There is hereby established a sewer service charge system for
the use, operation, maintenance and replacement of the municipal wastewater
treatment plant and collection system of the Borough of Washington
to be imposed upon each user at the rates established annually by
resolution.
The owner of every dwelling, house, tenement, building, factory
or lot within the Borough shall be liable to the Borough of Washington
for the payment of a sewer service charge for the use of the system
by the owner or system users for the use or occupancy of any dwelling,
house, tenement, building, factory or lot, together with interest
and penalties, as established by this chapter, it is the intention
of the Borough that all owners, specifically including by way of illustration
and not by way of limitation, persons, corporations, private entities,
schools, governmental entities and tax exempt institutions and organizations,
be liable for sewer service charges herein established. The failure
of a system user to pay any costs or charges provided for in this
chapter shall not excuse the owner for liability therefor, even if
the system user is billed separately from the owner.
[Amended 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 13-2008]
A. Each sewer connection application shall be accompanied by a fee of
$100.
B. The applicant shall submit with the application an escrow deposit
of $1,000, from which the Borough will deduct all reasonable and customary
engineering fees, inspection costs, reinspection costs and/or other
expenses incurred as a result of examining and processing a sewer
connection application and inspecting connections to the system or
other installations or improvements installed pursuant to this chapter.
The Borough hereby dedicates all revenues, to the extent necessary
to satisfy the covenants in any bonds, received from any and all persons
connecting to the system, including sewer connection charges and sewer
service charges, to liquidate all sums borrowed in connection with
the establishment of such system after payment of all expenses chargeable
to the operation and maintenance of the system.