[Adopted 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 1360]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All property within the Borough of Avalon with improvements located on such property that utilize potable water for sanitary facilities shall be subject to a sanitary surcharge fee imposed by the Borough of Avalon. The amount of said fee shall be $0.0021 on every gallon of water or part thereof used during any three-month billing period as evidenced by the quarterly water meter readings taken by the West View Water Authority. An additional fee of $9.95, to be paid quarterly, will be part thereof as a customer service charge for the billing.
The sanitary sewer surcharge fee established by this article shall be for each residential, commercial, or industrial unit served by a metered water service line and the quantity of water used by each such residential, commercial, and industrial unit. Such surcharge fee shall be billed to the person in whose name the water service is contracted (whether he be the owner of the property or a tenant); however, the property owner shall be responsible for the payment of such surcharge fee if the billable party does not make such payment.
The Borough of Avalon shall be required by this article to establish a separate sewer improvement fund to utilize the sanitary sewer surcharge fees to, directly or indirectly, provide the funds necessary for the required engineering work, design, construction, and purchase of components for improvements, replacements, rehabilitation, major repairs, additions, and other associated major work projects to the sanitary sewer system and storm sewer system. Such other major work projects include, but are not limited to, smoke testing, dye testing, the separation of storm flow from the sanitary sewer system, manhole and inlet rehabilitation, reconstruction, and installation, the cleaning of sewer lines and components, investigating and identifying the conditions of sewers and locating possible leaks, breaks, and blockages through the use of televising sewer lines, the purchase and installation of sewer flow monitors, the required field work and engineering work necessary to adequately provide maps of the sewer systems and identify the hydraulic capacity of the systems, and any other sewer system related work items as identified by the Council of the Borough of Avalon.
The failure of any billable party (or ultimately the property owner) to pay the identified sanitary sewer surcharge fee to the Borough of Avalon within 30 days of the billing date of such surcharge fee will cause the imposition of a penalty which will be imposed as follows:
A. 
An initial penalty charge in the amount of 10% of the surcharge fee shall be assessed and added to the charge.
B. 
An additional penalty charge in the amount of 10% of the principal balance shall be added to the balance that remains unpaid each year on the anniversary date of the initial penalty charge as long as the charge remains outstanding.
C. 
Partial payments received on unpaid balances shall be applied first to all penalty charges and then to the principal balance due and owing.
D. 
Unpaid amounts may be subject to additional costs, fees, expenses and interest, consistent with the Municipal Tax Claim and Lien Law, as amended.
The failure of any billable party (or ultimately the property owner) to pay the identified sanitary sewer surcharge fee to the Borough within 90 days of the billing date may result in the Borough of Avalon having the potable water supply to the building terminated until such sewer surcharge fee is paid to the Borough in total. Any and all fees associated with the scheduled termination of water service to a location shall be the responsibility of the billable party (or ultimately the property owner) and shall be paid to the Borough of Avalon prior to the Borough halting such planned termination of water service. Any and all fees associated with the planned and/or actual termination of water service to a location shall be the responsibility of the billable party (or ultimately the property owner) and shall be paid to the Borough of Avalon prior to the restoration of water service to the location.