Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Newtown Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any structure or store, office or other unit thereof intended
to be used wholly or in part for the purposes of carrying on a trade,
business or profession or for social, amusement, religious, educational,
charitable or public use.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any structure or separate unit thereof intended to be used
wholly or in part for the manufacturing, fabricating, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembly of any product, commodity or article.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
PRIVATE DWELLING OR LIVING UNIT
Any structure intended to be occupied as a whole by one family
or an apartment intended to be occupied by one family or any other
one-family living unit.
PROPERTY
Any separately deeded piece of ground upon which there exists
or can be erected a building.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and commercial and industrial
establishments.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities leased by the Township from the Authority
or by agreement with adjoining municipalities for the collection,
transportation, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage. This shall
include any sewage facilities located in the area known as the "Valley
View Sewer District."
[Amended 11-25-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-9]
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Newtown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
WATER COMPANY
Aqua, Pennsylvania, Inc., or other private water company
distributing water in any part of the area served by the sewer system.
[Amended 3-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
There is hereby imposed upon each property having a building
thereon, located within the Township and served by the sewer system,
sewer rents or charges at the rates and payable as hereafter provided
by resolution for the use, whether direct or indirect, of the sewer
system.
[Amended 3-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
All meters or measuring devices used under the provisions of
this article, except those provided by the water company, shall be
furnished and installed by the property owner at the property owner's
expense. All such meters or measuring devices, except those provided
by the water company, shall be approved and shall be under the control
of the Township and may be tested, inspected or repaired by Township
employees whenever the Township shall deem necessary. The owner of
the property upon which any such meter or measuring device is installed
shall be responsible for its maintenance, inspection and safekeeping,
and all repairs thereto shall be made by the property owner, at the
property owner's expense, whether such repairs are made necessary
by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. A schematic drawing shall
be provided by the property owner to document for Township records
the physical location of the meter or measuring device. These devices
shall be available for inspection by Township employees at all times.
[Amended 3-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
All bills shall be payable on the date received. All sewer rental
charges billed and unpaid shall be a lien against the property serviced
by the sewer system until paid. If such bills are not paid within
30 days after the date they are mailed, but no earlier than June 30,
a penalty of 10% thereof shall be added. It shall be the duty of the
Township during and after the sixth month following the month in which
the bills were mailed to certify the unpaid bills to the Township
Solicitor, who shall proceed to collect such delinquent bills, together
with interest at 6% per year, penalties and costs accrued thereon
either by action at law or by filing a lien or liens for the same
in the office of the Prothonotary of the County Court of Common Pleas,
and such liens, together with interest, penalty and costs accrued
thereon, shall be filed and collected in accordance with law. All
persons connected to the sewer system shall give the Township their
correct address. Failure to receive bills shall not be considered
an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an extension of the period during
which bills are payable.
The funds received by the Township from the collection of the
connection charges imposed by the Authority and to be collectible
by the Township as its agent, from sewer rentals and charges and all
penalties thereon, as herein provided for, any fines collected by
the Township in connection with the sewer system and any other funds
received in connection with the sewer system shall be segregated in
a separate fund to be designated "Sewer Revenue Account No. 2" and
shall be used only for the purposes of defraying the expenses of the
Township in the operation, maintenance and repair of the sewer system
or other expenses in relation to such sewer system and for such payments
as the Township may be required to make under any lease or agreement
it may enter into for and of or, in connection with such sewer system,
with the Authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended (53 P.S. § 301 et seq.).
The Township Manager is hereby charged with the duties of collecting
all sewer rents and charges and connection charges imposed by the
Authority. He is authorized to adopt such regulations with respect
to the subject covered in this article as may, in his discretion,
seem fit and proper. He shall also keep full, accurate and complete
records of all sewer rentals or charges, bills, receipts, payments
and transmittals of money to the Township.
The rates and any rules and regulations hereunder shall become
effective on the date of their enactment and adoption respectively
and shall be applicable to all properties as soon as they respectively
become connected with and have the right to use the sewer system.
The Township reserves the right to make such changes from time to
time as in its opinion may be desirable or beneficial and to amend
this article or to change the rates or charges in such manner and
at such times as in its opinion may be advisable.