[Amended 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010[1]; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
The rates for the supplying of water by the Town Water Department
shall be as follows:
B.
Classification of water customers.
(1)
Classification of customers whose water is used for both residential
and commercial purposes shall be as follows:
(2)
Customers may, at their cost, install separate meters for their residential
and commercial consumptions, which will be billed separately at their
applicable rates. The meter, which will be specified by the Town or
provided by the Town for a fee, must be installed with operating gate
valves on either side of the meter. The meter's touchpad or similar
device for reading the meter must be located in an accessible location
next to the touchpad for the existing domestic meter or, if an existing
touchpad or similar device is not present on the outside of the building,
on the front of the building. The customer must prove to the Town's
satisfaction that the commercial and residential meters are not interconnected
and the residential meter serves only residential uses.
(3)
To be classified as an industrial water user, 20% or more of water
consumption must be used in a manufacturing process.
C.
Irrigation.
(2)
The volume of water charged at the irrigation rate is exempt from
sewer charges.
(3)
In order to qualify for the irrigation rate, the property owner must
have their irrigation system separately and properly metered with
a backflow prevention device specified by local and state plumbing
codes. The meter, which will be specified by the Town or provided
by the Town for a fee, must be installed with operating gate valves
on either side of the meter and a backflow prevention device upstream
of the meter. The meter's touchpad or similar device for reading the
meter must be located in an accessible location next to the touchpad
for the existing domestic meter or, if an existing touchpad or similar
device is not present, on the outside of the front of the building.
The irrigation rate shall not be charged until the owner's meter and
backflow prevention device have been inspected by the Town and found
to be in accordance with these requirements.
E.
Water interconnections. Any approved interconnection of the Town's
water with any other water supply, including private wells and other
water systems, must have a proper backflow prevention device installed
upstream of the Town's meter and require proof, at the owner's expense,
that the backflow device is working properly by a tester certified
in backflow prevention device testing in accordance with NJDEP regulations.
The Town's Plumbing Subcode Official and water utility would conduct
the inspections.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also stated that it, and
the revised rates, would be effective and applicable for all water
and sewer services rendered after 1-1-2010.
The aforementioned rates shall be effective for users both within
and outside the corporate limits of the Town of Boonton.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
There are hereby established service fees and costs as follows:
C.
Water meters:
E.
Water mains: The cost of installing new extensions to water mains
in streets or developments within the Town shall be borne by the property
owners or developers deriving the benefits of the extensions.
F.
Delinquent water accounts: For water accounts delinquent for more than 90 calendar days, charges for the following, in such amounts as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule, shall be applied to each delinquent account:
(1)
For turning water service off. This fee shall be charged when a site
visit is made for the purpose of turning the service off, even though
such action is rendered unnecessary by the payment of outstanding
arrearages at that time.
G.
In addition to water service charges which have been established,
a separate charge in the nature of a connection fee for each connection
in any new property to the water system shall be imposed upon the
owner or occupant at the property so connected. The connection charges
shall be uniform within each class of users and the amount thereof
shall not exceed the actual costs of the physical connection plus
an amount representing a fair payment toward the cost of the system
and computed in the following manner:
(1)
The amount representing all debt service, including, but not limited
to, sinking funds, reserve funds, the principal and interest on bonds,
and the amount of any loans and interest thereon, paid by the Town
to defray the capital cost of developing the system as of the end
of the immediately preceding budget year shall be added to all capital
expenditures made by the Town not funded by a bond ordinance or debt
for the development of the system as of the end of the immediately
preceding budget year.
(2)
Any gifts, contributions or subsidies to the Town received from,
and not reimbursed or reimbursable to, any federal, state, county
or municipal government or agency or any private person, and that
portion of amounts paid to the Town by a public entity under a service
agreement or service contract which is not repaid to the Town by the
local unit or units, shall then be subtracted.
(3)
The remainder shall be divided by the total number of service units
served by the appropriate water service system at the end of the immediately
preceding budget year, and the results shall then be apportioned to
each new customer according to the number of service units attributed
to that connector, to produce the connector's contribution to the
cost of the system. In attributing service units to each connector,
the estimated average daily flow of water for the connector shall
be divided by the average daily flow of water for the average single-family
residence in the area served by the local unit or units to produce
the number of service units to be attributed.
(4)
The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget
year, after a public hearing is held. The revised connection fee may
be imposed upon those who subsequently connect to the system in that
budget year.
(5)
The combination of the connection fee and the aforesaid sewerage
use charges shall be such that the revenues of sewerage facilities
shall be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance
of the sewerage facilities, including improvements, extensions, enlargements
and replacements to sewerage facilities, reserves, insurance, principal
and interest on any bonds, and to maintain reserves or sinking funds
therefor as may be required under the bond covenants or any contracts,
or as may be deemed necessary or desirable.
