[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 9]
There is hereby imposed an annual rental or charge upon the
owners of properties served or to be served for the use of the sewers
and sewer system of the Township of Thornbury and for the use of extensions
thereof which are in the course of construction or to be constructed
and for the use of the sewage treatment works.
[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 10]
1.
The annual sewer rental or charge shall be such sum as shall be sufficient
to meet the following classes of expenses:
A.
The amount expended annually by the Township in the operation, maintenance,
repair, alteration, inspection, depreciation or other expense in relation
to such sewer, sewer system, pumping stations or sewage treatment
works.
B.
An amount sufficient to establish a margin of safety in the maintenance
and capital improvement fund as established annually by the Township.
[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 11; as amended by Ord.
4-2000, 7/26/2000; and by Ord. 5-2005, 8/3/2005, § I]
The Board of Supervisors of Thornbury Township declares that
the fair manner in which to equitably apportion the total service
rental or charge is for the Township, or its operator, to divide the
total estimated annual budget for the ensuing year by the number of
properties connected and using the Township sewer plant or sewage
system and said amount shall be the annual sewer rental.
[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 12; as amended by Ord.
4-2000, 7/26/2000]
1.
In December of each year, estimated sewer rental bills for the ensuing
year shall be computed by the Township or its contracted agent. It
shall be the duty of the Township Treasurer to certify a copy of said
estimated sewer bills to the Board of Supervisors, which shall, by
resolution, fix the sewer rental for the ensuing year which shall
be collected in quarterly installments. In the event a deficit occurs
for the present year, then the Board of Supervisors shall, by resolution,
adopt a final sewer rental in a sufficient amount to retire any deficit.
A.
Collection of Sewer Rent.
(1)
In the event any sewer rent or charge shall become delinquent
and not paid for a period in excess of 30 days from the due date,
the same shall be collected by the Township in the manner provided
by law.
(2)
In addition to the provisions and remedies as provided herein,
the Township of Thornbury shall be authorized to invoke the provisions
of the Act of April 14, 1949, P.L. 482, as amended, 53 P.S. § 2261,
providing for any water company or authority providing services to
the customer and user and duly authorized to shut-off the water supply
to the customer or user to enforce collection of said unpaid rental,
rate, or charges for sewer usage.
[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 13]
The Township reserves the right to amend or modify this article
or any parts thereof at any time or from time to time.
[Ord. 2-1998, 5/6/1998, § 14; as amended by Ord.
2-2005, 7/6/2005]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a District Justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and cost, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
or each section of this article which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
