The Borough may require any industrial or commercial
establishment or the industrial establishment may elect to install
and maintain, at its own expense, a meter approved by the Borough
for measuring the volume of wastewaters discharged into the sewer
system, in which case the sewer rental charges shall be based upon
the actual volume of wastewater discharged to the sewer system in
accordance with the rates set forth in the foregoing schedule.
Industrial or commercial establishments discharging
sewage and/or wastewater to the sewer system having an average suspended-solids
content greater than 250 parts per million and/or a chlorine demand
greater than 15 parts per million shall pay a strength-of-waste surcharge,
in addition to the foregoing volume charges, of 1/10 of 1% for each
part per million by which the suspended solids exceed 250 parts per
million and 1/2 of 1% for each part per million by which chlorine
demand exceeds 15 parts per million. Said surcharges shall be applicable
to the billings made pursuant to the foregoing schedule of consumption.
The strength of sewage and/or wastewater to be used for establishing
the amount of said surcharges shall be determined at least once annually,
either by a suitable sampling and analysis of the wastes for a three-day
period during which time the strength of waste being discharged or
the plant production is at a maximum or by relating production and
waste strength at the time of sampling to waste strength at maximum
production if sampling is not performed at a time of maximum production
or from estimates made by the Borough or from known relationships
of products produced to strengths of waste for these industries where
such factors have been established. In establishing waste strengths
for surcharge purposes, analysis shall be made in accordance with
procedures outlined in the latest edition of Standard Methods of Analysis
of Water and Sewage, published by the American Public Health Association.
The Borough reserves the right to establish
additional classification or modify the rates and minimum and maximum
charges set forth above from time to time as it shall deem necessary
or advisable.
[Amended 7-30-1990 by Ord. No. 958]
A.
Bills for sewer service shall be rendered in the manner
and in the form to be prescribed by the Borough. All bills for sewer
service shall be rendered to the owner of the premises to which the
sewer service is furnished, and such owner shall, in all cases, be
liable for payment of such bills.
B.
Effective October 1, 1990, all customer billing shall
be on a monthly, rather than quarterly or other basis.
C.
In addition to any other penalty provided by law or
ordinance, effective October 1, 1990, any person, firm or other entity
who shall fail to pay a sewer service charge imposed pursuant to the
provisions of this Part 2 within 30 days of the date of issue of the
bill therefor, shall also be assessed the payment of all registered,
certified and other direct mailing costs and other charges incurred
by the Borough with regard to collection of said charges.
The Borough shall collect and receive all sewer
rates and charges prescribed by this Part 2. All such moneys shall
be deposited to the credit of a special fund, to be designated the
"Punxsutawney Borough Sewer System Fund," pursuant to the terms of
the agreement of lease entered into by the Borough with the Municipal
Authority of the Borough on July 1, 1963, which shall be a separate
and distinct fund of the Borough.
