A.
Pursuant to the authority of the Sewer Rent Law, being Article 14-F
of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, and any and
all amendments thereto, there are hereby established and imposed sewer
rents as a means of producing revenues for Sewer District No. 1.
B.
This Part 2 shall be known as the "Sewer Rent Ordinance."
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shall be determined as follows:
A single-family dwelling connected to the sewer system located
upon premises which is 100 feet or less in average width shall constitute
one household unit.
A single-family dwelling connected to the sewer system located upon premises having more than 100 feet in average width shall constitute one household unit for the first 100 feet of average width plus one household unit for each additional 100 feet of average width; provided, however, that such additional 100 feet of average width shall constitute, in whole or in part, premises on which a residence could be erected, which said residence and premises would comply with Chapter 520, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Hamlin and the Building Code of the Town of Hamlin.[1]
Premises occupied or designed to be occupied by two or more
families, including two-family and multifamily dwellings and apartments,
apartment houses and such, connected to the sewer system shall consist
of 1/3 of a household unit for each studio or one-bedroom living unit,
2/3 of a household unit for each two-bedroom living unit, and one
household unit for each living unit of three or more bedrooms. In
the event that such premises also contains space not used for residential
purposes, such space shall consist of such number of additional household
units determined by dividing the annual water consumption in such
space by 70,000 gallons.
Public and parochial school structures served by said sewer
system shall constitute one household unit for each 40 pupils and
staff members, both teaching and administrative, or major portion
of such number, in average daily attendance, except that each separate
structure so served by said system shall in no event constitute less
than one such household unit.
All types of structures or premises not described in Subsections A, B, C and D of this definition, including but not exclusive of churches, institutions, motels, stores and commercial establishments, shall constitute that number of household units determined by dividing the annual water consumption on said premises by 70,000 gallons. Such premises, however, constitutes a minimum of one household unit. Industry units will be established by dividing the average monthly employment, based on the previous year, by 20; new industry units will be based on the anticipated monthly employment for the initial year divided by 20.
In the event that any parcel of real property in its entirety
falls within more than one of the above classifications, that classification
which produces the greatest number of household units shall be the
one applicable. In the event that any parcel of real property is divisible
into two or more classifications, the number of household units in
each classification shall be determined, and the total thereof shall
constitute the number of household units applicable to the entire
parcel.
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," all lateral
sewers or all branch sewers or all interceptor sewers or all trunk
sewers or all channels, streams or watercourses into which is introduced
stormwater, and any sewage treatment and disposal works, each part
with necessary appurtenances, including pumping stations.
The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present,
and groundwater, surface water and stormwater.
A scale of annual charges established and imposed in the
aforesaid sewer district for the use of the sewer system or any part
or parts thereof.
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or
useful, in whole or in part, in connection with the collection, treatment
or disposal of sewage, water, industrial wastes and other wastes and
which are owned, operated or maintained by said district, including
sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works, and
all channels, streams and watercourses owned, operated or maintained
by said sewer district and into which is introduced stormwater by
way of pipes or channels owned, operated or maintained by said sewer
district.
Sewer rents are hereby established and imposed for the sewer
system in said sewer district as now existing and hereafter extended
pursuant to law.
The Town Board shall annually fix and determine the amount of
the sewer rent to be charged for each household unit in said sewer
district.
[Amended 5-4-1964; 5-8-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
The annual sewer rent established for each unit in a sewer district
shall be set forth on the Town tax bill for said year and shall be
collected and enforced in the same manner and at the same time as
provided for Town taxes.
Revenues derived from sewer rents shall be credited to a specific
fund to be known as the "Sewer Rent Fund of Sewer District No. 1."
Moneys in such fund shall be used only in the manner and for the purpose
specified and in the order required by the Sewer Rent Law of the State
of New York.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See General Municipal Law § 450
et seq.
