As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The City of Linwood.
An individual employed on a full-time or part-time basis,
including proprietors and owners.
An individual who has been committed to a nursing home, hospital
or other institution and who has remained there for care and treatment.
The sum total of all employees, plus all part-time and full-time
students, plus any individual utilizing a building who would reasonably
be expected to use the sewerage facilities on a given day.
[Amended 3-28-2012 by Ord. No. 5-2012; 5-8-2013 by Ord. No. 8-2013; 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 4-2019; 4-26-2023 by Ord. No. 7-2023]
Sewer charges shall be made by the City and
billed to the owners of real property upon which buildings stand in
the City at the sanitary sewer rental charge of $193 per half year
for each sewer rental unit. Such sewer service charges are based upon
estimated annual operating and capital costs due and owing by the
City of Linwood and may be changed from time to time as the need generated
by such costs may require.
A.
The number of sewer rental units shall be determined
in different instances as follows:
|
Sewer Rental Properties
|
Units
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-family dwelling
|
1
| ||
|
Apartment unit
|
1
| ||
|
Commercial or professional office attached to
dwelling
|
1
| ||
|
Automobile service station
| |||
|
No car washing
|
1
| ||
|
Car washing
|
3
| ||
|
Beauty shop
|
2
| ||
|
Church
|
1
| ||
|
Church with annex
|
3
| ||
|
Country club (18 holes)
|
7
| ||
|
Health club
|
4
| ||
|
Nursing home
|
1/12 per employee, plus 5/12 per patient
| ||
|
Restaurant
| |||
|
With dishwasher
|
1/20 per seat
| ||
|
Without dishwasher
|
1/40 per seat
| ||
|
School
| |||
|
No showers and no cafeteria
|
1/30 per person
| ||
|
With cafeteria
|
1/20 per person
| ||
|
With cafeteria and showers
|
1/15 per person
| ||
|
With cafeteria, showers and labs
|
1/12 per person
| ||
|
Commercial or professional establishment
|
The greater of 1 per 2,400 square feet of building
space or 1/12 per person for each establishment, but not less than
1 per establishment and not more for vacated space, that had been
previously occupied, than the amount that was being charged immediately
prior to the space being vacated
| ||
|
Swimming club
|
1/20 per person
| ||
|
Veterinary hospital
|
1
| ||
|
Assisted living facility
|
5/12 per living unit, plus 1/12 per employee
| ||
B.
If the above schedule results in fractional units,
the number of units shall be increased to the next whole unit.
C.
All City-owned properties shall be exempt from any
and all sewer charges effective January 1, 2009.
D.
Property or business owners who feel that their sewer
use charge may be incorrect must contact the City Sewer office for
a review of charges. No adjustments will be allowed outside the current
year.
E.
In addition
to the specified sewer rental unit rates declared in this chapter,
commercial customers with usage in excess of 40,000 gallons of water
per half year billing cycle will be billed $5.75 per 1,000 gallons
of water in excess of 40,000 gallons.
All charges for service on or after January
1, 1984, shall be billed semiannually in advance.
[Amended 5-8-2013 by Ord.
No. 8-2013]
The aforesaid sewer use charges shall accrue
a late charge of $5 per sewer rental unit on any delinquency of $55
or over per sewer rental unit following 10 days' grace period. Said
late charge will be charged quarterly on January 11, April 11, July
11, and October 11.
Where a premises or a building is occupied by
more than one commercial or industrial establishment or by a combination
of both types of establishments, the charge will be determined by
applying the aforesaid rates to each commercial and industrial establishment
located therein. Where a premises or a building contains a dwelling
unit or units in combination with, or in addition to, commercial or
industrial establishments, the charge will be determined by applying
the aforesaid rates to each dwelling unit and commercial or industrial
establishment located therein.
[Amended 5-8-2013 by Ord.
No. 8-2013]
With respect to charges for properties which
shall be connected for the first time with said sewage system, from
and after January 1, 1976, the charge for the first semiannual billing
period shall be a percentage of the semiannual charge hereinabove
set forth, equal to the percentage of the semiannual billing period
remaining after such connection.
There shall be no charge collected by the City
for the initial connection with the sanitary sewer system by those
properties which already have a connection lateral adjacent to its
premises. There will be a charge equivalent to the cost of installing
the connection lateral for those persons who tie in and connect to
the sewer system at a later date where it is necessary to install
a connection lateral. No person, firm or municipality shall install
or make connection to the sanitary sewage system without first obtaining
a permit to do so from the City.
The officers and agents of the City shall have
unrestrictive access at reasonable hours to all premises served by
the City to inspect the collection system and to see that the requirements
of the City regarding the use of the customer's sewer connection are
being observed. Additionally, any owner of property which discharges
industrial waste into the sanitary sewage system shall, at the owner's
expense, provide suitable facilities to enable samples of such waste
to be collected for analysis and further permit authorized representatives
of the City to collect such samples from users within the City.
Any damage to pipes, manholes or any other property
of the City caused by carelessness or neglect of a customer must be
paid for by the customer, upon presentation of a bill therefor.
The City reserves the right, if in its opinion
it is deemed desirable, to require the installation of meters on any
premises or building in the City for measuring or determining the
volume of sewage discharged into the sewers.
[Amended 5-8-2013 by Ord.
No. 8-2013]
The owner of each commercial or industrial establishment
which shall discharge sanitary sewage or industrial waste into the
sewer system shall pay, in each semiannual period as billed, a minimum
charge equal to a flat-rate semiannual sanitary sewer rental as indicated
above. Additionally, sewage or other wastes containing unduly high
concentrations or other substances which add to the operating costs
of the sewage treatment works will be subject to a surcharge to be
determined by the City.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article or fail to comply therewith shall severally,
for each and every such violation and noncompliance, forfeit and pay
a penalty not to exceed the sum of $500 or be imprisoned in the Atlantic
County Jail for a period of not more than 90 days, at the discretion
of the court or jurisdictional officer before whom a conviction may
be found. This imposition of the foregoing penalty shall not bar the
right of the governing body to specifically enforce the provisions
of this article.
B.
Any violation under this article shall be considered
a distinct and separate violation for each and every day that the
violation continues.
