As used in this article, the following terms
shall mean and include:
The rent, rate or charge imposed or levied by the Village
of Maybrook for the payment of capital expenditures and the annual
debt redemption on the indebtedness incurred for the enlargement,
expansion and addition to the sewerage treatment plant.
[Amended 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
The rent, rate or charge comprising the scale of annual charges
imposed or levied by the Village of Maybrook for the use of the sewer
system or any part or parts thereof.
The Village of Maybrook does hereby establish
and impose a scale of sewer use rents for the use services rendered
by the sewer system to the real property within the corporate limits
of the Village upon the following basis:
A.
If a water rent is levied or charged against any
real property within the corporate limits of the Village or the owners
or occupants of such real property and such real property is served
by the sewer system, the sewer use rent against such real property
shall be based on the consumption of water on the premises served
by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof and levied or charged
against such real property or the owners or occupants of such real
property at a percentage of water billing in accordance with the following
schedule:
[Amended 8-10-1981 by L.L. No. 2-1981; 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
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B.
In the case of metered consumers of water supplied
by the Village who contribute to the sewer system an amount of sewage
substantially less than or substantially greater than the amount of
water supplied to such metered consumer by the Village or in case
of owners or occupants of real property within the Village who are
not consumers of water but are connected to the sewer system, the
Board of Trustees shall fix and determine the sewer rent charge applicable
to such real property upon such other equitable basis as shall be
determined by the Board.
At the option of the owner of real property
being served by the sewer system, such owner may, at his own expense
and subject at all times to the approval of the Superintendent of
Public Works, install, operate and maintain sewage meters, gauges
or other suitable devices for measuring the amount of sewage contributed
to the sewage system. In such cases, the quantity of sewage shall
be determined by such metering device, and the sewer use rent applicable
therefor shall be the same as would be imposed for a like quantity
of water consumed on said premises.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of
Public Works to make a survey annually or at such other times as may
be required by the Board of Trustees to determine whether there is
being discharged into the sewer system from any real property within
the corporate limits of the Village sewage or other waste which, in
the opinion of such Superintendent, contains unduly high concentrations
of solids or any other substance adding to the operating costs of
the sewer system. Upon the completion of such survey, he shall file
with the Board of Trustees a report of his finding, indicating whether
additional sewer rent charges should be levied for such sewage or
other waste, and, if so, he shall set forth recommended charges for
the same. The Board of Trustees is authorized to fix and determine
such additional sewer use rent charges therefor as shall be equitable,
in addition to the sewer use rents provided for by the preceding sections.
[Amended 12-9-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
Sewer use rents shall begin to accrue October
1, 1972, for use on and after said date.
The Village of Maybrook does hereby establish
and impose a scale of sewerage facilities rents upon each parcel of
real property within the corporate limits of the Village upon the
following basis:
A.
Assignment of units.
(1)
Each single-family dwelling on not more than one acre
will be assigned a value of one unit.
(2)
Each multiple-family housing structure and apartment
house will be assigned a value of one unit for the first dwelling
unit and one unit for each additional dwelling unit contained within
the housing structure or apartment house. A "dwelling unit" shall
be defined as a room or group of rooms occupied or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters and having direct access from the outside
or through a common hail.
(3)
All land other than that not more than one acre for
each single-family dwelling will be assigned 1/2 unit for each
separate lot shown on the Orange County Tax Map for the Village of
Maybrook fronting on a public street and if not such lots then 1/2
unit for the first acre of land or any portion and 1/2 unit for
each acre or major fraction thereof over the first acre.
(4)
Each church will be assigned a value of one unit and
each parsonage house or parish house will be assigned a value of one
unit.
(5)
All other properties within the Village other than those specified in Subsection A(1), (2), (3) and (4) above will be assigned units based upon the following formula: the number of units equals the subject property's assessed value prior to exemptions, abatements, etc., divided by the average assessed value (prior to exemptions, abatements, etc.) of all residential property within the Village.
[Amended 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
C.
The owner of each property in the Village shall pay a sewerage facility charge equal to the number of units assigned to that property, multiplied by the sewerage facilities unit charge determined in Subsection B above.
D.
The sewerage facilities rent shall be computed as
above and determined and fixed annually as part of the budget adopted
for the Village's next fiscal year and based upon the amount necessary
to be raised for debt service and capital expenditures in such fiscal
year and the Village assessment roll for said year.
A.
All sewer use and sewerage facility rents shall be
due and payable at the office of the Village Clerk quarterly, on the
first days of January, April, July and October of each year commencing
as provided for herein. Sewer use rents for January and July may be
based on estimated consumption.
[Amended 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
B.
Bills will be sent out to all property owners by the
Village. The Village will not employ a Collector, and the failure
of any property owner to receive a bill promptly shall not excuse
nonpayment of the same. In the event that the property owner fails
to receive a bill promptly, he shall demand the same at the Village
Clerk's office.
C.
Terms of payment. Bills will be rendered at the net
amount and will be due when presented.
D.
If bills are not paid within 30 days from the date
due, a penalty of 10% will be added to the same.
E.
Sewer use rents shall constitute a lien upon the real
property served by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof
for which sewer use rents are hereby established and imposed, and
sewerage facilities rents shall constitute a lien upon the real property
against which they have been imposed. The lien shall be prior to and
superior to every other lien or claim except the lien of an existing
tax assessment or other lawful charge imposed by or for the state
or a political subdivision or district thereof.
F.
The Village Clerk shall annually certify the amounts
of all unpaid sewer use rents and sewerage facilities rents, including
penalties, computed to the first day of the month following the month
in which the fiscal year commences, with a description of the real
property affected thereby, and shall present such certificate to the
Board of Trustees and shall enter the same or an abstract thereof
in the minutes of the meeting. The Board of Trustees shall levy such
amounts against the real property liable therefor as a part of the
annual Village tax levy, setting forth such amounts in separate columns
in the annual tax roll. The sewer use fund and sewerage facilities
rents shall be credited with the amount of all such unpaid sewer rents,
including penalties, and such amounts, when collected, shall be credited
to the general fund.
