[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greenburgh as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-23-1971]
No person shall connect to a public sewer unless
his property is within a sewer district. New sewer districts or extensions
of existing districts must be established for such properties when
not previously included.
[Amended 6-21-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
Wherever a new sewer connection is being made
and the property involved has not paid any part of the cost to the
Town to inspect the main sewer being connected to, the Town Board
may levy an "inspection fee" intended to represent a property owner's
share in the cost to the Town to inspect the main sewer connection.
The Town Board hereby declares that it is in the public interest to
levy an inspection fee upon property owners connecting to the Town's
sewer system to defray the costs incurred by the Town with respect
to inspections of sewer connections to the Town sewer main. Such inspection
fee shall be in an amount deemed equitable, but not less than $1,500.
[Amended 6-21-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012[1]]
Inspection fees may be reduced by the Town Board,
taking into account the estimated cost of any extension of mains constructed
at the applicant's expense to Town specifications and dedicated to
the Town, or taking into account the total sum of maintenance charges
levied on a property already in a sewer district where no sewer main
has been provided.
[Amended 6-21-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
Funds obtained as inspection fees will be credited
to the sewer district which made the original capital expenditure.
Fees shall be paid before a connection is made.
[Added 3-26-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Capital, operation, maintenance and replacement
expenses for sewer district improvements shall be apportioned and
assessed on an annual basis upon the lots and parcels of land in the
sewer district in proportion to the amount of benefit which the improvement
shall confer upon the lots and parcels of land to be calculated as
follows:
A.
Expenses shall be apportioned on the basis of equivalent
dwelling units or EDUs.
B.
Parcels and lots containing residential dwelling units
with sewer service or availability shall be assigned one EDU per dwelling
unit.
C.
Parcels and lots containing nonresidential uses with
sewer service or availability shall be assigned EDU's equal to the
quotient of the average daily water consumption in gallons for the
nonresidential use divided by 240 gallons per day; however, in no
case shall the EDUs be less than one.
D.
Parcels and lots containing more than one use shall
be assigned EDUs equal to the sum of all the EDUs for each individual
use as set forth above.
F.
The Town Board may increase the share of EDUs assigned
to any particular user by such amount as the Town Board deems equitable
when that user is found to be discharging toxic pollutants, chemicals,
grease, oil or other contaminants or harmful substances which tend
to cause an increase in the costs of operation and maintenance of
the sewer district improvements or which tend to cause damages or
accelerated wear to the sewer district improvements. The additional
charge shall be reasonably related to the additional costs created.
Nothing herein shall be construed as to allow the discharge of any
substance otherwise prohibited by law.
