[Adopted 8-11-1952 by Ord. No. 337, approved 8-18-1952]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 584, adopted and approved
2-27-1984, is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary, Ord.
No. 584 imposes a sewer use charge system for the use of the treatment
works of the Easton Area Joint Sewer Authority; provides for the collection
thereof; regulates the discharge of waste in the sewer system and
into the treatment works; defines prohibited discharges; provides
for pretreatment standards; provides for permits, sampling and inspection
of industrial users; and provides for enforcement of the ordinance
and penalties.
[Last amended 11-12-2018 by Ord. No. 790, approved 11-12-2018]
A.
There is
hereby established a rental or charge beginning December 1, 2018,
for all properties within or without the corporate limits of the Borough
of Wilson connected with and using the sanitary sewerage system of
said Borough in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
A charge
of $5.50 per unit as given to the Borough of Wilson by Easton Suburban
Water Company for all properties discharging through a single connection
or lateral into the sanitary sewerage system.
B.
Wherever
service is rendered for which none of the rates presented above are
applicable, the rate shall be fixed by the Sewer Board with the same
force and effort as if included in the foregoing schedule.
A.
The amount of sewage deposited into the sanitary sewerage
system by any one property shall be computed as being 100% of the
quantity of water furnished by the Water Board of the City of Easton
or from other sources to the respective properties. Properties not
metered for water shall be computed as depositing into the sanitary
sewerage system 100% of the water used by metered properties of comparable
size and purpose within that vicinity.
B.
Where the owner of a property and the Health, Sanitation
and Highway Committee cannot agree upon the basis to be used to determine
the quantity of sewage deposited into the sanitary sewerage system,
the Health, Sanitation and Highway Committee may require the owner
at his, her or its own expense to install and maintain a sewerage
meter of design and style approved by the Health, Sanitation and Highway
Committee to accurately measure the sewage deposited into the system.
[Amended 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
[Amended 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
The Health, Sanitation and Highway Committee
is hereby empowered to make proportionate allowances and deductions
from the foregoing schedule of charges or rental based on water service
for water which has been served to said properties but not discharged
into the sewer.
Rental charges shall be apportionable into months
where connection is made after July 1 of the current year or in any
other year. Rental charges for connections made prior to the 15th
of any month shall be prorated on the annual rental from the first
day of the month, and for connections made on or after the 15th day
of any month, shall be prorated on the annual rental from the first
of the succeeding month.
[Amended 3-11-1985 by Ord. No. 390, approved 3-11-1985]
Bills for sewerage services shall be rendered
quarterly beginning March 1, 1985, for all properties depositing a
daily average of 1,000 gallons and upwards. All other bills shall
be rendered semiannually beginning July 1, 1985, until January 1,
1986, when such bills shall likewise be rendered quarterly.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 5 of Ord.
No. 337, which provided for a Sewer Board, has been deleted, since
the Sewer Board no longer exists.
[Amended 3-11-1985 by Ord. No. 390, approved 3-11-1985]
Effective January 1, 1986, if bills are not
paid within 30 days of the due date, there shall be a penalty of 10%
of the bills added to the bill.
[Amended 3-11-1985 by Ord. No. 390, approved 3-11-1985]
All rental charges shall be a lien against the
properties until paid, and delinquent bills may be filed as a lien
against the property served, in the office of the Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County and collected in the
manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal
claims. In addition to the filing of liens, the Borough of Wilson
shall have the right to enforce the collection of all bills remaining
unpaid by a suit in assumpsit either before a District Justice or
in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
Where rental charges are delinquent, the Health,
Sanitation and Highway Committee may shut off sewerage service to
said property upon 10 days' written notice and shall restore sewerage
service thereto upon payment of all delinquent bills against the same,
together with a reasonable charge for shutting off and restoring said
service.
[Amended 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
The Health, Sanitation and Highway Committee
shall provide all necessary books, records, bills and other forms
for the proper record of all charges, service rates and rentals and
all payments hereunder, whether collectible by the Treasurer or Solicitor
or otherwise.
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the
Borough to collect all sewer rentals other than delinquent accounts
certified by him to the Solicitor. The Treasurer and Solicitor shall
report monthly to the Council of the Borough all payments received
during the preceding month.
All sewerage rentals and interest thereon collected
by the Treasurer or Solicitor shall be deposited in the Borough of
Wilson Sewer Revenue Account Fund and shall be applied towards any
and all expenses incident to the collection and disposal of the sewage.
