[Ord. 699, 9/14/2011, § 1]
This Part is adopted to promote and protect the public health,
safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the general welfare.
These general goals include, among other things, the specific enforcement
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and the
Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.,
and the various regulations promulgated by DELCORA, the City of Philadelphia,
the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, and such other agencies which
may succeed the aforementioned agencies, and the implementation of
the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment
Standards, 40 CFR 401 et seq.
[Ord. 699, 9/14/2011, § 2]
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations of 2011, attached
hereto as Exhibit A,[1] and the city of Philadelphia's Sewer and Wastewater
Control Regulations attached hereto as Exhibit B,[2] are hereby collectively adopted as the wastewater treatment
regulations for Morton Borough. When any conflict exists between any
portions of Exhibits A and B, the most stringent of the portion in
conflict shall apply.
[Ord. 699, 9/14/2011, § 4]
The DELCORA Local Limitations for the Eastern Service Area (the
"Eastern Limitations") and the DELCORA Local Limitations for the Western
Service Area (the "Western Limitations"), as set forth in DELCORA
Resolution 2011-01, attached hereto as Exhibit C,[1] is hereby adopted as the local limitations for all discharges
of wastewater in Morton Borough. All such discharges of wastewater
shall comply with the Eastern Limitations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit C is on file in the Borough offices.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 1]
There shall by due to the Borough from each property owner using
the Borough sanitary system an annual sanitary sewer usage fee. This
usage fee, expressed as a rate per 1,000 gallons of water used, shall
be determined each year and included as part of the annual Sanitary
Sewer Usage Fee Ordinance. The usage fee 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 Aqua Pennsylvania or its successor or from readings by the Borough
on meters where there is a private water supply.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 2; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
The owner or owners of any property situate in the Borough and/or
served by the sanitary sewer system of the Borough shall pay to the
Borough a sanitary sewer fee in an amount determined each year by
resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 3]
Discounts, penalties and interest shall be determined each year
and included as part of the annual Sanitary Sewer Usage Fee Ordinance.
All unpaid sewer usage fees shall be a lien against the property,
and the Borough Solicitor shall proceed to collect all delinquent
accounts.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 4; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
The Borough Secretary's office through its designated agent
shall collect the annual sanitary sewer usage fee as provided in this
Part.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 5; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
It shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary through its designated
agent to cause notices to be mailed or otherwise delivered to the
persons or properties liable for payment of such fees, to keep records
and to take all reasonable steps to enforce collection thereof, turning
over to the Borough Solicitor such accounts as may require legal action
to collect. It shall be the responsibility of all property owners
to report to the Borough all water service connected to their property.
The Borough Secretary through its designated agent shall keep full,
accurate and complete records of all charges, bills, receipts, payments
and transmittals of money to the Borough.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 6]
The above rates shall be due and payable on a quarterly basis
each year to the Borough Secretary, and/or its designated agent, and
all sewer usage fees, charges, penalties and interest shall be and
are a lien against the property until paid.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 7]
A penalty of 10% will be added to all sanitary sewer usage charges
that remain delinquent at the end of each quarter. Interest at the
rate of 9% per annum will be imposed on all sanitary sewer usage fees
paid after January 1 of the following year.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 8]
Failure to receive a bill will not exempt the owner from the
fee bill due.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 9]
All sanitary sewer usage fees shall be apportioned to quarters
where the connection are made after January 1 and shall be paid for
in advance of the connection to the end of the year.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 10]
A fee of $75 shall be added as an attorney fee for the filing
of any municipal lien which sum shall be added to the amount of the
delinquency, including interest, penalty and costs.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 11]
A fee of $75 shall be added as an attorney fee for the satisfaction
of any municipal lien which sum shall be added to the amount of the
delinquency, including interest, penalty and costs.
[Ord. 722, 12/27/2013, § 12]
Attorney fees are hereby assessed at the rate of $150 per hour
for the collection of delinquent municipal claims which necessitate
legal proceedings by the Borough Solicitor.
