[Amended 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03]
There is hereby established a sewer service
charge for the use of the sanitary sewer, to be imposed quarterly
upon the owners of property connected to said sanitary sewer as hereafter
provided. The money so collected shall be paid into the general revenue
of the Borough.
All users of the sewer system shall either have
all water usage metered or shall have the discharge into the sewer
system metered by an approved meter installed and maintained by the
user. The Borough shall have the right to inspect and check all meters
and readings at any time.
[Amended 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 20-90; 3-22-1993 by Ord. No.
4-93; 2-14-00 by Ord. No. 2-2000; 3-24-2003 by Ord. No. 03-03; 11-24-2003 by Ord. No.
03-25; 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03; 3-14-2005 by Ord. No. 05-02; 2-13-2006 by Ord. No. 06-03; 4-26-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04]
A. The sewer
service charge for each connected property shall be set annually by
resolution of the Borough Council. Each connected property which is
separately listed on the tax duplicate shall be treated as a single
property, regardless of the number of meters employed. Where two or
more such properties separately listed are located in the same building,
if their individual usage is not separately metered, the total usage
shall be apportioned in proportion to their assessed values.
[Amended 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 11-04]
B. All properties
having separate meters approved by the Borough for measuring outside
water usage that does not enter the sanitary sewer system shall have
such outside water usage subtracted from their total water usage for
the purpose of calculating the sewer service charge.
C. All properties
paying at least $4,000 in annual property taxes and that do not have
separate water meters for measuring outside water usage shall be granted
an outside water usage credit of up to 1,000 cubic feet per quarter
for the two quarterly bills rendered during the third and fourth quarters
of each year.
D. Nonresidential
users who regularly dispose of metered water other than into the sanitary
sewer system may apply for an additional credit if such water exceeds
2,000 cubic feet per year. Said credit may be allowed by resolution
of the Borough Council, provided the Borough Engineer certifies to
the Council that it is impossible or impractical for the user to install
additional water or discharge meters and that the method and evidence
presented by the user reasonably establish the amount of metered water
which the user did in fact dispose of other than into the sanitary
sewer system during the preceding year.
E. All connected
properties shall pay a minimum quarterly sewer service charge that
is equal to the minimum quarterly service charge for water service
based on meter size regardless of the total or net water usage metered
during the quarter.
[Amended 2-23-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03]
A. The Borough Administrator shall determine the amount
of sewer service charge, if any, for each sewered property and shall
bill the owner of the sewered property for the quarterly sewer service
charge at the same time as the quarterly water service charge is billed.
B. The charges hereby imposed shall be payable to the
Borough and shall draw the same interest as taxes upon real estate
and shall be a lien upon the property connected to the sanitary sewer
until paid, and the Borough shall have the same remedies for collection
thereof, with interest, costs and penalties, as it has by law for
the collection of taxes on real estate.
[Amended 2-8-2010 by Ord. No. 10-01]
A. No sewer
service charge shall be levied or collected hereunder from those properties
which are connected to the Borough sewer system pursuant to and subject
to the agreement dated April 1, 1968, between the Boroughs of Madison
and Chatham and the Township of Chatham, as amended.
B. No service
charge shall be levied or collected hereunder from those properties
which are connected to the Borough sewer system in use by the Borough
of Chatham Emergency Squad.