The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
A. To control discharges into the public sewers of the Town of Dickinson
public sewer system or tributaries thereto, including the Binghamton-Johnson
City joint sewage treatment plant.
B. To prohibit the discharge of:
(1) Excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow into the Town of
Dickinson public sewer system.
(2) Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may in any way:
(a)
Create a poisonous, hazardous, explosive, flammable or toxic
condition in the Town of Dickinson public sewer system or otherwise
impair the strength and/or durability of the system or the structures
appurtenant to the system, including the Binghamton-Johnson City joint
sewage treatment plant;
(b)
Interfere with the normal treatment processes, including proper
disposal of sludge;
(c)
Pass through the joint sewage treatment plant into the receiving
waters inadequately treated; or
(d)
Contain substances in such concentrations as may exceed established
discharge limits.
C. To prohibit and/or regulate the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes
or other wastes which require greater expenditures for treatment than
those required for equal volumes of normal sewage and to surcharge
users for permitted contributions requiring treatment costs greater
than normal sewage charges.
D. To provide the authority for the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage
Board to exercise regulatory control over users discharging industrial
wastes into the Town public sewer system.
E. To provide cooperation with the Broome County Department of Health,
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York
State Department of Health, United States Environmental Protection
Agency and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction
for the protection of the physical, chemical and biological quality
of watercourses within or bounding the Town.
F. To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
G. To enforce promulgated final standards and/or procedures set by the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Superintendent shall
administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 5-4-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994; 9-11-1995 by Ord. No.
3-1995; 4-13-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998; 11-9-1998 by Ord. No.
3-1998; 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 1-2003; 10-11-2004 by L.L. No.
8-2004;4-14-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008; 1-12-2009 by L.L. No.
1-2009; 11-9-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
A. Sewer rent.
(1) Sewer rent shall be charged upon, and become a lien upon, all premises
in a sewer district of the Town of Dickinson served by a public sewer.
(2) All such premises which are served by a public water supply and have
an approved water meter installed and operational shall be charged
sewer rent based upon the estimated or actual meter consumption of
water. The Town Board shall, from time to time, by appropriate resolution,
adopt schedules of sewer rents, which rents shall at all times be
kept on file for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012; 7-8-2013 by L.L. No.
3-2013; 11-13-2017 by L.L. No. 4-2017; 12-6-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
(3) Sewer rents shall be billed by the Town four times per year, on or
about March, June, September and December.
[Amended 7-8-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
(a) Payments not made by the due date on the billing statement shall
result in a penalty of 10% added to the total outstanding sewer rent.
(b) Partial payments of bills will not be accepted.
(c) Outstanding balances on bills will be applied to property taxes for
the next year.
(d) Customers are responsible for notifying the Town of any billing errors
within 30 days of receipt of the bill.
B. If an owner (or an owner's agent) of premises in the Town of Dickinson
connected to a Town sewer line requests that personnel of the Sewer
Department be present at or near said premises, other than during
regular business hours of the Sewer Department, for any purpose other
than a defect in or failure of the Town-owned sewer service, the owner(s)
shall be assessed a fee as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board. If payment for said service is not received by
the Town Sewer Department within 30 days of billing, said fee, together
with a 10% surcharge, shall be included on the owner's (owners') next
sewer bill.
C. Effective December 16, 2021, the sewer rent shall be $15 for zero to 100 cubic feet and $6.50 per 100 cubic feet above 101 cubic feet of estimated or actual metered water consumption. The flat rate for premises not served by public water with or without an approved water meter will be $116.55 per billing period. Thereafter these rents may be changed by action of the Town Board as provided for in Subsection
A(2) hereof.
[Added 12-6-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Town public sewer
system. No person shall tamper with or knowingly render inaccurate
any measuring device or mechanism installed pursuant to any requirement
under this chapter.
No person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application,
report or other document required to be filed pursuant to any provision
of this chapter.