[Ord. 206, 6/15/1972, § 1]
There is hereby created in Lower Southampton Township a sewer
district known as Sewer District No. 1, which shall include all portions
of the Township except that portion hereinafter described as forming
Sewer District No. 2, and any other portions which may hereinafter
from time to time by ordinance be created into separate sewer districts.
[Ord. 206, 6/15/1972, § 2]
There is hereby created in that portion of Lower Southampton
Township hereinafter described in this section a sewer district known
as Sewer District No. 2, which shall be bounded and described as follows:
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All that certain tract of land situate in the Township of Lower
Southampton, County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; bounded
and described as follows, viz:
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Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly side of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike with the middle of the Buck Road; thence along
the said side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, South 63° 11' East,
1243.78 feet to a corner of lands of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission;
thence along said lands, South 36° 51'2" West, 364.41 feet to
a corner; thence still by said lands, South 53° 08'40" East, 367.48
feet to a corner in line of lands of the Sunset Memorial Park; thence
along said lands, South 36° 51' 20" West, 1557.40 feet to a corner
of lands now or late of George J. Webster; thence along said lands,
North 52° 38' 40" West, 149.86 feet to a corner; thence still
by same South 36° 51'20" West, 50.0 feet to a corner of lands
now or late of George R. Baker; thence along said lands, North 52°
38'40" West, 217.64 feet to a corner in line of lands now or late
of Herman Voit; thence along said lands, North 36° 51'20" East,
797.41 feet to a corner; thence still by said lands, North 52°
45'50" West, 1266.96 feet to a corner in the middle of the said Buck
Road; thence along the middle of said Buck Road, North 39° 24'30"
East, 946.93 feet to the said Southwesterly side of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike and place of beginning. containing 44.005 acres of land.
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[Ord. 349, 12/11/1985, § 1]
There is hereby established a separate sewer district in Lower
Southampton Township known as Sewer District No. 3, which shall consist
of all of those properties in Lower Southampton Township which are
or will be serviced by sanitary sewers flowing into the Neshaminy
interceptor. The properties to be included in this Sewer District
No. 3 shall include, but not be limited to, all of those properties
situate in Lower Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, located
on the northeast side of Bristol Road, on Brownsville Road between
Somers Road and Bristol Road, on Somers Road between Magee Street
and Brownsville Road, and on Magee Street located between Somers Road
and Bristol Road; with the exception of the properties situate on
the following roads, which shall remain in District No. 1: Mapleview
Drive, Terrace Drive, Delwhit Drive, Hillside Drive, Shadybrook Lane,
Berry Lane, Russet Lane, Lockwood Lane, Crestwood Avenue, Herrick
Avenue, Merle Way, and Roselyn Drive.
[Ord. 333, 1/25/1984; as amended by Ord. 340, 12/26/1984;
by Ord. 369, 7/13/1988, §§ I and II; by Ord. 383, 12/27/1989,
§§ I and II; by Ord. 393, 12/12/1990 §§ I
and II; by Ord. 430, 12/14/1994, §§ I and II; by Ord.
441, 8/11/1996, §§ I and II; and by Ord. 517, 7/17/2006,
§ 1]
All owners of property in Sewer District No. 1 connected to
and from which sanitary sewage and/or acceptable industrial waste
are discharged to the sewerage system of the Township shall pay the
Township rentals as follows:
A.
Residential establishments.
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Private dwellings (each dwelling unit), as set from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
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Payments made after 30 days of the quarterly billing shall be
penalized by a sum equal to 10% of the quarterly bill.
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Each dwelling unit in a double house, in a row of connected
houses, or in an apartment shall be billed as a separate entity. Any
room, group of rooms, house trailer, enclosure etc., occupied or intended
for occupancy as a separate living quarters by a family or other group
of persons living together or by persons living alone, shall be classified
as a dwelling unit for sewer rental purposes.
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B.
Nonresidential establishments (commercial, industrial, schools, hospitals,
churches, institutions, etc.).
(1)
All owners of nonresidential property in the Township connected
to the sewage system shall pay sewer rentals based upon actual water
consumption, except as hereinafter noted. Sewer rentals based upon
consumption shall be billed at a rate to be set from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors on the basis of a rate calculated
per 1,000 gallons of water consumed during the quarter for which the
billing is rendered; provided, however, that no sewer rental billing
rendered to a nonresidential establishment shall be less than the
rate fixed for a residential establishment per quarter. In the case
of commercial and industrial uses, a "nonresidential" establishment
shall be interpreted to mean a business or industry rather than a
structure in which it is located. Each such business or industry will
be treated as a separate unit for billing purposes unless such a business
or industry shares a common space with another such business or industry
not physically separated by a wall or partition, in which event there
shall be one billing for a common facility. For purposes of this part,
a "facility" shall mean a lavatory, toilet, bath or shower. Should
such a common business or industry have its own facility, it shall
be billed as a separate, nonresidential establishment.
(2)
The Township shall have the right to require all owners of nonresidential
property in the Township connected to the sewer system to install
a water meter to measure and determine the volume of water passing
from the property into the Township's sewerage system. Any such meter
installed shall meet the standards and specifications of the American
Water Works Association. In the event that the owner refuses to install
such a water meter, the Township reserves the right to install the
water meter and to bill the owner for the same. All such meters shall
be purchased and installed at the owner's expense.
(3)
In any case where the Township orders the installation of a
water meter, and the owner delays in the installation, or refuses
to make the installation, the Township, in addition to the other remedies
reserved to the Township in this part, further reserves the right
to bill the owner of the property for sewerage on the estimated amount
of water which the Township or its duly authorized representative
estimates to be used on the premises.
C.
The Township reserves the right by its duly authorized representative
to enter upon the property of the owner of nonresidential property
in order to inspect and read the water meter.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986; as amended by Ord. 393, 12/12/1990,
§ III; and by Ord. 517, 7/17/2006, § 2]
All owners of property in Sewer District No. 2 connected to
and from which sanitary sewage and/or acceptable industrial wastes
are discharged to the sewer system of the Township shall pay the Township
rentals as follows:
B.
Nonresidential establishments (commercial, industrial, schools, hospitals,
churches, institutions, etc.). All owners of nonresidential properties,
industries and/or business in Sewer District No. 2 shall pay a minimum
charge as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Payment made after 30 days of the quarterly billing shall be penalized
by a sum equal to 10% of the quarterly billing.
[Ord. 349, 12/11/1985, § 2; as amended by Ord.
365, 2/10/1988, § I; by Ord. 378, 2/26/1989, §§ I
and II; by Ord. 383, 12/27/1989, §§ III and IV; by
Ord. 393, 12/12/1990, §§ IV and V; by Ord. 430, 12/14/1994,
§§ III and IV; by Ord. 441, 8/11/1996, §§ III
and IV; and by Ord. 517, 7/17/2006, § 3]
All owners of property in Sewer District No. 3, connected to
and from which sanitary sewage and/or acceptable industrial wastes
are discharged to the sewerage system of the Township, shall pay the
Township rentals as follows:
A.
Residential establishments.
(1)
Private dwellings (each dwelling unit) as set from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(2)
Payment made after 30 days of the quarterly billing shall be
penalized by a sum equal to 10% of the quarterly bill.
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Each dwelling unit in a double house, in a row of connected
houses or in an apartment shall be billed as a separate entity. Any
room, group of rooms, house trailer, enclosure, etc., occupied or
intended for occupancy as a separate living quarters by a family or
other group of persons living together or by persons living alone,
shall be classified as a dwelling unit for sewer rental purposes.
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B.
Nonresidential establishments (commercial, industrial, schools, hospitals,
churches, institutions, etc.).
(1)
All owners of nonresidential property in the Township connected
to the sewage system shall pay sewer rentals based upon actual water
consumption, except as hereinafter noted. Sewer rentals based upon
water consumption shall be billed at a rate to be set from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors on the basis of a rate
calculated per 1,000 gallons of water consumed during the quarter
for which the billing is rendered; provided, however, that no sewer
rental billing rendered to a nonresidential establishment shall be
less than the amount set for a residential establishment under this
district. In the case of commercial and industrial uses, a "nonresidential
establishment" shall be interpreted to mean a business or industry
rather than a structure in which it is located. Each such business
or industry will be treated as a separate unit for billing purposes
unless such a business or industry shares common space with another
such business or industry not physically separated by a wall or partition,
in which event there shall be one billing for a common facility. For
purposes of this part, a "facility" shall mean a lavatory, toilet,
bath or shower. If such a common business or industry has its own
facility, it shall be billed as a separate, nonresidential establishment.
(2)
The Township shall have the right to require all owners of nonresidential
property in the Township connected to the sewer system to install
a water meter to measure and determine the volume of water passing
from the property into the Township's sewerage system. Any such meter
installed shall meet the standards and specifications of the American
Water Works Association. In the event that the owner refuses to install
such a water meter, the Township reserves the right to install the
water meter and to bill the owner for the same. All such meters shall
be purchased and installed at the owner's expense.
(3)
In any case where the Township orders the installation of a
water meter, and the owner delays in the installation, or refuses
to make the installation, the Township, in addition to the other remedies
reserved to the Township in this resolution, further reserves the
right to bill the owner of the property for sewerage on the estimated
amount of water, which the Township or its duly authorized representative
estimates to be used on the premises.
C.
The Township reserves the right by its duly authorized representative
to enter upon the property of the owner of a nonresidential property
in order to inspect and read the water meter.
[Ord. 353, 9/24/1986, § 2; as amended by Ord. 455,
12/9/1998, § 2]
1.
If quarterly charges for sewer service in any sewer district of the
Township are not paid within 30 days after becoming due, the Township
shall have the right to request the water company to shut off water
service to delinquent premises and not restore same until all overdue
rentals, rates and charges, together with any interest and penalties
assessed thereon, are paid in full, together with the cost of shutting
off and restoring the water service to such premises. Prior to requesting
the water company to terminate water service to a delinquent account,
the responsible officer of the Township shall:
A.
Provide at least 10 days' written notice to the delinquent account
of its intention to request the water company to shut off the supply
of water to the delinquent account to the person liable for the payment
of such rental and charges and the like.
B.
Post a written notice at the main entrance to the delinquent premises,
setting forth the Township's intention to request the water company
to shut off the supply of water to such premises until such time as
all rental and other charges shall have been paid in full.
2.
Upon the payment of all charges as set forth in this section, including
the payment of an administrative fee to Lower Southampton Township
if the posting of written notice to the delinquent premises has occurred,
the responsible Township officer shall rescind the water shutoff notice
or, if the water has already been shut off to the delinquent premises,
see to it that water service is returned to the delinquent premises
without undue delay. The administrative fee shall be set by resolution
by the Board of Supervisors from time to time.
