The Township Council is hereby authorized to establish, from time to time, the charges and fees for sewerage and incidental services to be provided by the Sewer Utility. The schedule of charges hereby fixed and established for the collection, disposal and treatment of sanitary sewerage material collected in public sanitary sewers owned and operated by the Township, to be charged to customers of the Sewer Utility are those set forth in the rules and regulations of the Department. These charges and fees are in effect pursuant to § 281-5 of this chapter, and shall remain in effect until revised in accordance with the provisions of § 281-4 of this chapter.
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-4]
Any person owning a single-family unit and residing in the Township of the age of 65 or more years who receives an annual property tax reduction for senior citizens from the state of New Jersey shall receive a reduction in their annual sewer charge in the sum of $50. Such reduction shall be limited to one reduction per single-family unit and one reduction per qualifying person. The reduction shall be automatic and shall be applied to those persons whose names are provided by the State of New Jersey Division of Taxation as having received the annual property tax reduction for senior citizens.
All connection, user, and other fees and charges set forth in this chapter shall draw interest from the time that they became due as taxes upon real estate in the Township and shall be a lien upon the premises connected until paid. As per N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12, the Township shall have all of the remedies established by law for the collection of rates, rentals, connection fees or other charges in connection with the use of the sewer facilities, including but not limited to charging the interest, cost and penalties, levying liens and the discontinuance of services.
Complaints concerning the character of the service furnished or the reading of meters or bills rendered shall be made to the Director, in writing. A record of such complaints will be maintained by the Department to show the names and addresses of the complainants, dates and nature of the complaints and the action taken thereon.