The Borough has determined that the state mandated
allocation to and reservation of sanitary sewer system capacity for
future use creates an unreasonable and inequitable economic burden
upon the Borough and the existing users of the system. Until such
time as persons choose to make use of such reserved sewer capacity,
the Borough and ultimately the existing users of the system are required
to amortize the cost of the reserved facilities. Moreover, such reserved
capacity remains unavailable to other persons who may have immediate
need of the same. It is therefore deemed to be in the public interest
of the Borough, the existing users of the sanitary sewer system, and
potential users without reserved capacity, that persons desiring or
required to reserve sanitary sewer system capacity pay a charge designed
and calculated to amortize the cost of that portion of the system
allocated to and reserved by them. The purpose of this article is
to provide for the imposition and collection of such charge to be
known as the reserve rental charge.
When used in this article, the following words,
terms and phrases shall have prescribed to them the meanings hereafter
set forth:
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE
A charge established by the Borough reasonably designed to
cover the cost of administering this article.
ANNUAL RENTAL CHARGE
The sum of the annual reserve rental charge and the annual
administrative charge.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Bonneauville, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
DEP PERMIT
The permit which is required by the Department of Environmental
Protection for the construction of a new sanitary sewer line or the
extension of an existing sanitary sewer system.
EDU (EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT)
A hypothetical unit equal to a residence with 3 1/2
occupants or in the alternative an amount of effluent generated by
said residence.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots,
tracts or parcels of land for any purpose, involving:
A.
A group of two or more buildings; or
B.
The diversion or allocation of land or space
between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by
means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds,
condominiums, building groups or other features; or
C.
Any other project requiring the approval of
the Borough.
LAND PLANNING MODULE
The modules required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection under Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
PERSON
Any individual or group of individuals, partnership, joint
venture, public or private corporation, or any other entity of any
nature.
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION
A subdivision of land into lots intended for conveyance to
persons for single-family dwelling sites.
SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage treatment works, and all other sewage facilities
owned by or leased to and operated by the Borough for the collection,
transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes,
together with their appurtenances, and any additions, extensions or
improvements thereto. Said term shall also include sewers which serve
one or more properties discharging into the public sanitary sewage
system even though such sewers may not have been constructed by the
Borough and are not owned or maintained by the Borough. It shall not
include storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed for the
sole purpose of carrying storm and surface runoff, the discharge from
which is not and does not become tributary to the sewage treatment
facilities.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land, or
part thereof, into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including
changes in street lines or lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of improvement and development.
An administrative charge of 5% of the annual reserve rental charge shall be added to the rates set forth in §
184-35 hereof to cover the cost of administering this article and collecting the charges herein provided.
Quarter-annually, after completion of each quarterly
billing period, [a] developer who has reserved sewer capacity may
apply to the Borough to have the reserve capacity and quarterly rental
charges adjusted to reflect capacity utilized by connection to the
sanitary sewage system during the preceding quarter. The said adjustments
shall be as follows: Each person or applicant shall have removed from
his assessment any and all lots which have been connected to the sewer
system following applicable Borough procedures.
All revenues received by the Borough from the
annual rental charges imposed by this article shall be segregated
by accounting practices from all other revenues of the Borough and
shall be deposited in the Sewer Fund. Said revenues shall be used
for the sanitary sewer system as authorized in the lease agreement
between the Borough and the Bonneauville Sewer Authority.