Wisconsin Administrative Code
Public Service Commission
Chapter PSC 187 - Sewer main extension cost recovery
Section PSC 187.02 - Definitions
Current through February 26, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Developer" is a person who constructs or creates a subdivision.
(2) "Developer contribution" is physical assets or capital contributed by a developer to a sewerage project.
(3) "Municipality" has the meaning given under s. 66.0821(1) (a), Stats.
Note: This chapter does not apply to town sanitary districts. Section 66.0821(1) (a), Stats., defines "municipality" as any town, village, city or metropolitan sewerage district.
(4) "Sewer main" means sewer pipe installed to transport sewage from the sewer service lateral to the wastewater collection system or wastewater treatment plant.
(5) "Sewer service lateral" means the pipe installed from a building to the sewer main.
(6) "Sewerage project" means that portion of a sewer main which has been financed by a developer contribution and which connects the remainder of the municipal sewerage system and the developer's subdivision. It also includes any lift stations, including pumping facilities, located within the development which have the capacity to serve outside the development.
(7) "Subdivision" has the meaning given under s. 236.02(12), Stats.
Section 236.02(12), Stats., defines "subdivision" as a division of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner thereof or the owner's agent for the purpose of sale or of a building development, where: (a) The act of division creates 5 or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres each or less in area; or (b) Five or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres each or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period of 5 years.
