[Amended 11-26-1963 by Ord. No. C-27,
approved 11-26-1963; 1-26-1965 by Ord. No. C-44, approved 1-28-1965; 1-28-1969 by Ord. No. C-91, approved 1-31-1969; 4-27-1971 by Ord. No. C-118, approved 5-12-1971; 6-29-1971 by Ord. No.
C-123, approved 6-29-1971; 6-24-1975 by Ord. No. C-167,
approved 6-24-1975; 5-25-1976 by Ord. No. C-186, approved 5-25-1976; 5-30-1978 by Ord. No. C-212, approved 5-30-1978; 10-31-1978 by Ord. No. C-224, approved 10-31-1978; 5-29-1984 by Ord. No.
C-279-2, approved 5-29-1984; 6-25-1991 by Ord. No. 345, approved 6-25-1991]
There is hereby imposed upon the owners of improved
properties served by the sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment
works (hereinafter in this Article all collectively called "sewer
system") in the Borough of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
who have the use of said sewer system, and who shall pay connection
charges and an annual rental or charge, payable as hereinafter provided,
for the use, the following schedule of rates in accordance with the
following classifications.
A. Application, connections to the borough's sewer system
shall not be made to any premises until application shall have been
made to the Borough Manager by the owner of such premises or by his
authorized agent. Such application shall be made upon a form to be
prescribed by the borough, and, upon such application, the applicant
shall state fully all purposes for which he shall desire such sewer
and shall answer fairly and without concealment all necessary questions.
B. Connection fee.
(1) There is hereby imposed and fixed upon the owner of
each property making a connection to the sewer system a connection
fee in an amount equal to the actual costs incurred by the borough
in respect of each connection to the sewer system. Such costs shall
include the borough's actual costs involved in opening and closing
the street, making the tap, laying the service connection and costs
of all equipment and materials used in making the service connection.
(2) The borough's costs shall include actual labor costs
at the borough's then-current rates, the costs of all materials used
to construct the lateral sewer or service connection and the reasonable
rental value of all equipment used by the borough or its agents in
making such connections. The borough shall publish, on at least an
annual basis, a schedule of its then-current rates for labor and equipment.
The schedule of rates will be available for inspection by the public
during the borough's regular business hours.
C. Customer facility fee. There is hereby imposed and
fixed upon the owner of each property making a connection to the borough's
sewer system a customer facility fee in an amount equal to the borough's
actual costs incurred by the borough in supplying and installing any
customer facilities required to provide sewer service to the customer's
property. Such fee shall also include installation costs thereof,
when such equipment is necessary to serve the customer's property,
and inspection fees, where applicable, to confirm compliance with
the borough's rules and regulations.
D. Tapping fee. There is hereby fixed and imposed upon
the owner of each property making a connection to the borough's sewer
system a tapping fee per EDU as set forth below:
[Amended 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. C-468,
approved 7-26-2005]
(1) The capacity-related tapping fee for the sewer system
shall be $2,061.9 per EDU based on an EDU of 237 gallons per day for
the sewer system.
(2) The connection-related tapping fee for the sewer system
shall be $497.70 per EDU based on an EDU basis of 237 gallons per
day.
(3) The total sewer tapping fee shall be $2,559.60 per
EDU based on EDU value of 237 gallons per day.
(4) Notwithstanding any other definition of an EDU as
set forth in Ord. No. C-345, or the Code of Ordinances of Lititz Borough,
for the purposes of calculating sewer tapping fees, an EDU shall be
calculated on the basis of 237 gallons per day per EDU.
E. Date of payment.
(1) Tapping fees imposed hereunder shall be paid to the
borough at the time a property owner makes an application for a permit
to connect to the borough's sewer system.
(2) At the time a property owner makes an application
for a permit to connect to the sewer system, the borough shall estimate
the connection fee and customer facilities fee (if any) to be payable
with respect to such connection. The estimated connection fee and
customer facility fee shall be payable at the time application is
made for a connection permit. The estimated amount held by the borough
shall be applied to the borough's actual costs for making such connection
and providing and installing any customer facilities which may be
necessary for such connection. After the connection is completed,
if the combined amount of the estimated connection fee and customer
facility fee was in excess of the actual cost of such connection,
the borough shall refund the excess to the property owner within 30
days following the completion of the connection. If the combined estimated
connection fee and customer facility fee is less than the borough's
actual cost for making such connection, the borough shall bill the
property owner for the additional costs, which bill shall be payable
within 30 days of the date of said bill.
F. Annual sewer rentals and regulations.
(1) Annual sewer rental.
(a)
Sanitary sewage. The sewer rental hereby imposed shall be an annual charge, payable as hereinafter provided, based upon the water consumption of the property served as shown by the meter readings. The schedule of rates to be used in determining the charge for sewer rentals by the Borough of Lititz to users of the Borough of Lititz sewer system, based on three months' usage, shall be as provided for in Chapter
55, Fees. Dwellings or establishments which have sources of water supply other than the Borough of Lititz water system will be required to provide a meter at the source of supply. This meter and its installation must be furnished by the property owner and must be acceptable to the borough and shall be available to borough employees for meter reading at any time. The amount of water consumed, as shown by their meter readings, will be the basis for the sewer rental charge.
(b)
Minimum charge. The minimum charge for each meter shall be as provided for in Chapter
55, Fees, and shall be billed as follows: on March 10, on June 10, on September 10 and on December 10 of each year. Minimum charges for additional dwelling unit(s) served by the same meter and billed to one account shall be appropriate multiples of this schedule. For services outside of the borough limits, the minimum charges contained herein shall be as provided for in Chapter
55, Fees.
(2) Water not discharged into sewer system. Whenever a
property upon which a sewer supply is hereby imposed uses water from
the borough water supply system and/or from an independent supply for industrial purposes
such that the water so used is not discharged into the sewer system,
the quantity of water so used and not discharged into the sewer system
shall be excluded in determining the sewer rental of said property,
provided that the quantity of water so used and not discharged into
the sewer system is measured by a device or devices approved by the
borough and installed without cost to the borough. The quantity used
to determine the sewer rental shall be computed by deducting the water
not discharged into the sewer system from the borough water meter
readings; provided, however, that when, in the opinion of the Borough
Engineer, it is not practical to install measuring devices to continuously
determine the quantity of water not discharged into the sewer system,
the borough shall determine, in such manner and by such method as
it may prescribe, the percentage of metered water discharged into
the sewer system, and the quantity of water used to determine the
sewer rental shall be the quantity measured by the water meter or
meters. Any dispute as to the estimated amount shall be determined
by the borough after notice of the estimate, whose decision on the
matter shall be final for the current year.
(3) Measuring devices. All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provision of Subsection
B(2) of this section shall be under the control of the borough. The owner of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made at the property owner's expense, whether such repairs thereto shall be made necessary by wear and tear or other causes.
G. Industrial waste. The borough reserves the right to
refuse connection to the sewer system or otherwise to compel discontinuance
of use or to compel pretreatment by any industry to prevent discharge
into the sewer system of any industrial wastes deemed to be harmful
to the sewer system or to have a deleterious effect on the sewage
treatment process.
[Amended 5-29-1984 by Ord. No. C-279-2, approved 5-29-1984]
All connection charges shall be due and payable
at the time of making connection. The annual sewer rentals shall commence
when the sewer system becomes available for use by the particular
improved property and thereafter shall be due and payable at the same
time and by the same method that water rentals are now due and payable.
They shall be included in the same bills and shall be collected at
the same times and in the same manner as the charges for water.
[Amended 12-30-1975 by Ord. No. C-179,
approved 12-30-1975; 5-29-1984 by Ord. No. C-279-2, approved 5-29-1984]
Every customer who does not pay in full the
sewer rental bill rendered within 30 days after the billing date shall
be subject to a penalty of 5% of the amount of such bill.
[Amended 5-29-1984 by Ord. No. C-279-2, approved 5-29-1984]
If any sewer bill is not paid within 60 days
after the billing date, the Business Manager may place a municipal
lien on the property charged with the payment thereof in the office
of the Prothonotary of Lancaster County, and it shall be collected
in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection of municipal
claims.