[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Raritan as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 10-23-1984 (Ch. 62, Art. II, of the 1966 Code)]
Commencing November 1, 1984, and thereafter, an annual sewer
user charge will be paid by all users of the facilities provided by
the Borough of Raritan and the Somerset-Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
in accordance with the terms and provisions of this article.
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 users which discharge the
equivalent of 1,000 gallons or more of domestic sanitary wastewater
per day.
[Amended 9-22-1987]
C.
Multifamily dwellings consisting of three dwelling units or more
and small nonresidential and industrial users shall be users which
introduce no more than the equivalent of 1,000 gallons per day (GPD)
of domestic sanitary wastes.
[Amended 9-22-1987; 10-28-2003 by Ord. No. 03-10]
A.
Tax-exempt and industrial and commercial users shall be invoiced
directly for their use of the sewage treatment system. Industrial
and commercial users shall receive credit for the amount of such charges
which are included in their ad valorem taxes.
B.
Sewer user charges shall continue to be charged to multifamily dwellings consisting of three dwelling units or more and small nonresidential and industrial users as defined in § 286-2, User classes, Subsection C, through ad valorem taxes rather than through direct sewer use charges.
[Amended 10-28-2003 by Ord. No. 03-10]
A.
At least once each year, the Borough of Raritan shall review and
revise, as necessary, sewer use and sewer user charges and shall establish
a schedule of charges by flow, biochemical oxygen demand, suspended
solids, chlorine demand and such other criteria as the Borough of
Raritan shall deem appropriate. Any charges so established shall provide
for the equitable distribution of:
B.
The schedule of user charges shall provide for revenue in an amount
equal to the total of the above costs. The schedule of charges shall
be amended yearly, at the time of adoption of the Borough's annual
budget or at such other times as the Borough may determine, to reflect
changes and/or adjustments in the changes.
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 the 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,
oxygen demand, suspended solids and chlorine demand characteristics
of its sewage at the frequency assigned and according to the method
by the Borough and shall report the results of such sampling to the
Borough.
A.
Any flows of strengths which are not chargeable to a particular user,
whether by reason of the user being exempted from charges or by reason
of the flow entering the system by infiltration or inflow, shall be
charged to all users, proportionately on the basis of flow.
B.
No roof drainage, cellar drainage, unpolluted industrial process
water, surface water, waste from hydrants or groundwater from underground
drainage fields shall be admitted to be permitted to drain into the
sewage system. The sewer system is intended to convey sanitary sewage
and industrial wastes only.
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 Raritan or its designated
representative. The Borough may order the installation of meters and
sampling pits if it is determined that these are needed.
Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants, or
radioactive materials and materials with high BOD content, 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 not excluded under § 286-2C who connects to the system during any calendar month shall pay a pro rata use charge based upon the user charge assessed for the current quarter.
The user charges established and provided for herein shall be
due and payable semiannually or on June 1 and December 1 of each year.
Public buildings, which are defined as those used solely for local municipal purposes and/or county purposes, are excluded from the user charges called for in this article. The user of said public buildings shall be treated as extraneous flow, as defined in § 286-7 hereinabove.
[Adopted 3-22-1977 (Ch. 65 of the 1966 Code)]
All buildings located upon a street, highway, lane or avenue
in which a sewer main line has been constructed shall be connected
with said sewer main line.
[Added 2-14-1989]
A.
For every direct or indirect connection to the sanitary sewerage
system of the Borough or to any part thereof, the following capacity-rate
trunk-connection charges are established at the following rates:
(1)
Residential user: fee of $550 for each new single-family dwelling,
new unit in a multiple-family dwelling or new unit as part of an expansion
of an existing single- or multiple-family dwelling or structure.
(2)
Residential or nonresidential reconnection: fee of $100.
(3)
All other users: $0.375 per day of total daily average flow as determined
by the Borough on the basis of certain factors, including but not
limited to the factors contained in N.J.S.A. 40:14A-8, the data and
information made available to the Borough, the results of its investigation
and on studies of meter readings.
B.
The capacity-rate trunk-connection charge above specified shall be
in addition to any annual sewer use charge, code enforcement sewer
tie-in connection permit fee, Borough street opening permit fee, all
other such fees and special inspection fees that may be required in
unusual cases to absorb the cost of inspections over and above that
required under any other ordinance and in addition to any municipal
sewer assessment for sanitary collecting sewers that may be constructed
as local improvements by the Mayor and Borough Council.
C.
The capacity-rate trunk-connection charge above specified shall be
paid in one lump sum to the Treasurer of the Borough on application
for a building permit for new construction. All existing dwelling
units being served by an individual septic system shall be exempt
from such charge at the time hookup occurs to the sewerage system.
D.
For all uses other than a single-family dwelling, the capacity-rate
trunk-collection charge for each individual connection shall always
be subject to an upward revision in accordance with rates herein prescribed
and then prevailing when any enlargement of the connected structure
or when any addition to the connected structure occurs or when any
increase in the use of the connected structure occurs which increases
the service demand upon the trunk lines and upon the capacity of the
sanitary sewerage facilities of the Borough. No such revision shall
be made except after reasonable notice has been given to the user
to be heard on the matter.
All said connections between buildings and sewer main lines shall be constructed of such materials and in such manner as set forth in the State Uniform Construction Code Act, Chapter 217 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1975,[1] and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
and shall be installed within six months from the date of completion
of construction of the sewer main line to which they are joined.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
