[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13]
Sewer rentals and charges are imposed upon and shall be collected
from the owner of each improved property which shall be connected
to the North Lebanon Township sewer system, for use of the sewer system,
whether such use shall be direct or indirect, and for services rendered
by this Township or the Authority in connection therewith, which sewer
rentals and charges shall commence and shall be effective as of the
date of connection of each such improved property to the sewer system,
and shall be payable as provided herein, in accordance with the following
schedule of rates and classifications.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as amended by Ord.
9-1990, 7/23/1990, § IV]
All owners of sewered residential establishments and nonresidential
establishments shall pay a sewer rental as determined from time to
time by the Supervisors of North Lebanon Township, by resolution.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as amended by Ord.
9-1990, 7/23/1990, § IV]
All owners of sewered residential establishments and nonresidential
establishments (metered and non-metered) shall pay such charges for
transportation, operation and maintenance, administrative charges
in accordance with the resolutions as adopted from time to time by
the Board of Supervisors of North Lebanon Township. Any of such charges
may be made pursuant to an EDU schedule adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of North Lebanon Township by resolution.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as amended by Ord.
9-1990, 7/23/1990, § IV]
In the event that there is not a category established for a
sewer customer on the EDU schedule adopted by resolution of the Township,
the Township shall establish the EDU's to be assigned to such customer.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13]
Each Billing Unit located in a multiple occupancy unit shall
be billed as a separate entity and the foregoing sewer rentals or
charges, as appropriate, shall be used in computing the O&M charges
applicable to each such billing unit as though such billing unit was
in a separate structure and had a direct and separate connection to
the sewer system; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not
be applicable to a combination dwelling unit and commercial establishment
as specified in Classification (3) above.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13]
Exclusion from the sewer system of noncontaminated wastewater may be required of a nonresidential establishment by the Township, or such exclusion may be optional with the owner of the improved property if not required by the Township. When such wastewater is excluded, or when any other portion of the water consumption of nonresidential establishment does not reach the sewer system, sewer rentals shall be based upon total water consumption, less water excluded, as set forth in this § 18-702. Water excluded shall be determined from meters installed and maintained by the owner of the improved property as required and approved by this Township; from estimates made by this Township; or the owner of the improved property may elect to measure wastewater volume actually discharged to the sewer system as hereinbefore provided.
This Township may require the owner of a nonresidential establishment, or the owner of a non residential establishment may elect, to install, pay for, and maintain a meter approved by this Township for measuring quarterly wastewater volumed discharged to the sewer system, in which case sewer rentals shall be based upon the actual volume of wastewater so metered and the rates set forth in this § 18-702.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as amended by Ord.
9-1990, 7/23/1990, § IV]
All owners of metered residential establishments and non-residential
establishments connected to the sewer system of the Township shall
be required to pay a minimum sewer rental charge per quarter as determined
by resolution by the Board of Supervisors of North Lebanon Township
and shall be required to pay all other charges as imposed by resolution
of the Township. All non-metered customers shall pay a quarterly sewer
bill in accordance with a resolution to be adopted by the Board of
Supervisors of North Lebanon Township.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13]
Any property owner connected to any North Lebanon Township Municipal
sewer line shall be subject to such other rules and regulations as
adopted from time to time by the Board of Supervisors of North Lebanon
Township. Such customers shall all be subject to special rules and
regulations, rates or charges as imposed by the City of Lebanon or
its authorized agents controlling the treatment of waste discharges.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13]
Sewer rentals and charges imposed by this Resolution shall be
a lien on the improved property connected to and served by the sewer
system; and any such sewer rentals and charges which are delinquent
shall be filed as a lien against the improved property so connected
to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the
appropriate office of the County of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as provided
by law, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the
filing and collecting of municipal claims.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as amended by Ord.
1-1997, 1/20/1997, § V]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this provision
of the Code of Ordinances of North Lebanon Township shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $1,000, and/or to be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 90
days. A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof
in which a violation is found to exist.
[Ord. 1-1988, 8/22/1988, § 13; as added by Ord.
2-2001, 12/26/2001, § V]
North Lebanon Township may issue a notice to a property owner
that is connected to the North Lebanon Township sewer system requiring
that the owner allow the inspection of the property to determine the
type and number of uses, the type and number of sewer connections,
verification that there is no unauthorized discharge into the North
Lebanon Township sewer system. In the event that the owner does not
permit the inspection of the premises, the owner shall be charged
an additional sewer assessment of $450 per quarter until the property
owner complies with the notice and allows the inspection.
