[Amended 5-10-2000 by Ord. No. 00-01; 2-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-03]
A. Sewer rentals for all sewer rental units shall be billed each quarter
annum on the first day of each January, April, July and October, commencing
on the first next succeeding date upon which waste is first discharged
into the sewer system, and shall be due and payable immediately.
B. If the full amount of such bill shall not be paid within 30 days
from the date of the billing, a penalty of 10% shall be added to the
amount due, and the amount of the billing plus the amount of penalty
shall become the gross amount due. Sewer rentals or charges imposed
by this chapter shall be a lien on the property serviced by the sewer
system (or available for use if not connected), and any such sewer
rentals or charges which are not paid as aforesaid shall be filed
as a lien against the aforesaid property so connected to and served
by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the office of the
Prothonotary of York County, Pennsylvania, and shall be entered and
collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection
of municipal claims. The liened amount shall include all penalties,
interest as aforesaid, and all costs and attorneys' fees which shall
be approved and adopted by resolution of the Board of Commissioners,
as amended from time to time.
[Amended 2-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01; 6-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-13]
C. Failure of any owner to receive quarterly bills for sewer rentals and charges due to the failure of such owner to notify the Township of his correct address, or failure of any owner to receive a correct bill for sewer rentals and charges by reason of the failure of such owner to notify Township of the use or uses of which an improved property or any portion thereof is made, pursuant to the notice requirements of §
250-45, shall not excuse nonpayment or failure to pay the amount which would be properly applicable to the use or uses of which said improved property is made and shall not result in an extension of the period of time during which the net bill shall be payable.
D. The Township shall charge a fee of $10 for the certification of any
sewer rental or charge account. The Township is authorized to establish
rules and regulations for the collection of the certification fee.
The fee may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners.
Whenever sewer service to any sewer rental unit begins after
the first day or terminates before the last day of any quarterly period,
the sewer rentals for such sewer rental unit for such quarterly period
shall be for that portion of the quarterly period during which the
sewer rental unit is served. However, in making such apportionment,
a fraction of a month amounting to 1/2 or more of a month shall be
counted a full month and a fraction of a month amounting to less than
1/2 month shall be disregarded.
Delinquent bills for sewer rentals, together with all charges,
expenses and fees added thereto, shall, in the manner provided by
law, become a lien upon the property served and shall be collectible
by the Township by an action in assumpsit against the owner of such
property or be enforced against such property by the filing of a municipal
lien. In addition, sewer and water service to the premises may be
discontinued as provided by law.