In accordance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 7-255, as amended, a use charge shall be levied annually on all properties connected to the public sewer.
A. 
The annual charge for each residential property shall be based upon the equivalent discharge by a single-family dwelling unit of 300 gallons per day sanitary wastes per day. A single-family dwelling unit shall be defined as a three-bedroom dwelling unit or less.
B. 
"Equivalent dwelling unit" (EDU) is a unit with approximately the same average discharge as a single-family dwelling unit. An additional 0.25 EDU shall be added for each bedroom in a single-family dwelling unit above three bedrooms.
C. 
Charges for nonresidential uses will be based on the technical standards of the State of Connecticut Public Health Code and an additional flow factor of 1.25. Food service establishments' flow will include 50 takeout meals per day.
D. 
Any property which does not fit within the classifications set forth in the State of Connecticut Public Health Code will be given an EDU number based upon the estimated average discharge of wastes per day of the planned use as compared to the average discharge of sanitary wastes per day of a single-family dwelling unit.
E. 
A minimum of one EDU shall be assigned to each property required to be connected to the public sewer.
F. 
EDUs for properties with multiple uses will be based upon the sum of the EDU for each use.
G. 
The sewer use charge for users discharging high-strength wastes or other pollutants will be additionally charged based on the cost of treating the wastewater or managing the effluent or sludge.
A. 
The MWPCA shall annually adopt a projected Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Budget. The budget so adopted shall be divided by the anticipated number of EDUs to be connected to the system to establish the base user fee rate to be charged for each EDU. In computing individual user charges (base rate multiplied by the property's EDU number), the number of EDUs shall be rounded to the hundredth and the charge derived from this calculation shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar.
B. 
The operation and maintenance portion of the budget shall be adjusted annually to reflect the actual costs incurred in the previous fiscal year and anticipated cost increases. No money transfer resulting from excess operation and maintenance budget expenses shall be transferred to any other Town accounts. The money shall be retained solely for sewer usage budget items.
C. 
The MWPCA will hold a public hearing yearly on the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Budget and the annual user charge. Appeals of user charge assessments are to be made to the Superior Court Judicial District at Hartford, County of Hartford within the time frame specified in C.G.S. § 7-255, as amended.
A. 
Payment of the initial user fee charge will be due at the time of the connection to the sewer and will cover the proportionate share of a full year for the period from the connection through the annual use fee due date as determined by the MWPCA. Subsequent use charges will be due and payable in full on or before the annual due date.
B. 
User fee charges shall be payable by October 31 each year. In the case of a property which was not connected during the entire period, the charges shall be prorated on a monthly basis for the actual number of months within the stated period that the property was connected. A period of 15 days or more shall be deemed a full month.
A. 
Owners of property against which the user charge is levied shall be liable for payment and for interest on delinquent payment from the due date until such charge is paid in full. Interest shall be computed in the manner provided in C.G.S. § 7-258 and C.G.S. § 12-146, as amended.
B. 
Sewer charges not paid within one year of the due date shall be delinquent; such charges together with interest thereon shall constitute a lien on the property on which the building is located, and such lien may be foreclosed and such charges may be collected in the matter provided in the Connecticut General Statutes for property tax liens. Each such lien shall take precedence over all other liens and encumbrances except property taxes and may be foreclosed in the same manner as a lien for property taxes.
Shall be done in accordance with § 410-72.
All properties not connected after issuance of the connection notice shall be liable for the annual user charge.