Town of Ramapo, NY Sewer Rents

It is the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo by the adoption of this article to establish and impose sewer rents in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law and other applicable laws of the State of New York.

§ 218-7 Applicability.

[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]

This article shall apply to all the territory within the Town of Ramapo, outside the corporate limits of the Villages of Sloatsburg, Hillburn, Suffern, Pomona, New Square and Spring Valley, and shall provide for the method and manner of payment of rents for the operation and maintenance of sewers servicing such territory.

§ 218-8 Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

SEWER RENTS

A scale of annual charges established and imposed by the Town Board for the use of the sewer system.

SEWER SYSTEM

All sewer pipes and other appurtenances constructed, operated and maintained by the Town of Ramapo and used for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes, including sewers, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, pumping, treatment and disposal works and their appurtenances.

UNITS OF USE

The quantity of usage of the sewer system assigned to different classifications of real property in the Town of Ramapo.

USER

A parcel of real property fronting on a sewered street or on a sewer easement to which a sewer connection has or can be made serving the property.

§ 218-9 Schedule of units of use.

[Amended 6-13-1973 by L.L. No. 3-1973; 2-6-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]

The basis of the charge for sewer rents to be paid by the users shall be determined from the following schedule of units of use:

Classification of Property	Units of Use
One-family dwelling	1 unit
Each separate apartment in a two-family, three-family or multiple dwelling	1 unit
Garbage disposal units, each disposal	1 unit
Launderettes in apartment houses, for each two washing machines	1 unit
Mobile home	1 unit
Combination one-family home with a professional or business office, owner-occupied	1 1/2 units
Rooming house, each four rooms or part	1 unit
Hotel or motel (no meals), each four rooms or part	1 unit
Hotels, American plan with meals, each two rooms	1 unit
Offices, with five occupants or fewer	1 unit
Stores, with five occupants or fewer	1 unit
Commercial establishments, with five occupants or fewer (occupants are defined as owners, managers or employees)	1 unit
For each additional five occupants or part	1 unit
Industrial plants, for each five occupants or part plus an additional charge for effluent, based on quantity and quality to be determined and units to be assigned	1 unit
Launderettes, for each two washing machines	1 unit
Laundries, based on capacity and units to be assigned
Car laundries, based on capacity and units to be assigned
Bar and grill	3 units
Luncheonette (open less than 14 hours per day)	3 units
Luncheonette (open more than 14 hours per day)	6 units
Restaurant, small, 20 seats or fewer	3 units
Restaurant, medium, 21 to 75 seats	4 units
Restaurant, large, over 75 seats	5 units
Restaurant with bar, add three units
Schools: public, private, parochial
Elementary, for each 60 pupils	1 unit
Junior high school, for each 54 pupils	1 unit
Senior high school, for each 42 pupils	1 unit
Colleges
For each 54 day students	1 unit
For each 75 evening students	1 unit
For each eight resident students (where dormitories are available)	1 unit
Churches, synagogues, temples (including Sunday school)
Small congregation, under 100 families	1 unit
Medium congregation, 101 to 250 families	2 units
Large congregation, over 250 families	3 units
For part-time weekday schools add one unit
Drive-in theaters, for each 40 car spaces or part	1 unit
Theaters, for each 60 seats or parts	1 unit
Bowling alleys, for each two lanes	1 unit
Hospitals, for each four beds	3 units
Convalescent homes, for each two beds	1 unit
Service station without car wash	1 unit
Service station with car wash	2 units
Beauty shops, fewer than three employees and/or owners	1 unit
Three through five employees and/or owners	2 units
Six or more employees and/or owners	3 units

§ 218-10 Annual sewer rent.

There is hereby established and imposed an annual sewer rent on all users to be determined by multiplying the unit charge by the number of units assigned to each user based upon the schedule of units of use in § 218-9 of this article. The unit charge shall be established annually by the Town Board.

§ 218-11 Payment.

All these charges shall be paid at the same time as other Town charges. Any property not reflected on the sewer charge roll of the Town of Ramapo on May 1 of each year shall prepay as part of the connection charge an amount which shall represent payment of sewer charges to the end of the fiscal year next occurring after the sewer charge is shown on the Town of Ramapo sewer rent roll. Said rate will be based on the current sewer rent in existence at that time.

All provisions of all local laws and ordinances of the Town of Ramapo inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, except that any charge owing to the Town of Ramapo for sewer rents or otherwise for sewer service on the effective date of this article shall not be impaired thereby and such charge shall be collected as if this article had not been adopted.