[Amended 6-3-1991; 3-20-1995; 7-5-2000; 12-3-2001; 6-6-2011 by Ord. No. 10-2011; 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 07-2012; 6-3-2013 by Ord. No. 09-2013; 3-2-2020 by Ord. No. 05-2020; 3-1-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021; 3-1-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
A. The following
charges and fees for connection and for use of the local sewerage
system and the SCMUA sewage treatment plant are hereby fixed and/or
prescribed, and the Borough shall charge same to the user and the
user shall pay such to the Borough on a quarterly basis. For the purpose
of this section, the quarterly periods shall be calendar quarters.
There shall be a charge of $197.82 per quarter for equivalent single-family
dwelling units (EDU), effective February 1, 2021.
B. Where
at least one of the owners of a single-family dwelling or multifamily
dwelling unit is at least 65 years of age and the premises have been
granted a senior citizen real-estate deduction pursuant to N.J.S.A.
54:4-8.41 by the Hamburg Tax Collector, then the charge for an equivalent
unit shall be $182.82 per quarter, effective February 1, 2021.
The charges and rents shall draw interest and
be a lien upon the premises until paid and the Borough may exercise
the remedies for the collection thereof with interest, costs and penalties
provided in N.J.S.A. 40:63-8 and as it has by law for the collection
of taxes upon real estate. Charges for sewer use shall be a lien upon
the premises as provided by statute.
The owner of each premises will be held responsible for the sewer charges of their tenants since the sewer charge is a lien on the property as stated in §
164-65 of this chapter.
[Amended 12-3-2001; 12-4-2006 by Ord. No. 7-2006]
A. If a bill
remains unpaid for a period of 30 days after the billing date, it
shall be classed as delinquent and, upon 10 days' notice to the property
owner, service may be discontinued. Said written notice shall be mailed
by regular mail to the owner of record of the property as shown on
the tax assessment records. If service is thus discontinued, it will
be restored the next business day after all bills, statutory interest
and a service fee of $100 are paid.
[Amended 3-2-2020 by Ord. No. 05-2020; 3-1-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021; 8-7-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
B. No sewer
service shall be discontinued from November 15 to March 15 of any
year due to nonpayment of bills. No sewer service shall be discontinued
where the bill, not including interest, is less than $100, but interest
shall continue to accrue.
[Added 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 13-2009]
No abatement will be made for leaks, or for
water wasted by damaged fixtures.
[Amended 5-4-1992; 2-1-1997]
A service connection fee shall be paid prior
to any connection being made to the Borough's system and/or prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The service connection
fee shall be determined by the Mayor and Council each year and shall
be recomputed at the end of each budget year after a public hearing
is held in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11.
[Added 8-7-2000]
A unit assignment of an equivalent dwelling
unit to any property in the Borough of Hamburg shall not be transferable.
The foregoing prohibition shall also apply in the event that a particular
parcel or premises does not utilize the EDU(s) or discontinues utilizing
the EDU(s).
A surcharge may be imposed on a user of the
Borough's system when a user's sewage volume, quality, or other characteristics
are not in compliance with the Borough or SCMUA rules and regulations,
and said noncompliance causes an increase in cost to the Borough and/or
SCMUA for managing all sewage and sludges affected by said noncomplying
discharge. Such surcharge shall be equal to the increase in cost to
the Borough and/or SCMUA for the treatment of all sewage and sludges
affected by the noncomplying sewage discharge.
Laboratory analyses will be performed, if deemed
necessary, on composite samples of a user's sewage flow to determine
its biological and chemical composition. The results of these analyses
will be used to determine a user's surcharge, if any. The standard
laboratory procedures shall be those found in the latest edition of
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater." The
costs of these analyses shall be paid by the user.
In cases where the BOD of the sewage, in the
opinion of the Borough, does not represent the true character of the
oxygen demand, the Borough reserves the right to use chemical oxygen
demand (COD) instead of BOD.
The fee for the closing of a sewer line or lateral
to a building shall be equal to the costs incurred by the Borough
in the closing of the line.
The fee for reopening any sewer line or lateral
to a building shall be equal to $100 plus the costs incurred by the
Borough in the reopening of the line.