For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this §
210-45, unless the context otherwise indicates:
AUTHORITY
The Catasauqua Sewer Authority, constituted and existing
pursuant to the Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
BOD5
The five-day biochemical-oxygen demand.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Catasauqua, a municipal corporation, incorporated
under the Borough Code.
DESIGN CAPACITY
The permitted or rated capacity of facilities expressed as
a multiple of 100 gallons per day. For nonresidential customers, at
the Borough's sole discretion, design capacity may also be expressed
in pounds of BOD5 per day, pounds of suspended
solids per day or any other capacity-defining parameter that is separately
and specifically set forth in the permit governing the operation of
the system, and based upon its original design as modified by those
regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over these facilities.
DESIGN CAPACITY REQUIRED BY A NEW RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
The design capacity required by a new residential customer
used in calculating the sewer tapping fees shall not exceed an amount
established by multiplying 90 gallons per capita per day times the
average number of persons per household as established by the most
recent census data provided by the United States Census Bureau. Alternatively,
the design capacity required by a new residential customer shall be
determined by a study, but shall not exceed the average residential
water consumption per residential customer plus 10% or the average
sewage flow per residential customer determined by a measured sewage
flow study. Such study shall be completed in accordance with sound
engineering practices within the most recent five years for the lesser
of three or all residential subdivisions of more than 10 lots which
have collection systems in good repair and which connected to the
Borough's facilities within the most recent five years. The study
shall calculate the average sewage flow per residential customer in
such developments by measuring actual flows over at least 12 consecutive
months at the points where such developments connected to the Borough's
sewer main.
DWELLING UNIT
Any structure, or part thereof, designed and intended to
be occupied as the living quarters of a single family or housekeeping
unit, and having separate kitchen and separate bathroom facilities.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property located within the area served by the sewer
system upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous
or periodic habitation, occupancy, or use by human beings or animals.
OUTSTANDING DEBT
The principal amount outstanding of any bonds, notes, loans
or other form of indebtedness used to finance or refinance facilities
included in the tapping fee.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property. When more than one person is
the owner of any particular parcel of improved property, all such
persons shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the
fees and charges imposed under this article.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation, or other group or entity.
SERVICE LINE
A sewer line that directly connects a single building or
structure to a collection facility.
SEWER LATERAL
A collection facility that connects a service line to a sewer
system main.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating, or disposing of sewage and other
wastewater, other than stormwater, which are situate in or adjacent
to this Borough and owned, leased or operated by the Borough.
SYSTEM DESIGN CAPACITY
The design capacity of the system for which the tapping fee
is being calculated which represents the total design capacity of
the sewer system.
A detailed itemization of all calculations clearly
showing the manner in which the fees were determined has been marked
as Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
All references to be, him, his and himself shall
be considered gender neutral, and shall be deemed to represent masculine,
feminine and neuter subjects and objects.