The County is authorized to require the payment of a connection
charge as a condition precedent to connecting to the County sewer
mains.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
All persons who connect to sewer mains shall pay, in addition
to all other charges stated in this Part 2, a connection charge and/or
a benefit charge, the specific amounts and conditions to be set in
a sewer user regulation which has been or will be enacted by the Cecil
County Council.
An annual sewer service charge shall be assessed to each building
sewer, the amount of said charge to be in accordance with the aforesaid
sewer use regulation, said charge to be due and payable quarterly
and based on a flat rate, said charges to be prorated the first quarter
from the date of connection.
The County reserves the right to establish said rates and charges
by a future sewer user regulation and to increase and decrease said
rates and charges from time to time by further regulation and to establish
different classifications as to rates for residential sewer systems,
commercial and industrial use.
All rates and/or charges referred to in this Part 2 shall constitute
a lien on the real estate served and shall be collectible in the same
manner as town taxes or by suit at law.
Any industrial user, as defined in Federal Register 40 CFR 35.905-8,
connecting to an Environmental Protection Agency funded wastewater
works or its tributary shall be required to pay a fee for industrial
cost recovery as established by the County according to the applicable
law.