Pursuant to RSA 168 and every other authority thereto enabling,
the following system of sewer charges (sometimes known as "rents")
is hereby adopted.
Sewer charges shall be paid by the owner or owners of real estate
connected by a building sewer or private sewer to the City public
sewer and sewerage system.
The funds received from the collection of the sewer charges
authorized by this chapter and all other receipts resulting from the
operation of the sewage disposal and sewerage systems shall be deposited
with the City Treasurer and shall be accounted for and be known as
the "Sanitary Sewerage Fund." This fund, when appropriated by the
City Council, shall be available for the payment, in the first instance,
of the cost and expense of the management, maintenance, operation
and repair of the City or regional sanitary sewerage system and sewage
disposal, and any surplus thereafter shall be for defraying the cost
of construction, reconstruction or replacement and for the payment
of any interest and principal of any debt incurred to pay such costs
for the improvement of the City or regional sanitary sewerage system
and sewage disposal and treatment plant.
All charges for sewer service shall become a lien upon real
estate served by the City sewerage system in accordance with the terms
of said Chapter 252 of the New Hampshire Laws.
Upon petition to the City Manager not later than 30 days after
the sewer charge is due and payable, the City Manager may, for good
cause shown, abate, in whole or in part, any sewer charge.
[Amended 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 13.2012.13]
(Reserved)
Any owner may place on his premises, at his own expense, a meter
which shall be approved by the City to measure the flow which does
not enter the sewerage system, and an adjustment of the sewer charge
shall be made in accordance with said metered use, in accordance with
the application rate charged by the City.
The following rules and regulations shall apply to the collection
of sewer charges:
A. Sewer charges are due and payable on the due date at the Tax Collector's
office. Remittances by mail are at the risk of the sender and should
be accompanied by a stamped envelope properly addressed, if return
of receipt is desired.
[Amended 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 13.2012.13]
B. All meter readings shall be computed to the first of the following
months: January, April, July and October, in each year.
[Amended 9-26-1977 by Ord. No. 10-77.5; 8-30-1982 by Ord. No. 67-82.6; 9-24-1990 by Ord. No.
182-90.8]
Sewer charges shall be as follows or as amended from time to
time by the City:
A. Fixed yearly fee per unit shall be charged as follows:
[Amended 11-26-2006 by Ord. No. 03.2006.03; 9-26-2011 by Ord. No.
06.2011.06; 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 13.2012.13; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No.
01.2013.01; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-189-50-01; 1-14-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-189-50-01; 2-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-189-50-01]
(1) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2023: $42.40 per quarter.
(2) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2024: $46.22 per quarter.
(3) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2025: $50.38 per quarter.
(4) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2026: $54.91 per quarter.
(5) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2027: $59.30 per quarter.
(6) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2028: $64.05 per quarter.
(7) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2029: $67.25 per quarter.
(8) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2030: $70.61 per quarter.
(9) Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2031: $74.14 per quarter.
(10)
Effective bill date on or after March 1, 2032: $77.85 per quarter.
B. Charge based on metered water consumption:
[Amended 11-26-2006 by Ord. No. 03.2006.03; 9-26-2011 by Ord. No.
06.2011.06; 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 13.2012.13; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No.
01.2013.01; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-189-50-01; 1-14-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-189-50-01; 2-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-189-50-01]
Effective Bill Date on or After
|
Charge (per hundred cubic feet)
|
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March 1, 2023
|
$5.90
|
March 1, 2024
|
$6.44
|
March 1, 2025
|
$7.01
|
March 1, 2026
|
$7.65
|
March 1, 2027
|
$8.26
|
March 1, 2028
|
$8.92
|
March 1, 2029
|
$9.36
|
March 1, 2030
|
$9.83
|
March 1, 2031
|
$10.32
|
March 1, 2032
|
$10.84
|
C. Charge based on nonmetered flat rate (for sewer-only accounts: those accounts that are on public sewer but served by private water by means of either a well or PUC-regulated water system), coinciding with the tax year as defined in RSA 76:2. Billing and collection of the flat rate sewer-only account will be conducted by the City Tax Collector in accordance with RSA 76:13 and RSA 80:59-91. Determination of the flat rate is as described in §
189-44B(2).
[Amended 11-26-2006 by Ord. No. 03.2006.03; 9-26-2011 by Ord. No.
06.2011.06; 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 13.2012.13; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No.
01.2013.01; 10-22-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-189-50-01; 1-14-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-189-50-01;2-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-189-50-01]
Effective on the Bill Date on or After
|
Annual Charge Per Unit, billed semiannually
|
Semiannual bill
|
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March 1, 2023
|
$561.80
|
Semiannual bill: $280.90
|
March 1, 2024
|
$612.36
|
Semiannual bill: $306.18
|
March 1, 2025
|
$667.47
|
Semiannual bill: $333.74
|
March 1, 2026
|
$727.55
|
Semiannual bill: $363.77
|
March 1, 2027
|
$785.75
|
Semiannual bill: $392.88
|
March 1, 2028
|
$848.61
|
Semiannual bill: $424.31
|
March 1, 2029
|
$891.04
|
Semiannual bill: $445.52
|
March 1, 2030
|
$935.59
|
Semiannual bill: $467.80
|
March 1, 2031
|
$982.37
|
Semiannual bill: $491.19
|
March 1, 2032
|
$1,031.49
|
Semiannual bill: $515.75
|
D. Large consumption discount:
[Added 6-13-1994 by Ord. No. 255.94.13]
(1) Within a billing period, charges based on metered water consumption
apply without discount for the first 5,000 hundred cubic feet of consumption.
(2) Charges for additional consumption in excess of 5,000 hundred cubic
feet are billed at 50% of the current rate.