[Adopted 5-27-1968 by Ord. No. 222, approved 5-27-1968]
[Amended 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987]
The sewer rates for services rendered by the public utility
system both within the Borough and outside the Borough shall be as
adopted by regulation by the Borough from time to time.
[Amended 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987]
In the event that a building or structure is receiving sewer
service for the use of existing tenants or occupants and additional
tenants or occupants begin to use such sewer service, it shall be
the responsibility of the owner of the building or structure served
to notify the Borough office of the new user. Failure of the owner
to so notify shall cause him, in addition to any other penalties contained
in this article, to be responsible for the payment of all sewer charges
due from the initial date of occupancy, together with any other charges
or assessments. Bills for said sewer service shall be rendered in
the manner and in the form to be prescribed by the Borough. All bills
for sewer service shall be rendered to the owner or, after proper
arrangements have been made, to the tenant of the premises to which
the sewer services are furnished. However, the owner shall in all
cases be ultimately liable for payment of such bills.
[Amended 6-14-2022, approved 6-14-2022]
Every owner of property in the Borough of Masontown sewage service
area whose property abuts upon any public sewage line presently in
existence or to be constructed in the future shall connect, at his
own cost, the house, building, or other structures located on said
property with the aforementioned public sewage system for the purpose
of providing public sewage service to the property. Monthly sewage
bills to the property owner shall include an availability of service
charge to recover various fixed costs of providing sewage service
and shall be fixed by the Borough from time to time by regulation.
The availability of service shall apply to all such property owners
whose house, building or other structures located on said property
abuts the public sewage line.
Where a property owner or tenant with the consent of the owner
elects to do so at his own expense, separate meters may be installed
to measure the amounts of water discharged and not discharged to the
public utility system. The sewer rates adopted hereunder will then
be applied only to the water consumed on the premises and discharged
to the public utility system in accordance with the applicable meter
reading. If an owner or tenant situated either inside or outside of
the Borough elects to install such separate meters at his own expense,
an application shall first be made to the Borough, which application
shall contain a schematic diagram of the plumbing changes involved
and the location of the proposed new meter or meters, also indicating
clearly the discharge points of all wastewaters. Upon approval of
the Borough and issuance of the required permit, the proposed meter
or meters and all necessary plumbing changes shall be made, subject
to the inspection and final approval of the designated inspector of
the Borough. Thereafter sewer bills will be rendered to such owner
or tenant based only upon water usage discharged to the public utility
system.
The Borough shall collect and receive all sewer rates and charges
prescribed by this article for services rendered by the public utility
system both inside and outside of the Borough. All such moneys shall
be deposited to the credit of a special fund, to be designated as
the "Masontown Borough Public Utility System Fund," pursuant to the
terms of the aforesaid agreement of lease,[1] which fund shall be a separate and distinct fund of the
Borough of Masontown.
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to Ord. No. 222 noted that an
agreement of lease, dated 6-1-1968, was entered into by the Borough
of Masontown and the Masontown Municipal Authority.
The sewer rates imposed by this article shall become effective
upon substantial completion of the construction of and initial operation
of the sewage treatment plants, but in no event later than May 1,
1969.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A, amended 1-20-1983 and 1-1-1984,
which set forth the charges to be collected by the Borough for sewer
services and which immediately followed this section, was deleted
6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987.
