[Adopted 5-17-1960 by Ord. No. 123]
[Amended 10-7-1963 by Ord. No. 142; 1-4-1965 by Ord. No. 149; 2-6-1967 by Ord. No. 159; 1-4-1982 by Ord. No. 216; 1-20-1983 by Ord. No. 222; 5-7-1984 by Ord. No. 229]
Sewer rents are hereby fixed and imposed and shall be collected in quarterly installments from the owners of, or users of water in or on, each improved property connected with the sewage collection system (based on the quantity of water supplied by the Borough as determined by the periodic readings of its water meters, or by periodic readings of such discharge or other meters as may be installed pursuant to § 315-3) at the rate of $20 for the first 8,000 gallons or any part thereof and $2.50 per 1,000 gallons for each additional 1,000 gallons, or any part thereof, in excess of 8,000 gallons.
Each separate dwelling (including each half of a double house
having a solid vertical partition wall), and each separate commercial
or industrial premises, required by other Borough ordinances to have
separate water meters, shall constitute a separate property for the
purpose of the sewer rents imposed by this article. In any case in
which, by reason of noncompliance with or waiver of strict enforcement
of water ordinances, a property with more than one water user (other
than an apartment house) is served by the Borough through a single
water meter, the minimum sewer rent charge will be applicable for
each separate family, commercial or industrial water user, or each
separate property owner supplied through the single meter, and, for
the purpose of determining sewer rents in excess of the minimum rate,
the volume of water consumed registered by the water meter will be
divided by the number of water users served and any excess water above
the minimum allowances will be charged pro rata to the several water
users.
A.
Whenever in the case of commercial or industrial establishments it
is shown to the satisfaction of the Borough that a substantial part
of the water measured by water meters is not discharged into the sewage
collection system, the Borough may permit installation of an additional
discharge meter or meters at the owner's expense in order to determine
the quantity of sewage or waste actually discharged into the sewage
collection system.
B.
Whenever a property connected to the sewage collection system uses
water from a source other than the Borough water system, the owner
shall, at his expense, install on such other water supply system a
water meter approved by the Borough for the purposes of sewer billing.
A.
The sewer rents fixed and imposed by this article shall in the case of each property be payable from and after the date of connection with the sewage collection system, will be rendered by the Borough concurrently with its bills for water service, and will be based upon the readings of the Borough's water meters or of the discharge or other meters provided for in § 315-3. The initial charge covering the period from the date of connection to the reading of the meter will be prorated to reflect the period of actual sewer service.
B.
Sewer rents will be billed quarterly as of the first day of February,
May, August and November of each year and shall be due on the billing
date, and a penalty of 5% shall be added to all bills not paid within
30 days of the date rendered.
C.
Failure of any property owner or user of water to pay his bill for
sewer service within a period of 60 days from the date thereof, shall
be cause for termination of water service. Every claim of the Borough
for sewer service, together with all charges, expenses and fees added
thereto for failure to pay promptly, shall, in the manner provided
by law, become a lien upon the properties served, and may be collected
by the Borough by an action in assumpsit against the owner of the
property or enforced against the property by filing a municipal claim.
The Borough reserves the right to, and may from time to time,
adopt, revise, amend and readopt such rules and regulations as it
may deem necessary or proper relating to the collection of charges
for sewer service; and the same shall remain on file with the Borough
Secretary for inspection by interested parties.