xxx
THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ORDINANCE
Adds Section 48-150 to adopt Industrial Pretreatment Program Regulations for Discharges from the Township’s public sanitary sewerage disposal system to the Clinton River Water Resource Recovery Facility. The amendment requires the Township and its commercial and industrial sewer users to comply with the regulations, which are on file with the Township as Appendix B to the Code. Generally, the Regulations provide discharge limits and prohibitions, user pollution controls, user permit requirements, sampling, monitoring and reporting requirements, and enforcement, penalties, and other sanctions and relief for violations. Adds Section 48-151 to authorize the Oakland County Water Resource Commissioner to enforce the Industrial Pretreatment Program Regulations within the Township as the “control authority” for the Clinton River Water Resource Recovery Facility.
SECTION 2. REPEALER
Provides that any ordinances, parts of ordinances, or sections of the Township Code in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed to the extent necessary.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY
Provides that if any part of the ordinance is found to be void, that part is severed, and the rest of the ordinance remains in place.
SECTION 4. SAVINGS
Provides that the Township Code shall remain in full force and effect, amended only as specified in this Ordinance Amendment.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
States the effective date of this ordinance and identifies petitioning and referendum rights.
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE
Barbara A. Pallotta, Township Clerk
Introduced: November 27, 2018
Published: December 5, 2018
Adopted: December 18, 2018
Published: December 26, 2018
Effective: December 26, 2018

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