[Adopted 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 107]
There is hereby established a separate sewer
district in Worcester Township which shall be comprised of the commercial,
office and other authorized uses in the Center Point Village Shopping
Center and shall be known as the "Center Point Village Sewer District."
[Amended 8-21-1991 by Ord. No. 121]
A.
The following minimum charges for each 1,000 gallons
of metered water consumed per month at the Center Point Village Shopping
Center are hereby imposed upon the owner of the Center Point Village
Shopping Center and upon its successors in title, payable as herein
provided, which shall be collected by Worcester Township and used
for payment of the cost of operating and maintaining that portion
of the Township's sewage collection and disposal system comprising
the Center Point Village Sewer District and for a reserve fund sufficient
for its future replacement: effective January 1, 2014, a charge of
$6.82; effective January 1, 2015, a charge of $7.50; and effective
January 1, 2016, a charge of $8.25. This minimum charge is based upon
Center Point Village discharging sewage with the characteristics of
typical domestic sewage with a strength no greater than the following
concentrations:
[Amended 12-19-2012 by Ord. No. 240; 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 247]
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Type of Sewage
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Concentration
(mg/l)
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|---|---|---|
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BOD-5
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250
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Suspended solids
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250
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Total phosphorous
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10
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Ammonia (NH3)
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20
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B. 
Strength of sewage will be determined by taking a
monthly twenty-four-hour composite sample of wastewater as it enters
the Center Point Village pumping station prior to pumping to the wastewater
treatment plant. The composite sample will be tested for the four
parameters referenced above, and any parameter found to be in excess
of the maximum allowable concentration will be used to calculate a
sewage surcharge fee to be added to the minimum charge, based upon
the following formula:
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Where: R = minimum charge per 1,000 gallons.
When a parameter is less than the maximum allowable
concentration, that portion of the formula shall be assumed to be
zero.
The total sewage charge shall, therefore, be
the sum of the minimum charge, based upon total flow, plus any applicable
surcharge.
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For the purpose of computing the charges imposed by § 122-20, the gallonage of sewage shall be determined by metered flow discharged from the Center Point Sewer District. The owner of the Center Point Village Shopping Center shall from time to time, upon demand, provide access to the meter facility to such person as the Township shall designate to allow meter readings to be taken.
Bills for the sewage charges imposed hereby
shall be rendered monthly on the first day of each month, or on such
other dates as the Township shall specify, and shall cover the billing
period consisting of the immediately preceding month. Bills shall
be due and payable on the billing date, and the appropriate amount
computed in accordance with this article shall constitute the net
bill. If the charges are not paid within 30 calendar days after each
billing date, an additional sum of 10% shall be added to such net
bill, which net bill, plus such additional sum, shall constitute the
gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked on or before the
first day of the end of such thirty-calendar-day period shall constitute
payment within such period. If the end of such thirty-calendar-day
period shall fall on a legal holiday or on a Saturday or Sunday, payment
made or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding day which is
not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period. Any
bill not paid within said thirty-calendar-day period shall be deemed
delinquent.
The sewage charges imposed by this article shall
be a lien upon all real property within the Center Point Village Sewer
District; and any such charges which are delinquent shall be filed
as a lien against said property, which lien shall be filed in the
office of the Prothonotary of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and
shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and
collecting of municipal claims. Interest collectible on liens filed
by the Township shall accrue at the rate of 10% per annum from the
date of the filing of the lien until paid.
[Added 2-19-2003 by Ord. No. 188]
In the event an account is delinquent as set forth in § 122-22 of this chapter, the Township, at its option, may make request to Superior Water Company to shut off the supply of water to the delinquent premises until Township is in receipt of all such overdue rentals, rates and charges, together with any interest thereon. The charges shall include a thirty-five-dollar fee for the cost of shutting off water services and a thirty-five-dollar fee for the cost of restoration of water services. In the event the actual cost of shutting off or restoring water service exceeds $35, the charge shall be the actual cost of shutting off or restoring water service. The charges shall also include the cost of lost water revenues, as determined by Superior Water Company, based upon the actual period of time during which the supply of water is shut off in each instance and the average water revenue received by Superior Water Company for a like period of time during the year prior to such shutoff from the class of customer involved in each instance. The Township shall be under no obligation to request restoration of water service to the premises until all such overdue rentals, rates and charges are satisfied. In the event such overdue rentals, rates and charges, together with any interest thereon, have not been satisfied, the same shall constitute a lien against the premises.
