It is the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Saugerties by the adoption of this article to establish and impose sewer rents for the Sewer District.
As used in this article, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings: indicated
SEWER RENTS
A scale of annual charges established and imposed by the Town Board of the Town of Saugerties for the use of the public sewers.
SEWER SYSTEM
The system for which the sewer rents are established; shall mean and include all pipes and other appurtenances used in whole or in part in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes, and which are owned, operated or maintained by the Sewer District and shall also include any sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment or disposal works which may hereafter be constructed.
UNITS OF USE
The quantity of usage of the sewer system assigned to different classifications of real property in the District.
USER
Any owner of real property within the District who is depositing or is required to deposit sewage, either directly or indirectly, into the public sewers.
The basis of the charge for the sewer rents to be paid by the users shall be determined from the following schedule of units of use. In the event the units are computed to a fraction, the next highest whole number shall be the unit of use.
Classification of Property
Units of Use
(units)
One-family dwelling — 1 kitchen
1
One-family dwelling — 2 kitchens
2
Each separate apartment in a two-family, three-family or multiple dwelling
1
Garbage disposal unit — each disposal unit
1
Launderettes in apartment houses: for each 2 washing machines
1
Mobile home
1
Combination one-family home with a professional or business office other than dentist
2
Combination one-family home with a professional or business office — dentist
2
Hotel or motels (no meals) — each 4 rooms or part
1
Hotels — American plan with meals — each 2 rooms
1
Offices — with 5 occupants or fewer
1
Stores — with 5 occupants or fewer
1
Commercial establishments — with 5 occupants or fewer (occupants are defined as owners, managers or employees)
1
For each additional 5 occupants or part
1
Industrial plants — shall be any enterprise which produces "industrial wastes," as defined in § 190-3. For each 400 gallons per day of flow plus additional units based on quantity and quality to be determined and assigned
1
Launderettes — for each 2 single-load machines
1
Laundries and car laundries — based on capacity and units to be assigned by the Superintendent in accordance with § 190-53, if applicable
Bar and grill
3
Luncheonette (open less than 14 hours a day)
3
Restaurant
Small — 20 seats or less
3
Medium — 21 to 75 seats
4
Large — over 75 seats to 120 seats
5
Each 40 seats, or part, above 120 seats, add
1
Eating establishment open more than 14 hours per day — add
3
Schools, public, private, parochial:
Elementary — for each 60 pupils
1
Junior high school — for each 54 pupils
1
Senior high school — for each 42 pupils
1
Colleges:
For each 54 students
1
For each 75 evening students
1
For each eight resident students (where dormitories are available)
1
Churches, synagogues, temples: (including Sunday School)
Small congregation — under 100 families
1
Medium congregation — 100 to 250 families
2
For part-time weekday schools, add
1
Drive-in theaters — for each 40 car spaces or part
1
Theaters — for each 60 seats or parts
1
Bowling alleys — for each 2 lanes
1
Hospitals — for each 4 beds
3
Service stations:
Without car wash
1
With car wash
2
Beauty salons and barbershops — minimum:
2
3 to 5 customer service stations
3
6 or more service stations (count each shampoo facility as a customer service station)
4
Firehouses
1
Rooming houses — (no meals served on premises to roomers) for each 4 beds or part thereof
1
Residence for adults or youths — (majority of residents may remain on premises, meals served) for each 3 beds or part thereof
1
Nursing home or health-related facility — (majority of residents must remain on premises for health-related reasons) for each 2 beds
1
NOTES:
Where "beds" are referred to as the index of unit charges, the maximum capacity approved by the appropriate governmental authorities shall be determinative of such computation of "beds."
There is hereby established and imposed an annual sewer rent on all users, to be determined by multiplying the unit charge times the number of units assigned to each user based upon the schedule of units of use in § 190-48. The unit charge shall be established annually by the Town Board at the time of the adoption of the Sewer District budget.
All Town sewer rents shall become due and payable at the same time and in the same manner as they are on other Town charges. Sewer rents shall constitute a lien upon the real property of the users on the first day of January in each year. Penalties and interest for sewer rents in arrears shall be imposed and collected in the same amounts and in the same manner as they are imposed on other Town charges.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding in this chapter, if a property owner in the District becomes a user as defined herein in any year, the sewer rent for such year shall be prorated for the number of months commencing with the months in which such owner becomes a user and ending with the last month of such year. It shall be added to the annual sewer rent due and payable during the following year and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the annual sewer rent due in the following year.
Revenue derived from sewer rents, including penalties and interest, shall be credited to a special fund, to be known as the "sewer rent fund" and moneys in such fund shall be used as provided by law.
The additional units for industrial establishments shall be the product of the sewer surcharge factor and the established District charge as shown in the schedule of units of use for industrial plants, § 190-48. The general form for the determination shall be as follows:
S.F. = a
BOD – 300
_________
300
+ b
SS – 300
__________
300
+ c
P – n
__________
n
+ . . . . .
BOD
—
Milligrams per liter of "biochemical oxygen demand" as defined in § 190-3.
SS
—
Milligrams per liter of "suspended solids" as defined in § 190-3.
P
—
Milligrams per liter of any identifiable pollutant affecting the strength of the sewage or having an effect on the sewer system, the treatment plan process or the receiving waters of the effluent from the treatment plant.
a
—
Proportion of operations and maintenance cost for treatment of a unit of biochemical oxygen demand.
b
—
Proportion of operations and maintenance cost for treatment of a unit of suspended solids.
c
—
Proportion of operations and maintenance cost for treatment of the identifiable pollutant.
NOTES:
1.
The value for a, b or c shall be determined by the Superintendent on a yearly basis from data accumulated during each preceding year from the costs of treatment.
2.
If any values for BOD, SS or P, as determined by laboratory analysis, are less than the respective "normal values" as stated in the definition in § 190-3 or less than the maximum values above which a permit is required, the factor for the pollutant shall be eliminated from the formula.
3.
More than one identifiable pollutant may be present in the sewage and each such pollutant therefor shall appear as an additional term in the formula for determination of sewer surcharge factor.