The operation of the sewage collection
system and water distribution shall constitute a separate department
of the Township and shall be known as the Department of Municipal
Utilities of the Township of Winslow.
Any person or persons, firm or firms,
corporation or corporations utilizing the sewage collection system
of the Department of Municipal Utilities of the Township of Winslow
shall be subject to the rules and regulations hereinafter adopted.
[Amended 4-23-80 by Ord.
No. 0-8-80]
A. Application for connection to the sewage
collection system shall be made, in writing, on a form furnished by
the Department and signed by the owner of the property for which said
connection is being applied for or his authorized agent. A charge
of five dollars ($5.) will be made for this permit at the time it
is issued.
B. The Department shall include in a quarterly
report all sewer and water connections applied for and/or issued within
said quarter by type of unit, location, lot and block number and address.
Prior ordinance history: Ordinance
Nos. O-12-05, O-13-06.
[Added 4-23-13 by Ord. No.
O-2013-007; deleted 6-24-14 by Ord.
No. O-2014-016]
[Added 4-23-13 by Ord. No.
O-2013-007]
A. Sewer mains.
(1)
As used in this chapter, the term
"sewer main," "sewer mains," "main" or "mains" shall mean the Township-owned
or leased piping and appurtenances used for the collection of domestic
sewage or industrial wastes from its customer(s) as same are located
in or along public highways, streets and/or rights-of-way or within
easement(s) and/or easement area(s) granted for the purpose of allowing
the Township access to privately owned property for the purposes of
installation, maintenance and/or repair of sewer mains.
(2)
The applicant shall be responsible for installation of sewer main(s) from the edge of the Township right-of-way, or the edge of the easement area described in subsection
A(1) above, as the case may be, to the curbline and shall also be responsible for installation of any mains from the property line to the premises. If the Department installs a sewer main between the Township right-of-way or easement area and the property line, the applicant shall pay all costs and expenses associated therewith.
(3)
All sewer mains shall be at least
four (4) feet below surface or finished grade and shall be separated
from the water and other service pipes by at least ten (10) feet.
(4)
The applicant shall be responsible for providing the Department notice, in accordance with §
221-4.4, prior to the commencement of any work contemplated by this section.
B. Sewer laterals.
(1)
As used in this chapter, the term "sewer lateral," "sewer laterals," "lateral" or "laterals" shall mean the sewer service line(s) owned by the customer and extending from the dwelling or establishment to the edge of the Township right-of-way and/or the edge of the easement area described in subsection
A(1) above, as the case may be.
(2)
The applicant shall be responsible
for installation of sewer laterals from the sewer main to the curbline
and shall also be responsible for installation of the lateral from
the property line to the premises. If the Department installs the
lateral from the main to the property line, the applicant shall pay
all costs and expenses associated therewith.
(3)
All sewer laterals shall be at least
two (2) feet below surface or finished grade to ensure against freezing.
Said sewer laterals shall be separated from the water and other service
pipes by at least two (2) feet.
(4)
The applicant shall be responsible for providing the Department notice, in accordance with §
221-4.4, prior to the commencement of any work contemplated by this section.
C. All costs chargeable to the applicant in
accordance with the work to be undertaken pursuant to this section
shall be payable and/or paid current prior to issuance of a sewer
permit. The Township of Winslow, Winslow Township Fire District No.
1 and its associated fire companies, and Winslow Emergency Services
Foundation, Inc. are hereby exempted from payment of a sewer connection
fee.
[Added 4-23-13 by Ord. No.
O-2013-007]
A. The Township shall be responsible for maintenance
and repair of sewer mains and/or laterals only in the following circumstances:
(1)
If the sewer main and/or lateral
has been installed within the Township's right-of-way, the Township
shall be responsible for maintenance and repair of only that portion
of the main and/or lateral which is located within the Township's
right-of-way; and
(2)
If the sewer main and/or lateral has been installed within an easement area as described in §
221-4.2A(1) above, the Township shall be responsible for maintenance and repair of only that portion of the main and/or lateral which is located within the easement area or up to ten (10) feet from the center line of said main or lateral, whichever is the shorter distance.
B. The property owner, not the Township, shall be responsible for maintenance and repair of sewer mains and/or laterals which are located on the owner's property and which are not located within, or are located outside of, the areas described in §
221-4.3A above. Specifically, the property owner shall be responsible for maintenance and repair of sewer mains and/or laterals (i) at the point where said lines are connected to the structure on the property and (ii) from said connection to the edge of the right-of-way area and/or easement area referenced in subsection
A(2) above, whichever applies. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the DMU that any necessary maintenance and/or repair of any sewer main and/or lateral is located in an area described in §
221-4.3A above before the Township accepts responsibility for the repair and/or maintenance of same as described in said section.
C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall be construed to impose any obligation on the Township,
and the Township shall not be responsible for, maintenance or repair
of any sewer mains or laterals which are constructed or located on
any property that is collectively owned and/or managed by a homeowner's
association, community association, condominium association, or other
similar association, corporation or group which is generally responsible
for the maintenance and repair of common property of a community or
association, regardless of the location of said mains and/or laterals
on or within the association's property.
D. For purposes of this section, the term
"maintenance and repair" does not refer to or include blockages which
occur within the sewer mains and/or laterals. Any and all blockages
that occur within the sewer mains and/or laterals at any point between
the connection at the structure and the main and/or lateral shall
be the sole responsibility of the property owner regardless of where
the blockage ultimately is determined to be located.
[Added 4-23-13 by Ord. No.
O-2013-007]
A. The Township, by and through the Department
or its other designee, shall be entitled to inspect and approve all
work performed in accordance with this chapter, whether by an applicant,
property owner or property owner's contractor or other agent, as follows:
(1)
Prior to installation of a new sewer
main or lateral in accordance with this chapter, the applicant shall
provide the Department written notice at least two (2) days before
any inspection is required and shall state the exact time when the
trench will be opened and ready for inspection. In cases where the
inspection cannot be made at the time specified in the notice and,
in consequence, the Department agent is required to make two (2) or
more trips for the purpose of making the inspection, the extra expense
caused by the additional trips shall be paid by the property owner.
(2)
Prior to the commencement of any maintenance or repair work by a property owner in accordance with this chapter, the property owner shall be responsible for providing the Department written notice of the name and telephone number of the contractor or other agent engaged by the property owner to do such maintenance or repair work pursuant to §
221-4.3B,
C or
D.
(3)
The applicant, property owner or
property owner's contractor or other agent, as the case may be, shall
not backfill any trench until the work has been inspected and approved
by the Department.
B. Upon inspection in accordance with the
above, any work not acceptable to the Department shall be immediately
removed and replaced by work which is acceptable to the Department.
[Added 4-23-13 by Ord. No.
O-2013-007]
A. In the event of an emergency or if the property owner fails and/or refuses to undertake maintenance or repairs as required by §
221-4.3B,
C or
D, the Department shall have the right to access the property and make any and all repairs to the sewer main(s) and/or lateral(s) which are necessary to maintain continuous and uninterrupted flow within the sewer system and/or enable the Department to continue to collect sewage flow for the benefit of all other users of the sewer system and the system as a whole.
B. Any and all costs incurred by the Township pursuant to this chapter, other than those which are incurred pursuant to §
221-4.3A, shall forthwith become a lien upon the property on which the repaired sewer main(s) and/or lateral(s) are located and shall be added to and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such land. Any lien imposed in accordance with this chapter shall bear interest at the same rate as all other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as other taxes.
[Amended 3-27-2001 by Ord. No. O-07-2001]
A. Schedule of connection charges.
[Amended 3-22-89 by Ord.
No. O-9-89]
(1) A connection charge shall be imposed for
each sewer connection per domestic consumer unit or equivalent domestic
consumer unit, at the charge of $4,000 per domestic consumer unit
or equivalent domestic consumer unit, in accordance with Schedule
A, except when otherwise noted:
[Amended 2-28-95 by Ord.
No. O-1-95; 3-27-08 by Ord. No.
O-15-08; 2-23-10 by Ord. No. O-2010-003; 2-22-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-003; 3-27-12 by Ord. No. O-12-010; 3-26-13 by Ord. No. O-2013-005; 6-10-14 by Ord. No. O-2014-013; 3-10-15 by Ord. No. O-2015-005; 3-8-16 by Ord. No. O-2016-003; 3-14-17 by Ord. No. O-2017-007; 3-27-18 by Ord. No. O-2018-008; 3-12-2019 by Ord. No. O-2019-003; 2-25-2020 by Ord. No. O-2020-001; 2-23-2021 by Ord. No. O-2021-003; 2-22-2022 by Ord. No. O-2022-003; 3-14-2023 by Ord. No. O-2023-008; 3-26-2024 by Ord. No. O-2024-006]
Schedule A
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Type of Structure
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Domestic Consumer Units
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Single-family dwelling
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1
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Private dwelling with rented rooms
or
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1
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Boardinghouse:
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Each room available for rent
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1/2
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Hotel or motel, per living unit
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1/2
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Rental or condominium apartments,
per living unit
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1
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Townhouse, per living unit
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1
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Townhouse with ancillary apartment [Added 5-27-81 by Ord. No.
0-13-81]
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1 1/2
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Single-family home with place of
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1
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Each place of business having separate
water fixtures
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1/2
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Apartment
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1
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Mobile home
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1/2
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Schedule A
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Type of Structure
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Equivalent Domestic Consumer Units
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Senior citizen apartment complex,
per apartment [Added 12-18-85 by Ord. No.
0-32-85]
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1/2
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School, per each 30 pupils and faculty
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1
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Church
|
1
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Public building
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2
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Clubs, societies, service organizations
|
1
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Clubs, societies, service organizations
with bar and/or dining facilities
|
3
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Service station without repair or
maintenance facilities
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2
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Service station with repair or maintenance
facilities
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2
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Commercial garage with water fixtures
|
1
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Takeout restaurant without seating
Facilities
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2
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Banquet hall, catering establishment
with seating facilities:
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1 to 150 seating capacity
|
3
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Each additional 50 seating capacity
or segment thereof
|
1
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Laundromat or self-service laundry,
per each washer
|
.40
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Soda fountain and/or luncheonette:
|
1 to 25 seating capacity
|
1
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Each additional 20 seats or segment
Thereof
|
1
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Supermarket
|
3
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Plus add for each 3,000 square feet
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1
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Retail and general commercial business:
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Per first 2,500 square feet of gross
floor area
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1
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Per each additional 3,000 square
feet of gross floor area or segment thereof
|
1
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Office building, per each 3,000 square
feet of gross floor area or segment thereof
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1
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Nursing home, per living unit
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1
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Warehouse, per each 5,000 square
feet of gross floor area or segment thereof
|
1
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Industrial or manufacturing plant
without industrial waste, per each 3,000 square feet of gross area
or per each 5 employees, whichever is greater
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.42
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Diner, tavern, restaurant without
separate banquet room or facilities:
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1 to 50 seating capacity
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2
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Each additional 25 seating capacity
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1
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Diner, tavern, restaurant with separate
banquet room or facilities:
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Banquet seating shall be computed
at rate of 1 unit per each 50 seating.
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Affordable housing projects. Sewer
connection fees to public housing authorities and nonprofit organizations
building affordable housing projects that consist of new connections
to the system are to be computed by providing a fifty percent (50%)
reduction in the connection fee established in the Township duly adopted
Rate Schedule. [Added 11-18-08 by Ord. No.
0-40-08]
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Sewer connection fees to public housing
authorities and nonprofit organizations building affordable housing
projects that consist of replacement units for demolished or refurbished
units, and for which a connection fee was previously paid, are to
be computed by charging the lesser of a) the reduced rate of fifty
percent (50%) of the connection fee established in the Rate Schedule,
or b) the connection fee established in the Rate Schedule, minus a
credit in the amount of a connection fee previously paid for the housing
units being replaced, provided the public housing authority and nonprofit
organization can establish the connection fee previously paid. If
the amount of the previous connection fee cannot be established, the
reduced rate of fifty percent (50%) of the connection fee established
in the Rate Schedule shall apply.
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(2) In the event that a business or structure
is not described in the schedule, the Township shall determine the
minimum equivalent domestic consumer units.
(3) Multiple use of an individual structure
or group of structures shall be classified by the Township to include
all uses.
(4) In the event that a business or structure
is described in the schedule by general classification, but the particular
nature of said business or structure would result in an inequitable
connection charge if the schedule were used, the Township, in its
discretion, may determine that a higher or lower connection charge,
as the case may be, shall be charged.
B. Optional connection fee payment plan. The
optional connection fee payment plan shall only apply to residential
property uses and the following nonprofit organizations identified
as properties utilized for an active church, fire company or ambulance
squad. The residential use shall not apply to apartment units unless
the apartment is located in a single-family residential dwelling.
This agreement shall provide for a time payment for a period of thirty
(30) months from the date when service was first noticed as available
to the applicant and provide for equal quarterly payments until paid
in full. Interest at six percent (6%) per annum on the balance due
shall be added to each quarterly payment. Payment plans becoming delinquent
shall automatically terminate with the entire balance becoming immediately
due and payable. In addition, a lien shall be placed on the property
pursuant to applicable statutes for the balance due until paid in
full.
[Amended 2-24-04 by Ord.
No. 0-4-04; 10-26-04 by Ord. No.
0-29-04]
C. Timely connection. In the event an applicant
does not connect to the sewer connection system within the time provided
by the Township, a payment plan shall not be provided, or, in the
event a payment plan has been provided, it shall be cause for automatic
rescission.
[Added 12-19-06 by Ord. No.
O-32-06]
Any sewer connection permit that
is issued but has not resulted in connection to the Township sewer
system within three (3) years may be subject to reacquisition by the
Township in the absence of a good showing that a sewer connection
is eminent. The reacquisition price paid by the Township shall be
the same amount tendered by the party in possession of the sewer connection
permit at the time of purchase without interest.
[Added 11-15-94 by Ord. No.
0-24-94]
A. Any and all new sewers and connections
to the system shall be properly designed and constructed in accordance
with and pursuant to rules and regulations, which rules and regulations
shall be filed in the office of the Township Clerk.
B. Any and all wastewater introduced into
the treatment works shall not contain toxic or other pollutants in
an amount or concentration that endangers public safety, threatens
physical integrity of the treatment works, or violates a permit. Nothing
shall preclude the selection of the most cost-effective alternative
for wastewater treatment and sludge disposal.
C. Connections from any and all inflow sources,
including but not limited to stormwater systems, roof drains, sump
pumps, etc., into the sanitary sewer portion of the sewer system are
prohibited.
D. The owner of a structure with below-grade
plumbing fixtures shall employ the use of a backwater valve, check
valve or other backflow prevention device to prevent backup of raw
effluent as indicated herein:
[Added 4-24-12 by Ord. No.
0-2012-013]
(1)
Fixtures and/or drain inlets subject
to backflow and overflow from blocked or restricted public sewers
shall be protected by a backwater valve;
(2)
Backwater valves shall be installed
in drainage piping that receives flow only from fixtures and/or drains
that are subject to backflow from public sewers;
(3)
Other portions of the drainage system
not subject to such backflow shall not drain through a backwater valve;
(4)
This subsection shall apply to any
below grade fixture, including those installed prior to the effective
date of this subsection, which as of said effective date did not receive
requisite permits and approvals for installation of same from the
Township of Winslow as required by law; and
(5)
This subsection shall apply to all
below grade fixtures, whether or not they received permits and approvals
as required by law, when said below grade fixtures are located where
the flood level rim of fixtures and/or drain inlets are below the
overflow level of the first upstream manhole in the public sewer that
will overflow due to a blockage or flow restriction in the public
sewer.
As used in this subsection, the term
"backwater valve" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by the 2009
National Standard Plumbing Code and/or any subsequent revision, version
or edition thereof.
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E. All building sewers and all laterals or
connections of the building sewer to the public sewer system shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes or
any other applicable rule or regulation of the Township of Winslow,
the Winslow Township Municipal Utilities Department, the Camden County
Municipal Utilities Authority or the State of New Jersey.
[Added 4-24-12 by Ord. 0-2012-013]
[Added 4-29-03 by Ord. No.
0-15-03; amended 6-24-14 by Ord.
No. O-2014-016]
A. Every person or applicant who submits a land development application for review by the Winslow Township Planning Board or Winslow Township Zoning Board for any type of development which includes sanitary sewer and/or domestic water services infrastructure, including but not limited to applications submitted pursuant to Chapter
232, entitled "Site Plan Review" and Chapter
246, entitled "Subdivision of Land," shall also file an application with the Winslow Township Department of Municipal Utilities (the "DMU") for utility services review for the purpose of determining compliance with DMU standards and regulatory agency standards and/or rules and regulations governing the proposed utilities and/or infrastructure. DMU shall have authority to review, without limitation, any and all sanitary sewer and water services infrastructure and regulatory permitting applications, including but not limited to Treatment Works Approval (TWA) which requires Township Conveyance endorsement and Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority treatment approval; NJDEP Division of Water Supply and Geoscience, Bureau of Water System Engineer (BWSE) application; Winslow Master Water Permit application (WMWP), and/or any and all other applications as may be required from time to time. A copy of all required DMU review and/or application forms shall be maintained in the DMU office and also shall be kept on file with the secretaries of the Planning Board and Zoning Board, respectively.
B. In addition to all other fees and/or escrow requirements established elsewhere in the Winslow Township Code with respect to applications for land development, the applicant also shall post with the Township an initial escrow deposit in the amount established in Section
40-44(O) of the Winslow Township Code, which escrow shall be used for payment of the costs incurred by the Township for review and/or other services provided by consulting engineers, the Township Solicitor and/or any other consultant the Township determines necessary to aid in the review, processing, issuance of approval and/or denial of any application filed in accordance with this section. The applicant shall establish an escrow account with the Township which account shall be handled in the same manner as set forth in Section
40-43 of the Winslow Township Code.
[Added 9-23-03 by Ord. No.
0-35-03]
In the event a property owner fails to connect into the Township's sewer collection system after receiving written notice from the Township pursuant to Section
221-7 of the Winslow Township Code, the following procedure shall be implemented:
A. A final notice shall be mailed to the property
owner advising of the failure to comply with connecting into the Township
sewer system in accordance with the previous notice and that the property
owner must complete this connection within thirty (30) days from the
date of the final notice. If the property owner fails to comply and
make the connection into the sewer system as required, the Township
shall assess the duly promulgated connection fee then in effect to
the property owner and submit a bill to the property owner for payment.
The Township shall also commence billing the annual sewer service
charge to the property owner from the date on which the connection
was to be made to the Township's sewer system, treating the property
as if the connection had been made. Any unpaid connection fee or sewer
bill shall become a lien on the property in accordance with applicable
legal procedure.
[Added 9-23-03 by Ord. No.
0-35-03]
In the event a property is connected
into the Township sewer system in accordance with Township requirements,
but user charges have not been assessed to the property for use of
the system, the following procedure shall be implemented:
A. Written notice shall be mailed to the property
owner stating that the owner has received the benefit of using the
sewer system without being billed for said service. A bill for that
use from the date of connection shall be enclosed identifying the
manner of calculation. The property owner shall be provided the option
to either pay the bill in full within thirty (30) days, or enter into
an installment payment agreement with the Township to pay the past
due bill in four (4) equal quarterly installments, interest free,
in the agreement format approved by the Township. If the bill remains
unpaid or the property owner fails to enter into the authorized installment
payment agreement, the unpaid bill shall then become a lien against
the property in accordance with applicable legal procedure.
[Added 9-23-03 by Ord. No.
0-35-03]
All overpayments of sewer service
charges or connection fees shall be applied as a credit against future
sewer system bills unless the Township governing body in exercising
its discretion determines otherwise.