[Adopted 10-27-1969 by Ord. No. 1969-107]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Stanhope.
BUILDING
Constitutes a structure in which one or more units are housed.
UNIT
Consists of a single use, whether residential, commercial, industrial or institutional, except schools, private or public.
Sewer charges shall be made by the Borough of Stanhope and shall be billed to the owners of real property upon which buildings stand in the borough as hereinafter set forth:
A. 
For single-family and multifamily residences: as provided for in Chapter 82, Fees.
[Amended 2-28-1977 by Ord. No. 1977-2; 5-31-1978 by Ord. No. 1978-9]
B. 
For all other buildings of any nature whatsoever, except as specified in Subsection C below: as provided for in Chapter 82, Fees. This charge shall be levied on a calendar-year basis, except that such charges shall be prorated for the calendar year 1974.
[Amended 4-29-1974 by Ord. No. 1974-3; 2-28-1977 by Ord. No. 1977-2; 5-31-1978 by Ord. No. 1978-9]
C. 
The Stanhope Municipal Building, the Stanhope Fire Department Building and the American Legion Ambulance Corps Building shall be exempt from all sewer charges.
[Amended 4-27-1970 by Ord. No. 1970-112; 4-29-1974 by Ord. No. 1974-3]
D. 
All bills for the furnishing of sewer service shall be payable for the preceding quarter on the first day of January, April, July and October of the respective quarterly period. If bills are not paid on said date, interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance at the same rate as charged by the Borough for the nonpayment of taxes. If bills are not paid within 60 days after the due date for the respective quarter, the sewer service shall be discontinued and shall remain off until the total amount due, including interest and turnoff charges, as provided for in Chapter 82, Fees, shall have been made.
[Added 9-25-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
[Amended 9-28-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-20]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12, the charges set forth hereinabove shall draw the same interest from the time they become due as taxes upon real estate in the Borough of Stanhope and shall be a lien upon the premises connected to the sanitary sewers until paid, and the Borough of Stanhope shall have the same remedies for the collection thereof with interest, costs and penalties as it now has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
[Added 2-7-1980 by Ord. No. 1980-1]
A. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this Code, no new or additional public sewer connection permits shall be issued in the Borough of Stanhope until January 1, 1983, except as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-18]
B. 
Public sewer connection permits may issue for applications made for those structures for which a building permit was validly issued prior to January 28, 1980. Public sewer connection permits may also issue for any completed building or structure in existence on January 1, 1982, which is not currently connected to the municipal sewer system.
[Amended 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-18]
C. 
Public sewer connection permits may issue for all existing structures that may be serviced by Stage IIA Sanitary Sewer Project of the Borough of Stanhope.
D. 
Any commercial, industrial or professional occupancy owner or user of property in the Borough of Stanhope may install or use an approved private sewage disposal system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150 of the Code of the Borough of Stanhope entitled "Sewage Disposal System, Individual" and the statutes, rules and regulations of the State of New Jersey or an agency thereof.
[Added 3-30-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-3]
A. 
The Council shall review the total costs of operation of the sewer system and supporting user charges annually.
B. 
Any user who discharges any toxic pollutants which cause any increase in the cost of managing the effluent of the sludge of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs.
C. 
All charges for operation and maintenance for all flow not directly attributable to users shall be distributed among all users in the charges for number of hookups per user and in the actual usage charge.
D. 
Each user of the system shall be notified at least annually of the user charges and that portion of the user charges which are attributable to wastewater treatment services.
E. 
This user charge system shall take precedence over any other conditions or agreements between the borough and its users.