[Added 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 1444-2010]
A. 
The federal government has enacted and amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, now known as the "Federal Clean Water Act" (33 U.S.C. § 1150 et seq.); and
B. 
The Bergen County Utilities Authority has enacted rules and regulations, as required by the Federal Clean Water Act, in incorporating an industrial cost recovery system, a user charge system, and regulations pertaining to the use of sanitary sewers; and
C. 
The Borough of Edgewater is within the district serviced by the Bergen County Utilities Authority and has contracted with the Bergen County Utilities Authority for the removal and treatment of the wastewater contained within the sanitary sewers of the Borough of Edgewater; and
D. 
The Borough of Edgewater desires to assure that the sanitary sewers operated and maintained by it will conform to the best sanitary engineering practices and comply with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act.
The use of all sanitary sewers of the Borough shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations enacted by the Bergen County Utilities Authority.
A. 
The Borough hereby adopts and enacts the user charge system and industrial cost recovery system contained in the rules and regulations of the Bergen County Utilities Authority and authorizes their immediate implementation by the appropriate municipal official, to be designated by resolution of the governing body.
B. 
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the Borough from challenging any amendments to the rules and regulations which may be hereafter adopted.
Not fewer than three copies of the rules and regulations of the Bergen County Utilities Authority have been and are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Borough and are available for public inspection during normal business hours.
Copies of the rules and regulations of the Bergen County Utilities Authority can be obtained from the Bergen County Utilities Authority for the cost of publication.
The annual user charge shall be computed on the previous calendar year's amount of water used and the current calendar year's charges imposed by the Bergen County Utilities Authority upon the Borough of Edgewater, together with all appropriate administrative costs, capital costs and debt service attributable to the operation and maintenance of the Edgewater sewer system.
There shall be allowed an exemption from the annual user charge for all nonresidential usage of less than 300,000 gallons of water, with the exception of apartments and multifamily houses, for which provision is made hereinafter. With respect to apartments and multifamily houses, the exemption shall apply to usage of less than 300,000 gallons of water with respect to each separate and individual living unit within the apartment complex.
A. 
No allowance shall be made for water which is metered but which does not enter the sanitary sewer system, unless the owner installs and maintains, at his expense, a meter approved by the Borough to measure the water so diverted from the sewer lines.
B. 
In case of business or industry, where water is lost by evaporation, the Borough Engineer, with the approval of the Council, may make a proper allowance for such evaporation.
C. 
Where sprinkler systems are maintained, a proper credit shall be given for water contained or passing through such sprinkler system, which water does not reach a sanitary sewer line.
D. 
Any owner may install and maintain, at his expense, a sewage flow meter, approved by the Borough Engineer, to measure the flow into the sewer lines. Where such a sewage flow is maintained, the owner shall be billed on the actual reading of such meter at the same rate as determined hereinabove.
E. 
In any specific case not contemplated or not clearly defined herein or where the type of waste will place an extraordinary burden on the sewage facilities either because of its quantity or its quality, the Borough Council is hereby authorized, by contract or otherwise, to establish a specific rate as may be necessary.
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All charges shall be due and payable twice annually on the first days of June and December, respectively, of each year. Payments shall be made to the Borough Tax Collector.
B. 
All charges shall be payable to the Borough of Edgewater and shall be and remain a lien on the real property owned by any user. The Borough shall have the same remedies for the collection thereof, with interest, costs and penalties, as it has by law for the collection of real property taxes.
A. 
As soon as practical after the passage of this article, the Chief Financial Officer and the Tax Collector shall attend to the preparation of bills for the period beginning the first day of the month following final passage and publication of this article and ending December 31, 2010, such period being hereinafter referred to as "Billing Year 2010."
B. 
User charges for Billing Year 2010 shall be equal to the pro-rata amount of the user charges which would have been imposed upon each user for the calendar year 2010, under the terms of this article.
C. 
Bills for Billing Year 2010 shall be mailed by the Tax Collector of the Borough of Edgewater to the owners of all properties incurring such charges not later than October 1, 2010.
D. 
Bills for Billing Year 2010 are due and payable to the Tax Collector on November 1, 2010. If such charges are not paid in full as of that date, the unpaid charges shall be deemed delinquent as of that date, and such unpaid charges shall become a lien upon the properties incurring them as of that date.
E. 
Except as modified by § 212-68, user charges for Billing Year 2010 shall be subject to all of the provisions of this article.