Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Drinking Water And Municipal Assistance Division › Mobile Home Parks and Seasonal Motor Home Parks › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 325.3311 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 11.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Act No.
				  419 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §125.1101 et seq. of the
				  Michigan Compiled Laws, and known as the mobile home commission act.
(b) "Alteration" means the modification of an
				  existing mobile home park.
(c)
				  "Certified operator" means an individual holding a certificate to operate a
				  specific type facility such as a water supply system or sewerage system under a
				  recognized state certification program.
(d) "Garbage" means food wastes, including
				  waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used or intended for
				  food or that attend the preparing, using, cooking, dealing in, or storing of
				  meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables.
(e) "Health aspects" means the water supply
				  system, sewage collection and disposal system, drainage, insect and rodent
				  control, garbage and rubbish storage and disposal, and general operation,
				  maintenance, and safety, either jointly or severally, as included in these
				  rules.
(f) "Health department"
				  means the Michigan department of public health.
(g) "Health director" means the director of
				  the Michigan department of public health or his or her authorized agent or
				  representative.
(h) "Health
				  officer" means the administrative officer of an approved city, county, or
				  district board or department of health or his or her authorized
				  representative.
(i) "Hydraulic
				  grade line" means a line joining points whose vertical distances from the
				  centroid of the cross section of the stream flowing in a closed channel are
				  proportional to the pressures in the pipe at the point, or in an open-channel,
				  the flow lies in the surface of the stream.
(j) "Local health department" means a city,
				  county, or district health department.
(k) "Pad" means that part of a mobile home
				  site specifically designated for the placement of a mobile home.
(l) "Public sanitary sewer district" means a
				  legally defined area within which sanitary sewer service is provided or will be
				  provided for use by the public pursuant to a duly adopted and published
				  plan.
(m) "Rubbish" means
				  nonputrescible solid wastes, except ashes, consisting of either combustible or
				  noncombustible wastes, such as paper, cardboard, metal containers, yard
				  clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials, or
				  litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health and
				  safety.
(n) "Sanitary sewer system"
				  means the pipes, structures, conduits, manholes, pumping stations and
				  appurtenances, collectively or severally, used or intended for the use of
				  collecting, conveying, or transporting of domestic wastes to a treatment
				  facility.
(o) "Sewage treatment and
				  disposal system" means the sewage treatment works, structures, equipment, and
				  appurtenances used or intended for use for the purpose of treatment and
				  disposal of domestic waste discharged from a mobile home park sanitary sewer
				  system.
(p) "Sewerage system" means
				  the sanitary sewer system and the sewage treatment and disposal
				  facility.
(q) "Water supply system"
				  means a system of pipes and structures through which water is obtained and
				  distributed, including, but not limited to, wells and well structures, pumping
				  systems, treatment plants, storage tanks, pipelines, and appurtenances, or a
				  combination thereof, used or intended to be used to furnish water for drinking
				  or household purposes.