[Adopted 10-28-1952]
A. 
An annual charge is hereby imposed upon every person, firm or corporation whose premises are served by the sanitary sewer system of the Village of Ballston Spa, either directly or indirectly, for the use and support of the facilities of said sanitary sewer system and for connection therewith.
B. 
Prior to the connection to the Village of Ballston Spa sanitary sewer system, all outside users not within an approved sewer district must deposit in escrow with the Village Clerk such fees as are set forth from time to time by resolution of the Village of Ballston Spa. This sum shall be held by the Village for the duration of the service, including transfer of ownership of the serviced property. In the event of default on any billing statement, the Village may apply a portion or all of the escrowed moneys to the delinquent account.
[Added 10-23-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000; amended 10-15-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
[Amended 4-30-1971; 4-23-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 6-26-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 10-15-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
The sewer rates shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Village of Ballston Spa.
A. 
Bills for such sewage rental shall be levied on each lot or parcel of land having any sewer connection connected to the Village sewage system and shall be based upon the quantity of water used therein or thereon as the same is measured by the water meter or meters there in use, if there be any, and, if there be none, then a meter or meters shall be installed under the supervision of the Sewer Commissioner in order to measure the quantity of water discharged into said sewage system.
B. 
In the event that any person affected by the terms of this article shall, by competent proof, show to the Board of Trustees that a substantial variance exists between the amount of water used by such person and the amount of sewage discharged into the sanitary sewer system, the Board may, at such persons request, install in the premises of such person a meter to register the amount of the sewage discharged from said premises, and, thereafter, sewage rental bills shall be rendered for said premises on the basis of the reading of said separate sewage meter.
C. 
In the further event that any person, firm or corporation is using Village water which is presently metered and is also obtaining water from other sources and discharging the same into the sanitary sewer system, then said person, firm or corporation shall allow the installation of a sewage meter in said premises to measure the quantity of sewage discharged, and bills for said sewage rental shall be rendered on the basis of said sewage meter readings.
D. 
A separate bill shall be rendered for each meter when there is more than one water meter or more than one sewage meter by reason of the fact that there is more than one dwelling or manufacturing unit in any one building or on any one premises.
E. 
The bills for sanitary sewage services shall be rendered and collected in the same manner and at the same time as is presently provided for the rendition and collection of water bills.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 191 of the Ordinances of the Village of Ballston Spa, which immediately followed this subsection and dealt with cessation of water supply service, was deleted 5-13-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996.
F. 
The total amount of the bills when rendered shall be payable within 30 days from its date, after which a penalty of 10% shall be added. Thereafter, a penalty of 1% a month on such total amount shall be levied up to a maximum of 12% per year in penalties.
[Amended 12-14-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020; 12-14-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
Every person who shall be supplied or whose property shall be supplied with sewage service by connection with the Village sanitary sewage system shall be deemed to have accepted and approved the rules of the Village and regulations which regulate the use of and charges for said sewage system, and the continuance of the consumer or owner to use such system after any amendment or change of this article applying thereto shall be deemed an acceptance of such amendment or change.
Every person discharging into said sewer system shall permit the Sewer Superintendent or his/her agents to enter upon the premises at all reasonable hours to examine the meter or meters, and a refusal of access to said premises shall be sufficient cause for the discontinuance of water service and/or sewage service.
A. 
All moneys raised and collected by such sewage rental shall not become part of the general funds of said Village but shall be placed in a special fund called the "Sewer Department Fund" and shall be used to pay the salaries and charges of the Sewer Department and the maintenance expenses, improvements, alterations, debt service and expansion of said sewage disposal system and of the sewage disposal plant.
B. 
If, in any fiscal year, it appears that there will be a deficit in said fund, the Board of Trustees shall make up such deficit by the assessment of general taxes.