[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 401]
There is hereby imposed upon the owners of, or the users of
water in or on, all properties situate within the corporate limits
of the Township and served by the public sanitary sewerage system,
a service charge for the use of said system, payable as hereinafter
provided in the amount hereinafter provided. The service charge shall
begin to accrue from and after June 1, 1961, and said owners and users
shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the service
charge and the penalty herein prescribed for delinquent payment thereof.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 402; as amended
by Ord. 96, 3/2/1963, § I; and by Ord. 246, 3/22/1982, § 1]
The service charge shall be based on the quantity of water used
in or on said properties as the same is measured by the water company's
meter or meters and there in use, and shall be charged at the following
rates:
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Usage Per Quarter
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Rate Per Quarter
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Minimum Charge, 0 to 6,000 gallons
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$12 (or $4 per month billed)
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All over 6,000 gallons
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$2 per 1,000 gallons used
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[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 403]
Owners and users will be billed monthly for the service charge.
The billing for the first two months of each quarter will be an estimate
based on the water usage shown by the water company's meter reading
for the previous quarter. The last month's billing of each quarter
will be computed on the actual water usage for the quarter minus the
previous two months estimated billings. All bills for service charges
shall be due when rendered and shall be subject to a penalty of 5%
if not paid within 15 days from the date of the bill.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 404]
The measurement by two or more meters of the quantity of water
used in or on one property by one owner or user may be combined and
the service charge billed to said owner or user as though the quantity
of water was measured by one meter if the Township Supervisors so
elect.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 405]
In the event the owner of, or the user of water in or on, any
property served by the public sanitary sewerage system obtains part
or all of the water used in or on such property from sources other
than the water company, such owner or user shall upon demand of the
Township Supervisors or Authority, at no expense to the Township,
Authority, or the water company, install and maintain a water meter
or meters satisfactory to the Township Supervisors, Authority, and
to the water company for measuring all water used other than that
obtained from the water company, and the quantity of water used to
determine the service charge shall be the quantity of water measured
by all such meters plus the quantity of water obtained from the water
company.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 406]
In the event it is established to the satisfaction of the Township or Authority that a portion of the water used in or on any property served by the public sanitary sewerage system does not and cannot enter the system, and in the event that the total water used in or on said property exceeds 100,000 gallons per quarter, the Township or Authority may determine, in such manner and by such method as it may deem practical, the percentage of the water entering the public sanitary sewerage system, or the Township or Authority may require or permit the installation of additional meters in such manner as to determine either the quantity of water excluded from the public sanitary sewerage system or the quantity of water, sewage or industrial waste actually entering the public sanitary sewerage system. The service charge shall be based upon the quantity of water estimated, measured or computed by the Township or Authority to be actually entering the public sanitary sewerage system, subject to the minimum charge set forth in § 18-332.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 407]
Any person requesting a reduction of the amount of the service
charge because of water purchased which does not enter the public
sanitary sewerage system, shall make written application to the Township,
or Authority, giving the name of such person, his address and setting
forth supporting data fully describing other sources of water, if
any, as well as the disposition of water alleged not to be entering
the public sanitary sewerage system. The application shall be accompanied
by a titled sketch, 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, 18 inches by 24
inches, or 24 inches by 36 inches in dimensions, to approximate scale
showing the plan of the property, the water distribution system, sewer
layout, existing meters, and proposed meters in the scheme to determine
the quantity of flow entering, or not entering, the public sanitary
sewerage system. The rest of furnishing, installing and maintaining
any meters other than those utilized to measure water purchased from
the water company shall be borne by the applicant. The type, size,
location, arrangement and maintenance of such meters shall be subject
to the approval of the Township and/or the Authority, and the water
company.
[Ord. 79, 5/9/1961, Art. IV, § 408; as amended
by Ord. 286, 5/22/1989, § 1]
1.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part 3C, the Board of
Supervisors is hereby authorized to prescribe by resolution, in accordance
with this section, sewage rates and charges and billing schedules
for same.
2.
In the event that an excess of funds exists in the Township Sewer
Revenue Account, within the meaning of § 11.02 of the Allegheny
Valley Joint Sewage Authority Service Agreement, the Board of Supervisors
by resolution may act to decrease sewage rates or charges, or any
portion thereof, or suspend the imposition thereof, or any portion
thereof, for a fixed period of time.
3.
If there is not such an excess in the Sewer Revenue Account, any
decrease or suspension of sewage rates and charges shall be done by
way of ordinance.
