A. 
The authorizing agent shall prescribe annually just and equitable charges to be charged all users of the sewage system, based upon the budget established for operation of the Sewer Department. The initial user charge will be $100 per residential unit per year.
[Amended 9-16-2003 by Ord. No. 03-7; 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-19]
B. 
Charges for residential users of the sewage system will be computed on a residential unit charge. All other users will be charged on the basis of water consumption. These charges shall be computed using the following formula:
B X (use)n
$ Yearly Sewer Service Charge       =
__________
90,000 gal.
(1) 
Where use is in gallons per year, n = 1, and B = base charge (residential charge per year).
(2) 
There will be a minimum charge of $100 per user.
[Amended 9-16-2003 by Ord. No. 03-7; 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-19]
C. 
Sewer service charges for connected facilities will commence at the time a sewer connection permit is issued by the authorized department in accordance with this chapter. For new construction the charges will commence when the certificate of occupancy is issued.
[Amended 3-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-3]
A. 
Annual sewer service charge bills will be prepared and mailed in August of each year.
[Amended 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-19]
B. 
The Collector of Taxes shall cause notice of the amount and due date to be given to the owner of the real estate or the tenant or occupant, who shall be personally liable therefor. Such notice shall substantially identify the estate with respect to which the service charge is made, state the amount of the charge and refer to the remedy available under this section. The notice shall be mailed postpaid and directed to the last known address of the addressee. If there are owners or tenants whose addresses are unknown, a similar notice covering the service charges shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town and such published notice shall be a single collective notice for all such owners and tenants. No irregularity in carrying out the provisions of this section shall excuse the nonpayment of the charge or affect its validity or any proceedings for the collection thereof as long as there is substantial compliance with the provisions hereof. No deficiency in the notice to the owner, tenant or occupant shall excuse the nonpayment by the owners of the charges against their estates or affect the validity thereof or any proceedings for the collection thereof.
C. 
A certificate of the Collector of Taxes of the Town stating the amount of any delinquent service charge and its due date and the name of the owner of the real estate and the name of the tenant or occupant if addressed to a tenant or occupant who is not the owner and an identification of the real estate shall be filed with the Town Clerk as a public record, and notice of such filing shall be mailed or sent or otherwise given to such owner. From the date of such filing until the same is paid in full, such delinquent service charge together with an interest and charges accruing thereon shall constitute a lien upon the real estate on a parity with the lien for Town taxes.
D. 
The Collector of Taxes shall have the same rights to enforce such liens and to collect the service charges and interest and charges thereon as he has in the case of Town taxes.
E. 
Any person aggrieved by any such service may within 90 days of the mailing or publication of notice to him, file a petition for relief against the Town as respondent in the Superior Court, the same procedure as outlined in § 207-63F for assessment charges.
[Amended 4-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-2]
Appeals for waterline breaks or unusual usage shall be heard by the Lincoln Town Council.
When charges and fees are based upon the water usage for nonresidential units, such charges and fees shall be applied against the total amount of water used from all sources unless, in the opinion of the Director, significant portions of water received are not discharged to a public sewer. The total amount of water used from public and private sources will be determined by means of public meters for private meters, installed and maintained at the expense of the user and approved by the Director, subject to the direction and control of the authorized agent.
When charges and fees are based upon water usage and where, in the opinion of the Director, a significant portion (more than 20%) of the total annual volume of water received from any metered source does not flow into the public sewer because of the principal activity of the user or removal by other means, the charges and fees will be applied against the volume of water discharged from such premises into the public sewer. Where industries have a private water supply, all or part of which is discharged to the sewer, the amount of such supply or the part thereof that is discharged to the Town system, shall be metered and included in the charges made. Written notification and proof of the diversion of water must be provided by the user, and approved by the Director if the user is to avoid the application of the charges and fees against the total amount of water used from all sources. The user shall install a meter of a type at a location approved by the Director at the user's expense. Such meters shall measure either the amount of sewage discharged or the amount of water diverted. Such meters shall be maintained at the expense of the user and be tested for accuracy at the expense of the user when deemed necessary by the Director.