There is hereby imposed a reserve capacity charge
upon the users of the sewage works of the Washington-East Washington
Joint Authority within the Township for connections made to the sewage
works after March 15, 1977, excepting, however, connections to the
sewage works for buildings, dwellings and other structures erected
or constructed on or before March 15, 1977, or erected or constructed
on any lot or parcel of land which is part of a plan of lots or plan
of land subdivision recorded on or before March 14, 1977, in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Washington County, Pennsylvania, or erected
or constructed on any lot or parcel of land of record on March 14,
1977, containing one acre or less.
The reserve capacity charge shall be based on
an equivalent dwelling unit, which shall be equal to 400 gallons of
wastewater flow per day. A single-family residence is equal to one
equivalent dwelling unit. The reserve capacity charge per equivalent
domestic unit shall be in the amounts for each of the years as set
forth in the table below, viz.:
Reserve Capacity Charge per Equivalent
Dwelling Unit
|
Fiscal Year Ending June 30
|
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$100.66
|
1978
|
$105.02
|
1979
|
$109.38
|
1980
|
$113.74
|
1981
|
$118.10
|
1982
|
$122.46
|
1983
|
$126.82
|
1984
|
$131.18
|
1985
|
$135.54
|
1986
|
$139.90
|
1987
|
$144.26
|
1988
|
$148.62
|
1989
|
$152.98
|
1990
|
$157.34
|
1991
|
$161.70
|
1992
|
$166.06
|
1993
|
$170.42
|
1994
|
$174.78
|
1995
|
$179.14
|
1996
|
$183.50
|
1997
|
$187.86
|
1998
|
$192.22
|
1999
|
$196.58
|
2000
|
$200.94
|
2001
|
$205.30
|
2002
|
$209.66
|
2003
|
$214.02
|
2004
|
$218.38
|
2005
|
$222.74
|
2006
|
$227.10
|
2007 and thereafter
|
The Township hereby authorizes, empowers and
appoints the Authority, for and on behalf and as agent of the Township,
to collect the reserve capacity charge under this article and to deposit
the same to the credit of the operating fund held by the trustee under
the first supplemental agreement dated as of May 1, 1977, between
the Washington-East Washington Joint Authority and the Township of
South Strabane, amending and supplementing the agreement dated as
of July 1, 1954.