[Adopted by Ord. No. 6-87 (Ch. 15, Sec. 15-4, of the 1978 Revised General Ordinances)]
A.
Annual maintenance charges as set forth in § 437-6 of this article shall be, and the same are hereby fixed for the Township of Denville, to be chargeable for services rendered by the Township of Denville in connection with the collection, disposal and treatment of sanitary sewerage, and for all charges of the Township of Denville in connection therewith by the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewage Authority.
The following schedule of charges shall be, and the same are,
hereby fixed for the collection, disposal and treatment of sanitary
sewage material collected in public sanitary sewers located within
the Township of Denville.
[Amended 2-5-2013 by Ord.
No. 01-13]
A.
Single-family residential dwelling utilizing the sanitary sewer collection
system of the Township of Denville, per annum: $424.
B.
Single-family residential dwelling located within the Township but
not utilizing the sanitary sewer collection system of the Township
of Denville, but connected directly into either the sanitary sewer
trunk line owned and operated by the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage
Authority or to a sanitary sewer line owned by an entity other than
the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority or the Township of
Denville, per annum: $200.
C.
Multifamily residential dwellings, per annum: $424 per dwelling unit,
provided that the Cook's Pond Senior Citizens Center shall pay $200
per dwelling unit per annum.
[Amended by 2-5-2013 by Ord. No. 01-13]
Commercial, industrial and institutional users shall be billed
upon the basis of size of water meter installed and water consumed
upon the premises served by the sanitary sewer system, for all types,
as follows:
A.
Five-eighths-inch and three-fourths-inch water meter, per annum:
$350, plus $0.97 per 1,000 gallons.
B.
One-inch water meter, per annum: $450, plus $0.97 per 1,000 gallons.
C.
One-and-one-half-inch water meter, per annum: $700, plus $0.97 per
1,000 gallons.
D.
Two-inch water meter, per annum: $900, plus $0.97 per 1,000 gallons.
E.
Three-inch water meter, per annum: $1,300, plus $0.97 per 1,000 gallons.
[Amended by 2-5-2013 by Ord. No. 01-13]
In addition to annual maintenance charges for the commercial,
industrial or institutional uses, where there is a combined residential
and commercial or industrial or institutional use upon the same premises,
a separate and further annual maintenance charge of $424 shall be
made for each residential dwelling unit located upon the premises.
None.
[Amended by Ord. No. 21-05; Ord. No. 30-10]
The charges set forth in this article shall be billed quarterly.
Said charges shall indicate by separate item thereon that portion
of the annual charge which is assessed and fixed as the apportioned
cost thereof charged to the Township of Denville by the Rockaway Valley
Regional Sewage Authority. Interest charges are calculated from the
due date, as prescribed on bill. Overage charges to commercial and
industrial and institutional classes shall be billed on an annual
basis at the end of each calendar year, and shall be due 30 days after
the date of billing.
[Amended by Ord. No. 17-04]
A.
All house connections consisting of the pipe or conduit which connects
sewage from an individual structure or a group of structures lying
between the curbline of the premises to be connected to a sanitary
sewer system and the main sewer shall be done by the Township, at
the expense of the owner of the premises to be connected. The minimum
charge for installing such house connection shall be $1,165. Additional
charges will be made for:
(1)
Any house connection requiring an excavation greater than eight feet
in depth or 25 feet in length, such additional charge to be based
on the actual cost of construction and installation.
(2)
Any extra cost due to the presence of rock or excessive subsurface
water conditions.
(3)
Any extra cost due to the excavation being required in a county or
state road or highway, or upon or under any railroad right-of-way.
B.
No connection fee shall be charged where a sanitary sewer is installed
under a local improvement ordinance where a house connection is made
at the time of the original sewer connection; nor shall there be any
connection fee charged where the house connection is installed in
new real estate developments where the owner of such development undertakes
the installation of sanitary sewers and house connection at his own
expense.
C.
The foregoing connection charges shall be due and payable prior to
the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for new construction and
upon issuance of a permit to connect to the sanitary sewer system
of the Township of Denville in the case of existing structures.
A.
Sewer capacity charges as set forth in § 437-14 shall be and the same are hereby fixed for the Township of Denville to be chargeable for services rendered by the Township of Denville in connection with providing sanitary sewer collection facilities within the Township, including the proportionate share of capital costs relative to same, together with expansion, improvement and replacement of these collection facilities located within the Township of Denville.
B.
No capacity charge shall be made and levied where connections are
to be made to the public sanitary sewer system of the Township of
Denville and where an assessment under a local improvement ordinance
adopted to finance the cost of said sanitary sewer was made and levied
against the property to be served by such connection to the public
sanitary sewer system.
The following schedule of capacity charges shall be and the
same is hereby fixed:
A.
Single-family residential dwelling (either new or existing): $4,300.
[Amended 10-19-2021 by Ord. No. 27-21]
B.
Multifamily residential dwelling (either new or existing): $4,300
per dwelling unit.
[Amended 10-19-2021 by Ord. No. 27-21]
C.
All other uses shall be charged a capacity charge in the following
manner:
(1)
Such uses shall be charged a capacity charge based upon sewage flows
generated by the use as calculated in accordance with the table hereinafter
set forth. Such capacity charges shall be established as the product
of the base single-family residential capacity charge and the ratio
of the calculated customer flow (gallons per day) divided by the base
residential flow of 300 gallons per day. This ratio shall be rounded
out to the nearest tenth.
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Sewage Flow Tables
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|---|---|---|---|
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Type of Establishment
|
Measurement Unit
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Gallons per Day
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Private dwelling
|
Person
|
100
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Apartment buildings
|
Person
|
75
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Transit dwelling units
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Hotels and motels
|
Bedroom
|
75
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|
Lodging houses and tourist homes
|
Bedroom
|
75
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|
Camps
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|
Children's camps (central bath, etc.)
|
Person
|
50
| |
|
Labor camps
|
Person
|
40
| |
|
Day camps
|
No meals
|
15
| |
|
Restaurants (including washrooms) where not connected physically
to any transit dwelling units
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|
Restaurant - no bar
|
Patron
|
15
| |
|
Bar and cocktail lounges
|
Patron
|
5
| |
|
Short order or drive-in service
|
Patron
|
5
| |
|
Clubhouses
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|
Residential type
|
Person
|
75
| |
|
Nonresidential (serving meals)
|
Person
|
35
| |
|
Institutions
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|
Hospitals
|
Per occupant
|
200
| |
|
Other institutions
|
Person
|
125
| |
|
Schools
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|
Elementary (no shower or cafeteria)
|
Person
|
10
| |
|
With cafeteria
|
Person
|
15
| |
|
With cafeteria and showers
|
Person
|
20
| |
|
With cafeteria, showers and lavatories
|
Person
|
25
| |
|
Boarding
|
Person
|
75
| |
|
Miscellaneous
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|
Stores, shopping centers and office buildings
|
Square foot
|
0.125
| |
|
Factories (eight-hour shift)
|
Person
|
25
| |
|
Self-service laundries
|
Wash
|
50
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
Alley
|
200
| |
|
Swimming pools and beaches
|
Person
|
15
| |
|
Picnic parks (with flush toilets)
|
Person
|
10
| |
|
Fairgrounds (based upon average attendance)
|
Person
|
5
| |
|
Assembly halls
|
Seat
|
5
| |
|
Churches
|
Seat
|
3
| |
|
Theatre (indoor)
|
Seat
|
5
| |
(2)
The information to be supplied by the applicant shall contain sufficient
information as to the number of person or persons who will be using
the premises so that the measurement unit in the above table may be
adequately determined by the Municipal Engineer.
The foregoing capacity charges shall be due and payable prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for new construction,
and upon issuance of a permit to connect to the sanitary sewer system
of the Township of Denville in the case of existing structures.
In the event that the Township of Denville requires the owner
of any property which is proposed or required to be connected to a
public sanitary sewer system within the Township to install facilities
beyond those which are required to serve the needs of the property
to be connected to public sanitary sewer system, then, in that event,
the Township may, by separate agreement, give appropriate credit to
such owner for the additional cost imposed upon him, such credit to
be taken against the capacity charges which will otherwise be payable.
In the event that a capacity charge is levied under the terms
of this article based upon a particular use and the use will change
after the levying of the capacity charge, then, prior to the issuance
of the new certificate of occupancy, a new capacity charge shall be
assessed and paid by the applicant based upon the new use giving the
applicant a credit for the original capacity charge paid.
[Amended by Ord. No. 8-95]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-12, all rates, connection, capacity
and annual maintenance charges set forth in this article shall be
a first lien or charge against the property benefited therefrom. If
any part of the amount due and payable in rates, connection, capacity
and annual maintenance charges shall remain unpaid for 30 days following
the date for the payment thereof, interest upon the amount unpaid
shall accrue at a rate of interest at least equal to the monthly index
for the immediately preceding month for twenty-year tax exempt bond
yields as compiled by the Bond Buyer or similar index. Such interest
and charges shall remain a lien on the premises connected until paid,
and the Township shall have the same remedies for the collection thereof,
with interest, cost and penalties as provided by law for the collection
of real property tax liens.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A structure containing five or more residential dwelling
units (either new or existing) (condominiums and cooperative residential
units shall be included within this definition).
Either new or existing structure containing more than one
and less than five dwelling units (condominiums and cooperative residential
units shall be included within this definition).
[Amended by Ord. No. 11-88]
A.
Sump pumps. It is a violation for any person or user of this system
to connect or discharge, by any means, into the system, any materials,
chemicals or drainage other than sanitary effluent. The supervisor
of sewers of the Township shall serve notice to such person or user
to remove discharge immediately.
B.
Broken lines. The supervisor of sewers shall also serve notice to
a user of the utility having broken service lines that cause infiltration
into the system, to repair same no later than 14 days from said service
of notice, pertaining to above violation.
Pursuant to court order of July 12, 1983, whereby the Township
of Denville appropriated 28,700 gallons of sewer gallonage at a cost
of $1 per gallon, and was given leave thereunder to seek reimbursement
for this expenditure from the ultimate user of said gallonage, the
following charges shall herewith be applied:
A.
The fee for use of the 8,700 gallons allocated for emergent health
needs in the Meadow Street Project shall be $1 per gallon, as said
gallonage is distributed among the 29 residential users.
B.
Any new sewer connections done by the Township, whether residential,
commercial, industrial, or institutional, shall be charged at the
rate of $1 per gallon for use of the remaining 20,000 gallons pursuant
to the above-mentioned court order.
D.
This section shall remain in full force and effect until all 28,700
gallons of sewer gallonage have been allocated from the court's reserve.
