[Adopted 10-23-1985 by Ord. No. 1658; amended in its entirety 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 2588]
There is hereby imposed and established charges for the use and service of the sewer system in the Borough. The fee rate will be established by GRJSA. The Borough may add additional charges in an amount set by resolution of the Borough Council. Owners shall be responsible for the payment of said fee for each dwelling unit they own (i.e., if an owner owns a multiple-family dwelling containing four dwelling units, such an owner would pay a yearly fee accordingly).
Charges for the use of the system sewer shall be made by GRJSA. All bills will be rendered by the agency designated by the Borough Council. The agency will mail timely all bills for sewer use to all owners of dwelling units. Payment of the sewer use fee shall be made to the agency designated by the Borough Council. The agency designated by the Borough Council shall set qualified fee payment provisions.
In the event the charges for use of the sewer system are not paid within the established guidelines of the agency designated by the Borough Council, such charges can be deemed and declared delinquent. After such established due date, a penalty as determined by the agency designated by the Borough Council shall be added to the bill and be payable. All payments received towards such charges will be credited first to any delinquency existing in said account and thereafter to the currently due bill.
The rates and charges herein established shall be imposed upon and collected from the owner, tenant or occupant of each lot or parcel of land within the Borough from which sewage, waste or water enter the sewer system. In case any user is not the owner of the premises from which sewage, waste or water enters the sewer system, GRJSA and the Borough impose said sewer usage charges upon and demands payment thereof from the owner of such premises, so that if payment is not made promptly, a lien therefor against the premises served may be filed by the Borough and/or agency designated by the Borough.
There shall be no free use of the sewer system situate within the Borough. All public and nonpublic corporations, all charitable or nonprofit institutions, all school districts, all political subdivisions and any and all other entities shall pay for the use of said sewer system in accordance with the schedule of user fees.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation who violates a provision of this article, or who fails to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, shall be, upon conviction thereof, sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to imprisonment to the extent permitted by law for the punishment of summary offenses.
B. 
A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof in which a violation is found to exist or for each section of this article found to have been violated. All fines and penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid to the Borough.
C. 
The Borough may also commence appropriate actions in equity, at law or other to prevent, restrain, correct, enjoin, or abate violations of this article.
If the sewer charge or any other charges imposed upon a person under the provisions of this article, or any portion thereof, shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair the right to impose the sewer charge, or the validity of the sewer charge so imposed upon other persons as herein provided.
The provisions of this article shall become effective upon approval of Council by vote.