[Adopted 5-27-1963 by Ord. No. 70 (Ch. 18, Part 1, of the
1995 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 10-15-1968 by Ord. No. 114; 11-16-1971 by Ord. No. 148; 3-17-1977 by Ord. No. 199; 5-18-1978 by Ord. No. 222; 6-4-1986 by Ord. No.
353; 6-25-1991 by Ord. No. 434; 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 535]
A.
All residential dwellings to be connected to the sewage system shall
pay a connection charge of $200, that is, or are being connected.
Any group of rooms, house trailer, etc., occupied or intended for
occupancy as separate living quarters shall be classified as a residential
dwelling unit.
B.
All nonresidential occupancy units to be connected to the sewerage
system shall pay a connection charge of $200 per connection, that
is, or are being connected. The number of equivalent dwelling units
shall be based on the value of the service of such user, taking into
consideration the amount of sewerage flow, the nature of said flow,
the duration and peak flow periods as well as the need for waste treatment,
and shall be calculated as follows:
(1)
Motels, including attached or adjoining joint-owned restaurant, 0.50
equivalent dwelling unit per motel unit.
(2)
Schools and hospitals and similar institutions, 0.046 equivalent
dwelling unit per pupil; teachers and employees of such establishment
to be included in the calculation of pupil population.
(3)
Commercial and industrial establishments other than high water users as defined in Subsection B(4) of this section, 0.092 equivalent dwelling unit per employee.
(4)
Restaurants, laundromats or other high water users using in excess
of 100,000 gallons of metered water per annum, 1.0 equivalent dwelling
unit per 50,000 gallons used per annum.
C.
"Nonresidential occupancy units" shall mean the property or area
including improvements thereon to which sewer service is or will be
furnished and shall be taken to designate:
(1)
A building under one roof owned or leased by one customer and occupied
as one place of business;
(2)
A building or a group or combination of buildings owned by one customer
in one common enclosure occupied by one customer as a place of business
or for manufacturing or industrial purposes or as a motel, hotel,
hospital, church, school or similar institution;
(3)
An individual and separate place of business and/or occupancy located
in one building or group of buildings commonly designated as a shopping
center, supermarket area, office building and by other such terms,
which is occupied by or intended for occupancy by individuals or tenants
as separate business quarters; or
[Amended 3-17-1977 by Ord. No. 199]
A.
The property owner of any residence, commercial establishment, industrial
concern or other type of building producing sewage or other water-carried
wastes and situate within the boundaries of the Hampton Township Sewer
District shall be required to connect to the sewerage system unless
the building to be served shall be more than 150 feet distant from
the sewer, in which event the sewerage system of the Township of Hampton
Sewer District shall not be considered as available.
B.
Connection of such buildings to the sewerage system must be made
within 60 days from the date of the sewer connection notice given
by the Township Manager.
C.
In the event a sewer connection is not provided as and when required,
the Township may make the said connection or cause the same to be
made and collect the cost thereof, including penalties and cost of
collection, from the property owner by municipal claim or by action
in assumpsit.
A.
No construction of any connecting sewer shall be made in the Hampton Township Sewer District without first obtaining a sewer connection permit and paying the required connection charge as determined from § 250-1 hereof.
B.
For proposed buildings which can be served by the sewerage system,
a sewer connection permit shall be obtained prior to receiving a building
permit, and no building permit shall be issued until this requirement
is met.
C.
For existing buildings which can be served by the sewerage system,
a sewer connection permit shall be obtained prior to starting any
construction of the connecting sewer.
[Amended 11-16-1971 by Ord. No. 148; 2-20-1973 by Ord. No. 168]
A.
All service sewer lines from the main sewer to the footer of the
building for which connection is being made shall have an inside diameter
of not less than four inches. The pipe shall be either vitrified clay,
asbestos-cement, cast iron, or Schedule 40 PVC type pipe. The pipe
joints shall be of a watertight type and must be approved by the Township
Inspector before covered up by fill. All service sewer lines under
the footer, basement and foundation shall be of cast iron soil pipe
and shall be provided with a cleanout proximate to and outside the
outer wall of the building.
B.
The connecting sewer line shall have a drop of at least 1/8 inch
per foot of horizontal length.
C.
No connecting sewer line shall have a deflection greater than 45°
and in all such cases where any deflection is to be made, a pipe fitting
shall be used.
D.
Where a wye fitting has been provided on the main sewer for the property
to be connected, the service sewer shall be connected to the wye fitting.
Where no wye fitting has been provided, a proper tap fitting shall
be installed on the main sewer in such manner as to not damage the
main sewer and to not obstruct flow in the main sewer. All points
of connection to the main sewer shall be watertight and, when deemed
necessary by the Township Inspector, shall be concrete-encased.
E.
All connecting sewers shall be inspected by the Township Inspector
before they are covered with any backfill and, if any are covered
before inspection, the property owner or his agent may be required
to uncover same.
F.
In addition to compliance with the provisions of the foregoing sections,
all sewer users connecting to or using the sewerage system of the
Hampton Township Sewer District shall comply in all respects to the
applicable provisions of the Plumbing Code of Allegheny County as
it is there and then in effect, and further, there shall be strictly
prohibited the connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to the public sewer.
The Township reserves the right to refuse any request to connect
to the sewerage system, or to compel the pretreatment of any waste
to prevent discharges into the sewerage system deemed harmful in any
respect, or to refuse to take over, accept or construct any other
sewerage system within the Sewer District.
[Amended 10-15-1968 by Ord. No. 114; 11-16-1971 by Ord. No. 148; 3-17-1977 by Ord. No. 199; 3-17-1981 by Ord. No. 262; 1-24-1984 by Ord. No.
308A; 9-25-1984 by Ord. No. 321; 12-20-1984 by Ord. No. 325; 12-30-1985 by Ord. No. 347; 12-17-1991 by Ord. No. 439; 12-22-1992 by Ord. No.
464; 1-12-1994 by Ord. No. 484; 7-27-1994 by Ord. No. 491; 11-24-1998 by Ord. No. 566]
A.
Metered water users.
[Amended 1-5-2009 by Ord. No. 715]
(1)
All owners of residential and/or nonresidential property connected
to or having available the use of sewerage systems of the Hampton
Township Sewer District shall pay to the Township sewer rental charges
as follows:
(a)
On account of operation and maintenance, a user charge in the
amount of $3.36 per 1,000 gallons of water or part thereof for each
of the first 10,000 gallons. Thereafter, any 1,000 gallons of water
or part thereof shall be charged the user charge of $3.36 plus $2.28,
which amount is $5.64.
(b)
On account of debt service, the minimum charge of $22.92 per
bimonthly bill shall be paid for the open connection to the Hampton
Township Sewer System, regardless of either occupancy or vacancy.
(2)
The determination of gallons used shall be based upon the amount
of water used on a bimonthly basis.
B.
Meters required where feasible. All owners of residential and/or
nonresidential occupancy units connected to or having available the
use of the sewerage system of Hampton Township District who do not
have Township-metered water service and whose water supply is by gravity
flow, the pressure of which water supply is such that a water meter
will not function efficiently, shall pay to the Township sewer rental
charges as follows:
[Amended 1-5-2009 by Ord. No. 715]
C.
Sewer service charges where water is not metered.
(1)
All owners of residential and nonresidential occupancy units connected
to the sewer system who the Township determines are not able to have
Township-metered water services shall pay to the Township sewer rental
charges as follows:
[Amended 1-5-2009 by Ord. No. 715]
(2)
All owners of residential and nonresidential occupancy units connected
to the sewer system who the Township determines are not able to have
Township-metered water services shall pay to the Township sewer rental
charges as follows:
D.
Surcharge for high-strength wastes. All owners of property connected
to or having available the use of the sewerage system of Hampton Township
District shall pay to the Township user charge surcharges for wastes
of high strength or unusual character as follows:
(1)
Nonresidential customers:
(a)
For each milligram per liter of BOD in excess of 187 mg/l as
determined by the arithmetic mean of the BOD test taken during the
period being billed, the additional charge shall be computed by the
following formula:
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BOD surcharge in dollars =
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(BOD-187) x (discharge in thousands of gallons)
765
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(b)
For each milligram per liter of suspended solids (SS) in excess
of 190 mgl as determined by the arithmetic mean of the suspended solids
tests taken during the period being billed, the additional charge
shall be computed by the following formula:
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Suspended solids surcharge in dollars =
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SS-190 x (discharge in thousands of gallons)
1,290
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(2)
Residential customer with garbage grinders: monthly charge of $1.
E.
The Township covenants it will review user charges no less than biennially
to assure that:
(1)
The
proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance (including
replacement) costs among users and user classes is maintained;
(2)
Sufficient
revenue to pay the total operation and maintenance (includes replacement)
costs necessary to the proper operation and maintenance (including
replacement) of the sewerage system;
(3)
Excess
revenues collected from a class of users is applied to the costs of
operation and maintenance attributable to that class in following
years and the rate adjusted accordingly.
F.
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutant shall pay for any increased
costs in managing the treatment works effluent or sludge caused by
such toxic pollutant.
G.
Each user will be notified with its regular bill of the rate and
that portion of the rate attributable to wastewater treatment services
(user charge), in accordance with 40 CFR 35.929-2(f).
H.
The user charge included in Subsections A and C takes precedence over any terms or conditions of agreements or contracts between the Township or its Sanitary Authority and users (including industrial users, special districts, other municipalities, or federal agencies or installations) which are inconsistent with user charge regulations, as required by 40 CFR 35.929-2(g).
I.
In accordance with 40 CFR 35.929-3(b), the Township or the Sanitary
Authority shall maintain such records as are necessary to document
compliance with the user charge regulations.
J.
Additional classifications and sewer rentals or modifications of
the above schedule of sewer rentals may be established by the Township
as deemed necessary.
K.
Prior to issuing sewer service, any new occupancy of a rental dwelling
unit shall be required to deposit with the proper Township officials
a rental deposit equal to the average residential quarterly bill rounded
to the nearest dollar as the same shall be determined each January
1 following adoption of this section. Violators shall be subject to
the same collection procedures employed for delinquent sewer rental
charges. The deposit shall be returned to the occupant upon notification
that the said resident no longer desires sewer service and the determination
that there is no outstanding balance on the account.
L.
All owners of residential and/or nonresidential property that has
available the use of the sewerage system of the Hampton Township Sewer
District shall pay to the Township a sanitary sewer capital fee as
follows:
[Added 1-2-2012 by Ord. No. 746; 12-19-2012 by Ord. No. 757]
(1)
The sanitary sewer capital fee shall be a fee billed as a separate
item on the sewage bill of each account in the Hampton Township Sanitary
Sewer District.
(2)
Capital fee.
[Amended 12-19-2018 by Ord. No.
822]
(a)
For 2019, the Sanitary Sewer Capital Fee shall be set at $10.50
per month, or $21 per sanitary sewer billing cycle;
(b)
For 2020, the Sanitary Sewer Capital Fee shall be set at $18
per month, or $36 per sanitary sewer billing cycle;
(c)
For 2021, the Sanitary Sewer Capital Fee shall be set at $25.50
per month, or $51 per sanitary sewer billing cycle;
(d)
For 2022, the Sanitary Sewer Capital Fee shall be set at $33
per month, or $66 per billing cycle.
(3)
The proceeds derived from the sanitary sewer capital fee shall be
deposited into the Hampton Township Sanitary Sewer District Capital
Fund for use in capital improvements necessary to the Hampton Township
Sanitary Sewer District infrastructure.
[Amended 7-19-1966 by Ord. No. 89; 11-16-1971 by Ord. No. 148]
A.
Billing periods.
(1)
Billings for sewer rental charges for residential users shall be
rendered on a quarterly billing period within 10 days from the receipt
of meter readings from the water company.
(2)
Billings for sewer rental charges for nonresidential users shall
be rendered on a monthly billing period within 10 days from receipt
of meter readings from the water company.
B.
The sewer rental charges shall be due and payable within 20 days
from the date of billing and shall remain a lien on the property until
paid.
C.
Sewer rental charges shall continue for all residential dwelling units and nonresidential occupancy units which are connected to or have available the use of the sewerage system of the Hampton Township Sewer District even though the same may be and remain unoccupied and the sewer rental charge shall not be less than the minimum specified in § 250-6 hereof.
D.
The Township may permit, upon request from a property owner, a second
water meter to be installed, said water meter to be placed beyond
the Hampton Township Municipal Authority water meter on the line which
conveys water to the property that does not terminate in the house
sewer or any sanitary sewer connection. This meter may be a new or
rebuilt meter and shall be in a workable condition satisfactory and
subject to the approval of the Township. The purpose of the installation
of said meter is to record the amount of water used by the property
owner which does not terminate or end in the Township-owned sanitary
sewer. The amount of water as recorded on this meter shall be deducted
from the total amount of consumption and the property owner and/or
his assignee shall pay the net amount (that amount of waste that is
actually entering the Township sanitary sewer). No cross-connections
between the special metered lines and the lines which generally serve
the dwelling will be permitted. All costs and expense for the installation
of the said second meter and all other costs incurred in the changing
of the location of existing water lines or adding additional water
lines shall be borne by the property owner. The Township reserves
to itself the right to permit a second meter and/or to discontinue
the use of said meter at its discretion.
E.
Where residents of multifamily dwellings are billed directly for
sewer service, any new resident of a multifamily dwelling shall deposit
with the proper officials of the Township the sum of $24 as a deposit
for said service. The deposit shall be returned to said resident upon
notification that the resident no longer desires sewer service, and
that there is no outstanding balance in his or her account. Notwithstanding
any provision of this subsection, the owner of any property served
by the Township sewer system shall be ultimately responsible for payment
of charges imposed by this article.
[Amended 3-17-1977 by Ord. No. 199]
A.
The Township reserves the right to compel discontinuance of the use
of any sewer, or to compel the pretreatment of wastes where required
to prevent discharges to the sewer system deemed harmful in any respect.
B.
The Township reserves the right to require all buildings or establishments
having large variations in the rate of waste discharges to install
facilities or to use methods for equalizing the rate of discharge
more uniformly over the entire 24 hours of the day.
C.
The Township's authorized representatives shall have access
at all times to so much of the interior and/or exterior of all establishments
connected to the sewerage system of Hampton Township Sewer District
for the purpose of establishing and determining water consumption,
water excluded from the sewerage system, sewerage and/or wastewater
discharged to the sewerage system, accuracy and condition of the meters
used and reading the meters used for the purpose of proper billing.
A.
The Township Manager is hereby designated as agent of the Township
and charged with the duty of collecting all charges, issuing all permits,
giving all notices, billing and collecting all sewer rental charges
and keeping all records necessary to carry out the provisions of this
article.
B.
The Township Inspector shall be responsible for inspection and approval
of all construction of service connections.
C.
All records and accounts required by this article for the Hampton
Township Sewer District shall be kept separate from all other records
and accounts of the Township.
[Amended 3-17-1977 by Ord. No. 199; 4-26-1995 by Ord. No. 505]
A.
Any sewer rental charge not paid within 20 days from the date of
billing shall be subject to a 5% penalty and shall bear interest at
the rate of 1/2 of 1% per month or fraction thereof until paid. Said
delinquent sewer rental charge, together with penalty and interest
charges, may be collected as provided by law, by an action in assumpsit,
by distraint on personal property on the premises, or by municipal
lien.
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Provided, each violation
of any provision of this article and each day the same is continued
shall be deemed a separate offense.
A.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby authorized to execute
all documents and to do all things necessary or proper to carry out
the provisions of this article and to comply with state or county
regulations in connection with the ownership, maintenance and operation
of the sewerage facilities.
B.
The provisions of this article are separable. If any provisions of
this article are held to be void, the remaining provisions shall remain
valid.
[Amended 7-20-1978 by Ord. No. 225; 4-26-1995 by Ord. No. 505]
A.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or partnership to
cause any infiltration other than direct sanitary sewage from property
serviced by the Hampton Township sanitary sewer system, into the sanitary
sewer system of the Township of Hampton. Such unlawful infiltration
shall include, but not be limited to, stormwater drainage, surface
drainage, subsurface drainage, roof drainage, any drainage or infiltration
whatsoever from any septic system and any and all other drains not
directly attributable to the sanitary sewage from property serviced
by the Township of Hampton sanitary sewer system.
B.
Any person, firm, corporation or partnership being an owner and/or tenant and/or occupant of a property from which property any unlawful infiltration, as stated in Subsection A, is deposited in a sanitary sewer system of the Township of Hampton shall be liable for such unlawful infiltration along with the person, firm, corporation or partnership who actually performs or deposits the unlawful infiltration.
C.
Any person, firm, corporation or partnership violating any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subjected to a
fine of not more than $1,000 and costs and, in default of payment
thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days. For the purposes of this subsection, each day, or fraction
thereof, during which any person shall remain in violation of any
provision of this section covered hereby, or shall suffer or permit
any condition which constitutes a violation of any such provision
to continue, shall constitute a separate offense.
