Sewer rents to be established by the Town Board are imposed on the owners of all premises located within the limits of the Keuka Park Sewer District or extensions thereto which are connected with or are required to be connected with and are served by or are required to be served by the sewer system.
[Amended 12-14-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011; 12-13-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
Sewer rents shall be charged on a unit basis. Each residence shall be charged one unit, a residence being defined as a separate living unit complete with usual facilities for such purpose. The amount of water used that shall constitute one unit and the unit basis for commercial customers, industrial customers and other customers shall be established by separate resolution of the Town Board, provided that water used does not include water used for irrigation if it is separately metered. The Town Board may provide in any such resolution that, subject to conditions established by the Town Board, a customer may have all of its properties aggregated in one account for the purpose of calculating and collecting this charge.
[Amended 12-14-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011; 12-13-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
Sewer rents for the use of the sewer system shall be paid in quarter-annual payments in advance, shall be due and payable on the first day of each quarter, and shall be paid within 30 days after each such quarterly due date. Except for residential customers and customers whose unit basis is fixed for a year at a time, all other customers shall pay a quarterly sewer rent equal to one unit plus any sewer rent for use in excess of the amount of water used that constitutes one unit from the immediately preceding quarter. In the event that payment is not made within said thirty-day period, then a penalty of 10% of the delinquent amount shall be added to the sewer rent.
The sewer rental derived in the manner aforesaid shall be applied toward:
A. 
The payment of the cost of the operation, maintenance and repair of the sewer system.
B. 
The payment of treatment charges imposed by the Village of Penn Yan.
C. 
The payment of interest and amortization of the bonded indebtedness of the district.
D. 
A sinking fund created for the replacement of any of the parts or portions of the system.
Sewer rents shall constitute a lien upon the real property served by the sewer system for which sewer rents have been established. The Town Clerk shall annually on or before December 1 of each year certify to the Town Board the amounts of all unpaid sewer rents, including interest, which remain unpaid as of that date. The Town Board shall levy such amounts against the real property liable therefor as part of the annual Town, county and state tax levied in January of each year, such amount to be set forth as a separate item on the tax roll. The sewer fund shall be credited with the amount of an unpaid sewer rent, including interest, when collected.