A. 
Sewer treatment and maintenance charges are hereby imposed and shall be collected from the owner of each residential, commercial and industrial unit connected with or using, directly or indirectly, the sewer system. In addition, any residential, commercial or industrial unit not connected with or using said sewer system, but which is available for connection and use, shall pay a maintenance charge as set forth hereafter. The funds derived from said charges shall be used to pay all costs incident to the administration, operation, repair, replacement, cleaning, inspection and maintenance of the sanitary sewers of the Township. The funds shall be used to pay all debt service, including any and all interest charges incident thereto; the cost of meters and installation charges therefor; treatment, rent or reserved charges by the City of York, Springettsbury Township or any other authority or municipality who provides service as may be required; all costs of billing, including postage, computer costs, salaries and other administrative expenses; all attorneys' fees and costs of collection; all enforcement charges, engineering, insurance, other expenses that are incurred in the operation of said sewer system. Funds may be used for the purchase of sewage-flow and monitoring equipment and for the rental therefor, together with all reasonable inspection and maintenance charges.
B. 
In addition, all funds so collected and not immediately expended may be prudently invested to assure a reasonable return unless otherwise limited or prohibited by law.
(1) 
All fees charged hereunder for residential units, commercial units and industrial units or for any other purpose shall be established by resolution of the Township Commissioners.
(2) 
A separate charge shall be made for each residential, commercial or industrial unit as set forth in the fee resolution.
(3) 
It shall be presumed that all metered water of any unit has been discharged into the sewer system. If any water is not discharged to the sewer system, the burden shall be upon the owner to prove the amount of water excluded. When it is shown that water has not been discharged to the sewer system, excess sewer rentals beyond the base charge shall be based upon total water consumption less the amount shown not to be discharged to the system.
A. 
Volume measurement. The volume of water to be used for billing sewer rentals to all sewer rental units shall include any and all water purchased from the York Water Company or any other private or public water company and, in addition, all water obtained from any other source or sources (wells, springs, streams, etc.), as determined:
(1) 
By meters installed and maintained by said water company or any other private or public water company; or
(2) 
By meters maintained and installed by the property owner as may be required, approved and inspected by the Township.
B. 
Sewer meters. The Township may require a commercial unit or industrial unit or the commercial unit or industrial establishment may elect to install, pay for and maintain a meter approved by the Township for measuring wastewaters discharged to the sewer system, in which case sewer rentals shall be based upon the actual volume of wastes discharged to the sewer system.
C. 
Strength surcharge.
(1) 
Industrial units discharging abnormal industrial wastes to the sewer system, as measured at the source, shall pay a strength of waste surcharge in addition to applicable volume charges in accordance with the requirements of Article V, hereof.
(2) 
The strength of combined waste used for establishing surcharges shall be determined at intervals deemed advisable by the Township. Combined waste strengths may be determined:
(a) 
By sampling and analysis over a three-day period during which time the strength of the combined discharge or production is at a maximum; or
(b) 
By relating production and combined waste strengths at the time of sampling to waste strengths at maximum production if sampling is not performed at maximum production.
(3) 
The collection and analysis of waste samples for determining applicable surcharges shall be supervised by a registered professional engineer approved by the Township. All costs for waste sampling and analysis shall be paid by the industrial unit and the amount thereof shall be added to the regular semiannual bill of such industrial unit. The analysis of all waste samples collected to determine applicable surcharges shall be made by a laboratory approved by the Township in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as published by the American Public Health Association.
D. 
Inspection facilities. When directed by the Township, industrial units shall install, pay for and maintain a manhole, or other device as may be approved by the Township, to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of wastes discharged to the sewer system and treatment plant. The Township or its duly authorized representatives shall at all reasonable times be permitted to enter upon any and all properties for the purpose of inspecting all metering devices and of observing, measuring and sampling wastes discharged to the sewer system and treatment plant. Any industrial unit that desires to connect with the sewer system or which is connected to the sewer system and plans to change its operations so as to materially alter the characteristics and volumes of wastes discharged therefrom shall notify the Township in writing at least 10 days before making such connection or changing its operations.
E. 
Installation and maintenance of meters. If the owner of any commercial or industrial unit shall be required pursuant to the foregoing provisions to install a water meter or meters or a meter or meters for measuring wastewaters, it shall be the duty of such owner to furnish and install such meter at his own expense, and in such case and also if such owner shall have voluntarily installed such meter or meters, such owner shall be required to maintain the same in good operating condition and make all necessary repairs and replacement. If the owner being obligated so to do shall fail to furnish or install such meter or meters or shall fail to maintain the same as above provided, then in any such case, after 10 days' written notice by the Township to perform such obligation, the Township may enter onto such property at all reasonable times and install such meter or meters or repair and maintain the same, as the case may be, and charge the cost of such installation or repair to such owner. Bills for such installation or repairs, if made by the Township, shall be due and payable immediately upon completion of the work and shall be collected in the same manner as quarter-annum bills for sewer rentals and charges.
F. 
Amendments and modifications. Additional classifications and sewer rentals or modifications of the above schedule of rentals may be established or made by the Township from time to time as deemed necessary.
[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.