[Adopted 2-7-1991 by Ord. No. 12:18-90]
The operation of the sewage collection system shall constitute a separate department of the Borough and shall be known as the "Sewer Department of the Borough of Bellmawr."
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations utilizing the sewage collection system of the Sewer Department of the Borough of Bellmawr shall be subject to the rules and regulations hereinafter adopted by the Borough of Bellmawr.
A. 
The sewer service charge per quarter shall be as follows: as set by resolution of the Mayor and Council.
B. 
Bills shall be payable as they are rendered on a quarterly basis in advance.
C. 
All charges for services not specifying a due date shall be due and payable when presented.
D. 
A penalty of 1% per month thereof will be attached to all bills for charges not paid by the date on which said bill is due and payable. All bills shall be payable to the Sewer Utility at the offices of the Sewer Department.
E. 
Rates for uses other than residential uses shall be set by resolution of the Mayor and Borough Council. In special cases not contemplated in the Schedule of Rates or not clearly defined therein, the Borough of Bellmawr is hereby authorized to establish, by resolution, special rates as the Mayor and Borough Council may deem necessary to keep and maintain the Sewer Utility on a self-liquidating basis.
The owner of every existing house, building or structure and the owner of every house, building or structure hereafter to be constructed or acquired, which may be occupied or used by human beings, located along the line of a sanitary sewer now or hereafter constructed or acquired in the Borough of Bellmawr shall, within 30 days after the date on which the service of such sewer is made available to such house, building or structure, connect thereto, unless a toilet is now installed therein or shall have been installed therein prior to such date, and connect said toilet and any other sewerage facilities emanating from said house, building or structure to the sanitary sewer system under and pursuant to rules and regulations, which rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the Borough Clerk.
If any such house, building or structure referred to herein shall be used for industrial or commercial purposes, the owner thereof shall, within 30 days after the date on which the services of said sewer are made available to said house or structure or prior to occupancy or use of said house, building or structure, whichever date shall be later, install such facilities as are necessary to accept and dispose of industrial wastes emanating therefrom and connect such facilities with said sanitary sewer system under and pursuant to rules and regulations, which rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the Borough Clerk.
[Amended 4-28-2016 by Ord. No. 03:14-16]
If the owner of any house, building or structure referred to herein shall fail to make any installation or connection required by this article within the time herein required, the Borough may proceed to make such installation or connection or cause the same to be made and assess the costs thereof as a lien against such house, building or structure pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1 et seq.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bellmawr shall, by resolution, establish a Schedule of Rates setting forth the fees to be charged by the Borough of Bellmawr Sewer Department for various types of usage. Said Schedule of Rates shall at all times be kept on file with the Borough Clerk.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bellmawr shall, by resolution, establish such rules and regulations relating to the operation of the Bellmawr Sewer Department as they shall deem properly necessary and appropriate. Said rules and regulations shall at all times be kept on file with the Borough Clerk.