[Adopted 3-26-1959 by Ord. No. 25]
The Board of Township Supervisors hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority jointly with Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of East Norriton Township Articles of Incorporation for said Authority in substantially the following form.
In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended,[1] Plymouth and East Norriton Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate an Authority thereunder, do hereby certify that:
A. 
The name of the Authority is "East Norriton - Plymouth Joint Sewer Authority."
B. 
Said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
C. 
No other authority organized under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, nor under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities or any of them, except Plymouth Township Municipal Authority organized by Plymouth Township (certificate of incorporation dated March 8, 1948) and East Norriton Township Municipal Authority (certificate of incorporation dated June 30, 1948), neither of which has undertaken any project or has any outstanding indebtedness.
D. 
The names of the incorporating municipalities and the names and addresses of their municipal authorities are as follows.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The names of the incorporating municipalities and the names and addresses of their municipal authorities are on file in the Township offices and may be examined there during regular business hours.
E. 
Proofs of publication of the advertisements of notice of filing these Articles of Incorporation are submitted herewith.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors, acting with the appropriate officers of Plymouth Township, is further directed to cause a notice of the substance of this article, including the substance of the above Articles of Incorporation and of the proposed filing of the above Articles, to be published once in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the County of Montgomery and once in the Montgomery County Law Reporter, as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors, acting with the appropriate officers of Plymouth Township, is directed to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with necessary proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the commonwealth and to do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the East Norriton - Plymouth Joint Sewer Authority, including the payment of any filing fees in connection therewith.
The initial project to be undertaken by said Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own or lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, sewers, a sewer system or parts thereof and sewage treatment works, including works for treating and disposing of industrial waste, for East Norriton Township, Plymouth Township and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.
The following named persons be and they hereby are appointed as members of the first Board of the Authority, whose term of office shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from January 1 next succeeding the date of incorporation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names of the persons appointed as members of the first Board of the Authority are on file in the Township offices and may be examined there during regular business hours.
[Added 6-27-1988 by Ord. No. 265; amended 7-29-1991 by Ord. No. 302]
Upon application for building/connection permits beginning on July 1, 1988, and continuing thereafter, each applicant shall remit to the Township of East Norriton a tapping fee as set forth in § 18-11 below. No building/connection permit shall be issued until said capital improvement permit fee has been paid.
[Added 6-27-1988 by Ord. No. 265; amended 7-29-1991 by Ord. No. 302; 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 407; 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 482]
A. 
A tapping fee of $2,337 will be charged on behalf of the East Norriton - Plymouth - Whitpain Joint Sewer Authority. The tapping fee will be imposed upon each new, expanded or converted commercial, industrial or residential property which generates a sewage flow and is located within East Norriton Township. Each of these properties will be charged a tapping fee for each EDU allocated to them pursuant to the formula(s) set forth in the Tapping Fee Calculation Summary, the most recent copy of which shall be available at the Township offices. All EDUs calculated will be rounded to the next higher number. This fee consists solely of the capacity charge, as such term is used in Act 57 of 2003,[1] and is in addition to the tapping fee for the collection and capacity charge imposed by the Township, in accordance with Act 57 of 2003, as follows:
[Amended 7-22-2008 by Ord. No. 507]
Type
Fee
Residential (230 GPD)
$920 per 230 GPD
Nonresidential (230 GPD)
$1,107 per 230 GPD
Alternate nonhousehold method
$4,027 per 200 GPD
Sewer connection inspection fee
$440
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5607.
B. 
The amount of the above fees may be changed by resolution by the Board of Supervisors of East Norriton Township as they duly authorize and enact from time to time.
[Added 6-27-1988 by Ord. No. 265; amended 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 407]
On the 15th day of each month, the Township of East Norriton shall remit to the East Norriton - Plymouth - Whitpain Joint Sewer Authority all permit fees collected by the Township of East Norriton during the preceding month.
[Added 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 407; amended 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 482]
The Authority will not impose any connection or customer facilities fee, as such terms are used in Pennsylvania Act 57 of 2003.[1] The imposition of such fees is not within the purview of the Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5607.
[Added 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 407; amended 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 482]
The tapping fee shall be imposed upon each property located within East Norriton Township for each EDU allocated to such properties pursuant to the formula set forth in this article. An "EDU" means an equivalent dwelling unit with a sewage flow of 230 GPD. All EDUs calculated for this article shall be rounded to the next higher number.
[Added 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 407; amended 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 482]
The following schedule shall be applicable for determining the number of EDUs allocated to each use of property.
A. 
Single-family residences. Single-family residences shall have a fee based on one EDU.
B. 
Multifamily residences. Duplexes, apartment buildings, garden apartments and other multiple-residential properties shall require a fee of one EDU per residential unit.
C. 
Residential conversion.
(1) 
Any single-family residence which is converted to two or more residential units shall require a fee of one EDU for each additional residential unit.
(2) 
Any duplex, apartment building, garden apartment or other multiple-residential property which is expanded and/or enlarged to provide for additional residential units shall require a fee of one EDU for each additional residential unit.
D. 
Nonresidential use. EDUs for nonresidential uses, including new uses, expansions or conversions shall be calculated using the following table. Multiples uses for single connection permits shall be calculated separately for each use. The types of uses and EDU equivalency factors in the following table may be amended by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of East Norriton Township as they may authorize and enact from time to time.
[Amended 7-22-2008 by Ord. No. 507; 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 537]
Table 1
Factors for Computing Nonresidential EDUs
EDU Equivalency
Type of Nonresidential Use
Value
(EDU)
Unit
Auto maintenance facility (without fueling)
1.0
Service bay
Auto service station
0.75
Fueling position
Banquet facility
3.6
1,000 square feet
Bar/cocktail area
7.2
1,000 square feet
Barbershop
0.12
Chair
Beauty salon/hairdresser
0.24
Chair
Bowling alley
0.88
Lane/alley
Church
0.02
Seat
Commercial/office
0.6
1,000 square feet
Community college
0.425
1,000 square feet
Convenience store (without fueling)
0.5
1,000 square feet
Convenience store (with fueling, no food preparation)
0.75
Fueling position
Convenience store (with fueling and food preparation)
0.875
Fueling position
Day-care school
See "school"
Dentist office
0.88
Chair
Doctor office
0.88
Exam room
Funeral home
0.88
Viewing room
Health/fitness centers
2.64
1,000 square feet
Hospital
1.2
Bed
Industrial, light sanitary only
1.56
1,000 square feet
Industrial, wet (includes industrial processing area for wet processes)
1.0
230 gallons of process flow
Laundry, self-service
2.16
Washer
Motel/hotel
0.6
Room
Residence/executive suites
0.9
Unit
Movie theater
0.02
Seat
Nursing home
0.6
Bed
Park, picnic (sanitary waste only)
0.09
Picnic table
Restaurant
Conventional
2.5
1,000 square feet
Fast-food
2.0
1,000 square feet
Bar/Cocktail areas
2.0
1,000 square feet
Restaurant (all types)
8.76
1,000 square feet
Retail store
10,000 square feet
0.6
1,000 square feet
10,000 to 25,000 square feet
0.36
1,000 square feet
"Big box" (more than 25,000 square feet)
0.24
1,000 square feet
School, public/private
Day, without cafeteria, gym or showers
0.43
1,000 square feet
Day, with cafeteria, gym or showers
0.72
1,000 square feet
Boarding
2.90
1,000 square feet
Swimming pool (include entire fenced area)
1.74
1,000 square feet
Warehouse
1.0
10,000 square feet
E. 
Alternate nonresidential tapping fee calculation. The applicant may elect to enter into an alternate nonresidential tapping fee agreement[1] with the Township if the applicant can reasonably demonstrate, using flow data for a period of at least one year and any other supporting documentation supplied by the applicant and acceptable to the Township, that the above nonresidential EDU conversion schedule does not adequately reflect the volume of wastewater flow capacity to be reserved. The rules and regulations governing an applicant's right to utilize the alternate nonresidential tapping fee agreement shall be set forth in the alternate nonresidential tapping fee agreement. The Township reserves the right to revise the rules and regulations governing the alternate nonresidential tapping fee agreement EDU calculations from time to time.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of said agreement is on file in the Township offices.