The rate schedule provided herewith is established so that sufficient revenue is collected to meet the debts presently incurred or to be incurred by the respective Sewer Districts in the Town of Newfane. Rates amended from time to time and as shown in §§
196-11.6 and
196-11.9.
A. The ready-to-serve charges and the front-foot charges shall be billed
via the county and Town tax bill and shall be payable therewith.
B. The user charges shall be billed via the Town of Newfane billing
system and shall be payable within 30 days of the date of billing.
C. Charges established by agreement with Class II and Class III users
and industrial cost recovery charges shall be payable directly to
the Sewer District on an annual basis as billed by the Sewer District.
D. Past-due accounts shall be added to the next tax bill with interest
at a rate of 18% per annum. All bills will be payable in 21 days and
shall be subject to a 10% late fee if not paid in 21 days. A 10% late
fee shall be added on the unpaid balance of the water/sewer total
that is removed to taxes.
[Amended 9-23-1998]
E. To disconnect services: All sewer services will be cut and capped
off at the Town right-of-way line in a manner that will not allow
groundwater infiltration and in a manner that services can be reconnected
if future use is desired. Authorized Town personnel will inspect the
connection(s) before billing is discontinued.
[Added 2-23-2005]
F. To discontinue billing for contemplated long-term vacant structures
and mobile homes: After request for disconnection of sewer service
has been made in writing by the property owner, and after water service
has been disconnected pursuant to Chapter 42, Section 42-12-1 of the
Town Code, the minimum charge for water and sewer billing will continue
until the end of the next following month.
[Added 2-22-2006; amended 3-23-2011]
Each service connection shall represent a minimum of one service
unit. A "service unit" shall be defined as any self-contained building,
portion of a building or unit associated with an activity that exerts
a demand on the sewage works. The service units shall be classified
as follows:
A. Class I: any building that consists of a single service unit, has
a single service connection and generally contributes less than 100,000
gallons per year and has a waste concentration of less than 240 mg/l,
such as, but not limited to, a single-family detached house or cottage,
a single business building, churches, fire halls, a business office,
a store, a mobile home on a privately owned site, a private club,
etc. Where several buildings exist together, each shall be considered
a separate service unit and each shall be considered a separate Class
I user, whether they are on one parcel or separate parcels if each
service unit is severable from the other.
B. Class II: an industry as defined in the Manual of Standard Industrial
Classification Divisions A, B, D, E and produces process wastes. A
Class II unit shall be charged a minimum of one demand unit plus additional
demand charges based on a percent of capacity reserved by contract
with the Sewer District.
(1)
Class II industries shall be subject to industrial cost recovery charges as required by the USEPA as authorized by Public Law 92-500, the 1972 Amendments to the Water Pollution Control Act. The industrial cost recovery charges shall be established by contract with the industry. All Class II industries shall be required to install a waste flow meter and sampling device as per §
196-5.15 of this chapter.
C. Class III: any industry or institution that produces only non-process
segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences, which
normally exceeds 100,000 gallons per year of wastewater contribution
and has a pollutant concentration less than 240 mg/l. A Class III
unit shall be charged a minimum of one demand unit plus additional
demand charges based on a percent of capacity reserved, used or otherwise
determined by the Sewer District.
D. Class IV: any building or group of buildings comprising more than
one service unit with at least one service connection that is inseverable
by function, location or construction, such as, but not limited to,
multiple-family dwelling units, a business-apartment complex, multiple
business, a mobile home park, etc.
(1)
Mobile homes will be charged one service unit; except if designated
for a senior citizen, in which case the mobile home shall be charged
one half of a service unit.
[Added 9-23-1998]
(2)
A Class IV user shall be charged one service unit for the first
service unit plus 1/2 of a service unit for each service unit thereafter.
A Class IV user will be charged for excess flow when the water consumption
exceeds the number of service units (or fraction thereof) times 100,000
gallons per year.
[Amended 11-26-2003; 10-27-2004]
The word "unit" as applied in this section shall mean a service
unit.
A. Class I.
Ready-to-Serve
|
$210.85/unit/year
|
Availability
|
$5/parcel/year
|
User Charge (minimum)
|
$49.38/unit/quarter
|
Excess Flow (over 100,000 gallons/year)
|
$0.67/1,000 gallons
|
B. Class II.
Ready-to-Serve
|
$210.85/unit/year
|
Additional Demand
|
$216.71/unit/year
|
Availability
|
$5/parcel/year
|
User Charge
|
$1.89/1,000 gallons and $0.60/pound BOD
|
C. Class III.
Ready-to-Serve
|
$210.85/unit/year
|
Additional Demand
|
$216.71/unit/year
|
Availability
|
$5/parcel/year
|
User Charge
|
$1.89/1,000 gallons and $0.60/pound BOD
|
D. Class IV.
Ready-to-Serve
|
$210.85/unit/year
|
Availability
|
$5/parcel/year
|
User Charge (minimum)
|
$49.38/unit/year
|
Excess Flow (over 100,000 gallons/year)
|
$0.60/1,000 gallons
|
E. Indirect benefit.
0 to 100 feet
|
$0.08/foot
|
101 to 300 feet
|
$0.06/foot
|
All over 300 feet
|
$0.05/foot
|
[Added 7-22-2020]
A charge of $35 per 1,000 gallons of truck tank capacity shall be levied for discharge of scavenger wastes, septic tank pumpage as permitted in §
196-5.3F.