Commencing January 1, 1981, and thereafter, an annual sewer
user charge will be paid by all users of the facilities provided by
the Borough of Dunellen, the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority
(hereinafter referred to as "PARSA"), and the Middlesex County Utilities
Authority (hereinafter referred to as "MCUA") in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-19]
User classes shall be as follows:
A. Tax exempt: includes institutions which pay no ad valorem taxes or
receive substantial credits in paying such taxes, except publicly
owned facilities performing local government functions which discharge
solely domestic wastes.
B. Industrial and commercial: includes all nonresidential users, multifamily
residences with five or more units served by a single connection,
and mixed residential/commercial properties that are served by a single
connection.
C. Residential — single-family: includes all single-family dwellings.
D. Residential — multifamily: includes all dwellings with two,
three or four residential units tied into a single house connection.
All users shall be invoiced directly for their use of the sewage
treatment system by the Dunellen Borough Sanitary Sewer Utility.
Wherever actual readings of sewage flow are available, those
readings shall be used in determining flow charges. All industrial
users shall be monitored for actual flow. Where actual readings of
sewage flow are unavailable, flow will be estimated by any of the
following ways:
A. For commercial and industrial and tax exempt users, by taking 100%
of the average water flow and/or other meter reading for the year.
Credit for water not discharged into the sanitary sewer may be given
to the user by the Borough if the user presents proof satisfactory
to the Borough which establishes the amount of water not discharged.
B. The volume of sewage and/or industrial waste from each industrial
establishment may be determined by meters paid for and installed by
users and records combined with municipal and/or private company water
records or from estimates or measurements made by representatives
of the municipality.
Wherever actual readings of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended
solids and chlorine demand of a user are available, those readings
shall be used in determining charges for the strength of sewage. All
industrial users shall be monitored or their sewage sampled periodically
to determine the biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids and chlorine
demand characteristics of the sewage. The industrial or commercial
user shall, at its own expense, sample the biochemical oxygen demand,
dissolved oxygen, suspended solids and chlorine demand characteristics
of its sewage at the frequency assigned and according to the method
prescribed by the Borough and shall report the results of such sampling
to the Borough timely.
Any user objecting to any estimate of flow or strength hereunder
shall have the option, at its own expense and cost of installing metering
equipment on its discharge lines, to record actual flow and strength
readings. The metering equipment used, its installation and the location
of installation and method of sampling shall all be subject to review
and approval by the Borough of Dunellen or its designated representative.
Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants which
cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge
of the treatment works shall pay for the increased costs.
Any user who connects to the system during any calendar month
shall pay a pro rata user charge based upon the user charge assessed
for the current quarter.
The user charges established and provided for herein shall be
due and payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year.
Public buildings, which are defined as those used solely for local municipal purposes, are excluded from the user charges called for in this chapter. The usage of said public buildings shall be treated as extraneous flow, as defined in §
230-7 hereinabove.