As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any new connection to the sanitary sewerage system of the
Township; or any connection to said system which requires the installation
of a larger sized water meter or where additional multifamily units
are being added which does not require a larger sized water meter;
provided, however, that credit shall be given for any previous capital
contribution.
[Amended 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
There shall be due to the Township from each user of its sewerage system an annual sewer service charge. This charge, expressed as a rate per 1,000 gallons of water used, shall be determined each year by the adoption of the annual budget ordinance and shall apply to the amount of water consumed by each user in the calendar year preceding the billing year. The water consumption data shall be that which is obtained from the Aqua Pennsylvania or its successor or from readings by the Township on meters where there is a private water supply. The minimum bill amount shall be determined annually and published in Chapter 162, Fees.
The money collected from the sewer service charges
shall be placed in a sewer fund which shall be maintained on a self-supporting
basis.
[Amended 6-29-1977 by Ord. No. 77-18; 10-11-1977 by Ord. No.
77-27; 10-25-1982 by Ord. No. 82-25; 11-28-1983 by Ord. No. 83-34; 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-30; 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12; 10-8-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-11]
The face amount of all sewer service charges
shall be payable on or before May 31 of each year, with a penalty
of 10% assessed on June 1. On the first day of each subsequent month
in which the account remains unpaid, an interest charge of 0.5% of
the unpaid service charge shall be added to the account. All unpaid
sewer service charges, penalties, and interest shall be a lien against
the property being served by the sewer, and the Township Solicitor
shall file such liens on or after January 31 of the following year
in which the account remains unpaid. Any collection, legal, and filing
fees shall be borne by the user.
[Amended 10-25-1982 by Ord. No. 82-25]
The Finance Director shall collect all sewer
charges, and the Finance Department shall keep complete records of
all sewer charges billed and received.
[Amended 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
Whenever a significant amount of water is used
which is not discharged into the sewerage system and the quantity
of water so used is measured by a meter approved by the Township and
installed and maintained without cost to the Township, then readings
from such meters shall be submitted to the Township on an approved
form which is due by March 1 of each year. Using the information submitted,
a credit shall be calculated and applied to the property owner's account.
[Amended 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
All properties with a private water supply using
water that is discharged into the Township sewerage system shall have
a meter or meters to measure water consumption by July 1, 1973. Any
meter so installed shall be approved by the Township and installed
and maintained without cost to the Township. Such meters shall be
read by the residents and readings submitted to the Township on the
approved form which is due by March 1 of each year. The readings provide
the basis for the sewer service charge which shall be calculated annually
by the Township.
A.
A sanitary sewer capital contribution charge shall be paid for a permit to connect to the sewer system. Such charges shall be determined annually and published in Chapter 162, Fees.
[Added 3-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-14; 9-22-2008 by Ord. No.
2008-12]
B.
Where a structure will contain both residential and
nonresidential uses, the charge shall be determined by adding the
above residential charge to whatever the nonresidential charge would
be without the residential use.
[Amended 11-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-32; 7-20-1992 by Ord. No.
92-13]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof by a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of
prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days.
Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
