[Amended 9-17-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
All persons discharging or depositing wastes
into the public sewers shall pay a sewer service charge which shall
include a user charge proportional to the liquid volume of waste so
deposited and a user fee proportional to the number of units connected
to the public sewer system, which shall be collected as a sewer rent.
[Added 9-17-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
B.
A semiannual
user fee of $100 per unit will be charged to all users of the Village
sewer system inside and outside the Village (which shall be called
the "user fee") in support of the $3.575 million wastewater treatment
project.
[Amended 12-7-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 300-85, Total sewer service
charge, was repealed 12-4-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012.
[Amended 1-5-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
The volume of flow to be used in computing sewer
service charges and abnormal sewage surcharges shall be based upon
metered water consumption as shown on the records of meter readings
maintained by the Village Public Works Department. In the event that
a person discharging wastes into the POTW produces evidence to the
Superintendent demonstrating that a substantial portion of the total
amount of metered water does not reach the POTW, then the Superintendent
may either establish a percentage of the total metered water to be
used as a basis for such computations or direct the installation of
appropriate flow measuring (and totalizing) devices to measure and
record the actual amount of flow into the POTW. In the event that
a person discharging wastes into the POTW procures all or part of
his water supply from unmetered sources, the Superintendent shall
either direct the installation of water meters on the other sources
of water supply or direct the installation of appropriate flow measuring
devices to measure and record the actual amount of flow into the POTW.
Any water meters and/or flow measuring devices installed pursuant
to this section shall be of a type and design acceptable to the Superintendent
and shall be installed, maintained, and periodically tested as required
by the Superintendent, at the owner's expense. All such meters and/or
flow measuring devices shall be subject to periodic inspection, testing,
and reading by the Superintendent. Any person discharging wastes into
the POTW may install a flow measuring device, at his option, of the
type, design, installation, and maintenance standards of the Superintendent,
at the owner's expense.
The billing period shall be biannual for all
customers.
The additional charges and fees associated with
the operation of the pretreatment program shall be assessed the industrial
or significant industrial user and include:
A.
Reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating
the pretreatment program.
B.
Issuing permits.
C.
Monitoring, inspections, and surveillance procedures.
D.
Costs of equipment and supplies.
E.
Reviewing accidental discharge procedures.
F.
Construction inspections.
G.
Filing appeals.
H.
Application for consistent removal status as outlined
in 40 CFR 403.
I.
Other reasonable expenses to carry out the program
to satisfy the requirements of this chapter, the NYSDEC, and the federal
government.
The Village may institute an equitable procedure
for recovering the costs of any capital improvements of those parts
of the POTW which collect, pump, treat, and dispose of industrial
wastewaters from those persons discharging such wastewaters into the
POTW.
The provisions of Article XI of this chapter relating to the collection of penalties shall apply to the collection of sewer service charges.
