[Adopted 7-17-1972 (Ch. 81, Art. V of the 1975 Code)]
A. 
The initial fees for the right to connect directly or indirectly to the Borough's sanitary sewerage system shall include a connection charge or fee per unit as well as fees for application, review and inspection of work to be accomplished by the applicant in keeping with the Borough's rules and regulations.
[Amended 10-15-1979 by Ord. No. 16-1979; 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 4-1996; 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 6-2002; 1-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1; 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9; 4-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-3]
Connection Fees
Type
Fee
Residential:
One-family
$3,300
Two-family
$3,700
Multiple-dwelling units:
Basic charge, first 2 units
$2,950
Each unit thereafter in accordance with the following:
Multiple-family
$1,900 per unit
Garden or high-rise apartments, trailers
$1,900 per unit
Boardinghouse, lodging house, nursing home, hotel or motel
$1,450 per unit
Other than residential:
The connection charge shall be based upon the average daily flow as determined by the Borough Engineer. The connection charge per gallon per day of sewage flow shall be $2. In no case shall the connection fee be less than the charge for a one-family residential unit.
*NOTE: In cases where dormitory-style sleeping quarters are provided, the total number of dwelling units shall be determined by the total authorized occupancy capacity of the facility divided by two.
B. 
Application, review and inspection fees.
(1) 
The filing fee shall be $11.
[Amended 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9]
(2) 
The fee for eight-inch sewer lines shall be $0.09 per foot.
[Amended 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9]
(3) 
The fee for lines in excess of eight inches shall be $0.13 per foot.
[Amended 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9]
(4) 
The fee for pumping stations and/or treatment works shall be 2% of the Borough Engineer's estimated cost of construction.
(5) 
Inspection fees shall be at the rate of 6% of the Engineer's estimated cost of improvements, including mains, laterals, manholes, pumping stations and/or treatment works and miscellaneous sewerage appurtenances.
C. 
Connection fees, which are one-time initial service charges for the right to connect to the Borough's sewerage system, are an integral part of the Borough's rate schedule. The charges in Schedules 2S and 6S are annual supplemental charges necessary to maintain, improve and operate the Borough's sanitary sewerage facilities.
[Amended 2-2-1976 by Ord. No. 1-1976; 3-19-1979 by Ord. No. 3-1979; 2-18-1980 by Ord. No. 2-1980; 3-19-1984 by Ord. No. 4-1984]
A. 
Minimum yearly charges for sanitary sewerage service.
(1) 
Schedule.
[Last amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-11]
Type of Structure
Charge
Single-family home
$468
Private dwelling with rented rooms or boardinghouse
$468
Plus each rented room
$120
Hotel or motel
$468
Plus each living unit
$120
Rental or condominium apartment
$468
Mobile living unit
$468
Townhouse, per living unit
$468
Small business
Not more than 5 employees
$468
Additional per each group of 5 employees or fraction thereof in excess of 5 employees
$468
Service stations
Without repair or maintenance facilities
$468
With repair or maintenance facilities
$912
Commercial garage, with water fixtures
$468
Church
$468
Unrecirculated air-conditioning units, maximum 1 ton
$242
Domestic garbage disposal unit
$95
Laundromat or self-service laundry, per each 40-gallon washer (larger washer will be charged proportionately)
$111
Restaurant
1 to 50 seats
$1,358
Each additional 30 seats
$468
School
Per each 30 full-time pupils and faculty (calculated on full capacity)
$468
Per each 60 part-time pupils and faculty (part-time being less than 3 hours per day)
$468
Tavern
Same as restaurant
Nursing home, hospital and confinement institution, 20 patients or inmates and staff (calculated on full capacity)
$468
Bowling alley, per each alley
$111
Theater, per each 50 seats or segment thereof
$468
Shopping center
Per first 2,500 square feet of gross floor area
$468
Per each additional 5,000 square feet of gross floor area or segment thereof (other than business specifically covered)
$468
Supermarket
Per each toilet
$468
Additional for each 10 employees
$468
Warehouse
$468
Plus each employee
$111
Industrial, without industrial waste
$468
Plus each employee
$111
Office building
$468
Plus each employee
$111
Library
$468
Firehouse
Without banquet facilities
$468
With banquet facilities
$912
Soda fountain
1 to 25 seats
$468
Each additional 20 seats
$468
(2) 
Other uses.
[Last amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-11]
(a) 
Self-service laundries, restaurants, diners, schools, taverns, bars, nursing homes, bowling alleys, theaters, shopping centers, large business establishments and plants and other commercial establishments not specifically mentioned shall be based on the quantity of all waste having characteristics of those of domestic sewage as follows: per 300 gallons per day or fraction thereof or 27,000 gallons per quarter (300 gallons per day, 30 days per month), the amount normally computed as the discharge of sewage from a single family, exclusive of infiltration: $468 per unit.
(b) 
Industrial wastes based on quantity and concentration of sewage other than that of domestic sewerage charges shall be established on the basis of cost to the Borough of the particular treatment process and industry.
(3) 
In the event that the business or structure is not described in the schedule, the Borough shall determine the minimum sewer service charge per annum. Multiple use of an individual structure or group of structures shall be classified by the Borough to include all uses. In the event that a business or structure is described in the schedule by general classification but the particular nature of said business or structure would result in an inequitable minimum sewer service charge per annum, the Borough, in its discretion, may determine that a higher or lower service charge, as the case may be, shall be charged.
(4) 
The specified rates are the minimum charge, and if the Borough determines that the flow is over and above the minimum standards, an additional charge will be made in accordance with that part which regulates the cost according to unit flow by volume.
(5) 
Upon connection of an improved and usable property to a sewer, the obligation to pay the minimum annual service charge continues despite the failure to occupy the property, or to use the sewer facilities, so long as the building or structure remains on the premises and the sewer facilities remain available.
(6) 
All connection charges are to be paid in full at the time of the granting of a permit.
(7) 
If, after one year, the applicant/owner has not shown proof of connection, the connection permit will be deemed invalid and the fees will be retained by the Borough.
(8) 
If the applicant/owner has shown proof of connection, he will be charged the rate set in the schedule of rates immediately.
(9) 
If the connection permit should become invalid, the applicant/owner will have to follow all procedures outlined in the rules and regulations to obtain a new permit.
(10) 
If a service line size and meter is predetermined for proposed and existing buildings, the connection fee will also be determined in the same manner, either as a whole or in part, as the buildings receive water and/or sewer service.
B. 
Excess sanitary sewerage service.
[Amended 5-18-1992 by Ord. No. 4-1992; 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 4-1996; 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-4; 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9; 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-6; 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-11]
(1) 
All classes of users will be subject to a surcharge of $2.75 per 1,000 gallons or portion thereof which is in excess of allowance of 20,000 gallons per quarter per each sewer connection unit or equivalent thereof.
(2) 
The basis of 20,000 gallons per quarter is 222 gallons per day or a fraction thereof times 30 days times three months.
A. 
Single residential and multiresidential units. All dwelling units containing garbage disposal units shall be charged an extra $19 per quarter over and above the basic minimum quarterly charge.
[Amended 3-19-1984 by Ord. No. 4-1984; 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9; 4-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-3; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
B. 
Commercial and industrial units. No garbage disposal units or industrial garbage disposal units or grinders will be permitted without written permission by the Borough. The charge for such units will be determined as a surcharge to the normal metered service charge upon recommendation by the Borough Engineer. The Engineer shall compute the surcharge on the basis of the sewage load imposed on the system in comparison to a domestic garbage disposal unit operating in a single-family residential unit. The Borough specifically reserves the right to refuse service to such units if it is in the best interests of the sewerage system.
The quarterly service charge for sewerage service for the collection and treatment of industrial wastes discharged into the Borough's system shall be based upon the water usage as computed under Schedule 2S and product of the surcharge or premium charge as determined as a strength factor in accordance with the following formula:
*
NOTE: Where these figures are less than 300 parts per million in BOD or 350 parts per million in suspended solids or 15 parts per million in chlorine demand, the value in the parentheses shall be equal to one.
**
NOTE: In cases where the suspended solids, in the opinion of the Borough, do not represent the true characteristics of the solids loading, the Borough reserves the right to use total solids instead of suspended solids.
Schedule of rates for industrial users utilizing only partial service from the Borough:
A. 
In instances where the Borough does not provide the only sewerage service for the premises, or if, in the opinion of the user, the water meter reading does not fairly reflect the quantity of sewage discharged to the Borough's system, then the user may install, at his own cost and upon approval of the installation by the Borough, such additional water or sewage meters as are necessary to determine accurately the water discharged to the sewerage system.
B. 
The charge for sewerage service shall be in accordance with the rate schedule for the applicable user.
[Amended 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9]
All users serviced under the existing contract by and between the Borough and the Township of Pemberton are subject to all of the rates stipulated in Schedules 1S, 2S [§ 205-32A(3) and (4) and B], 3S, 4S and 5S, plus a billing rate surcharge of 35% (rate x 1.35). The quarterly charge for a single-family dwelling shall be $17.88 (flat rate).