[Adopted 5-19-1999 by Ord. No. 172]
[Amended 2-18-2004 by Ord. No. 194]
There is hereby established a separate sewer
district in Worcester Township which shall be comprised of the residential,
commercial, office and all other properties adjoining or adjacent
to and/or utilizing the sanitary sewer lines flowing to the Berwick
Place Wastewater Treatment Plant as configured on May 21, 2003, which
properties and facilities shall be known hereafter as the "Fairview
Village Sewer District."
All dwelling units and other residential uses within the Fairview Village Sewer District shall be charged uniform rates and charges on a quarterly basis in accordance with Article II of this chapter.
A.
For all nonresidential and mixed-use properties within
the Fairview Village Sewer District, the sewer rates and charges shall
be based on water consumption records for the preceding month, or
quarter at the Township's discretion, as recorded by the public water
source utilized by the property owner.
B.
In those cases where properties secure water from
wells or from sources other than a water company, the Township Engineer
shall estimate the water consumed by said properties by utilizing
standard accepted water usage factors as established for similar-type
facilities. In lieu of the water consumption estimate of the Township
Engineer, the property owner may, at its own expense, install a water
meter to measure water consumption on the premises, which meter specifications
and installation location shall be approved by the Township. When
installing such a water meter, the property owner shall grant access
to the Township for meter reading.
C.
The sewer rental rate or charge shall be calculated
based on total water consumption. The following minimum charges for
each 1,000 gallons of metered water consumed per month on the premises
are hereby imposed upon all nonresidential or mixed-use owners or
their successors in title payable as herein provided, which shall
be collected by Worcester Township in use for payment of the cost
of operating and maintaining that portion of the Township's sewage
collection and disposal system comprising the Fairview 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.
[Amended 12-19-2012 by Ord. No. 240; 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 247]
Bills for the sewage charges imposed hereby
shall be rendered monthly or quarterly at the Township's discretion
and shall cover the billing period consisting of the immediately preceding
quarter. 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 Fairview 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 collective 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.
The Township reserves the right to adopt, from
time to time, such additional rules and regulations as it shall deem
necessary and proper in connection with the use and operation of the
sewer system, which rules and regulations shall be, shall become and
shall be construed as part of this article.
