A sewer utility for the operation of the sewage collection system
is hereby established in and for the Borough of Merchantville, in
the County of Camden, which shall be under the control of the Borough
Council of the Borough of Merchantville. The name by which it shall
be known shall be the "Merchantville Sewer Utility."
All future revenue and accounting therefor from said Sewer Utility
shall be on a dedicated utility basis in conformity with the New Jersey
Statutes Annotated of the State of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-33 et
seq. All moneys derived from the operation of said Sewer Utility and
any other moneys applicable to its support shall be segregated and
kept in a separate fund which shall be known as the "Sewer Utility
Fund," and all disbursements for the operation and maintenance of
said Sewer Utility shall be taken from said Sewer Utility Fund.
The dedicated budget of this Sewer Utility shall include appropriations
for operating expenses, capital improvements, debt service and for
the payment of all sanitary sewer bonds, principal and interest and
all other deferred charges and statutory expenses as may be required.
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations
utilizing the sewage collection system of the Merchantville Sewer
Utility shall be subject to the rules and regulations hereinafter
adopted.
The owner of every existing house, building or structure and
the owner of every house, building or structure hereafter to be constructed
or acquired, which may be occupied or used by human beings, located
on a street along the line of a sanitary sewer now or hereafter constructed
or acquired in the Borough of Merchantville, where the property line
of the lot contains such house, building or structure within one hundred
fifty (150) feet of said sanitary sewer line, shall, within thirty
(30) days after the date on which the service of such sewer is made
available to such house, building or structure, install a toilet in
such house, building or structure, unless a toilet is now installed
therein or shall have been installed therein prior to such date, and
connect said toilet and any other sewerage facilities emanating from
said house, building or structure to the sanitary sewer system under
and pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Borough
Council and filed in the office of the Borough Clerk.
If the owner of any house, building or structure referred to
herein shall fail to make any installation or connection required
by this chapter within the time herein required, the borough may proceed
to make such installation or connection or cause the same to be made
and assess the cost thereof as a lien against such house, building
or structure pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 40:63-52 through 40:63-64.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Merchantville may promulgate
by resolution rules and regulations for the efficient operation of
the Merchantville Sewer Utility, including but not limited to the
assessment of fees, penalties and charges. All rules and regulations
so promulgated shall control the operation of the Merchantville Sewer
Utility. All rules and regulations so promulgated shall be filed in
the office of the Borough Clerk and shall be effective upon publication.