R 325.3311
R 325.3311 Definitions.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 325.3311
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.
(2) Terms defined in the act have the same meanings when used in these rules.