[Amended 8-4-1987 by Ord.
No. 436-87; 6-20-1989 by Ord. No. 485-89; 10-1-1991 by Ord. No. 579-91; 11-8-1995 by Ord. No. 803-95; 9-9-1998 by Ord. No. 956-98; 9-10-2008 by Ord. No. 1435-2008; 6-29-2010 by Ord. No. 1515-2010; 6-8-2011 by Ord. No. 1562-2011; 5-30-2012 by Ord. No.
1637-2012; 7-10-2013 by Ord. No. 1687-2013; 5-28-2014 by Ord. No. 1725-2014; 5-27-2015 by Ord. No. 1767-2015; 5-25-2016 by Ord. No. 1813-2016; 7-13-2016 by Ord. No.
1816-2016; 4-26-2017 by Ord. No. 1844-2017; 5-9-2018 by Ord. No. 1884-2018; 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 1910-2019; 3-30-2020 by Ord. No.
1936-2020; 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 1973-2021; 6-9-2021 by Ord. No. 1975-2021; 6-14-2023 by Ord. No. 2093-2023]
The charges for all users of the Middlesex County Utilities
Authority sewerage treatment works and the City of Perth Amboy collection
systems operation and maintenance works shall be as set forth herein.
A. Residential users. Sewer use charges shall be based on the amount
of water consumed.
(1) For users supplied with 500 cubic feet, or less, of water per quarter,
a flat sewer use rate shall be as follows:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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1/1/2027
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$31.25
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$33.51
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$35.93
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$38.52
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$41.30
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Per quarter
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(2) For users supplied with more than 500 cubic feet of water, the sewer
use charges shall be the sum of the flat rate plus the following:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$6.24
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$6.69
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$7.17
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$7.69
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$8.24
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Per 100 cubic feet of water supplied in excess of 500 cubic
feet
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B. Commercial users without discharge meters and not having a monitoring
program. Sewer use charges shall be based on the amount of water consumed.
Commercial users are considered all non-industrial businesses and
any multi-dwelling residential unit of five or more units which are
not individually metered. Those accounts which have been billed erroneously
due to a conversion error have and will be retroactively adjusted
to January 1, 2019, the time of conversion. Those accounts which were
billed erroneously for the history of the account will begin to pay
the correct rate effective the next billing cycle after the error
was detected.
(1) For users supplied with 500 cubic feet, or less, of water per quarter,
a flat rate shall be charged as follows:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$52.12
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$55.89
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$59.92
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$64.25
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$68.89
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Per quarter
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(2) For users supplied with more than 500 cubic feet of water, the sewer
use charges shall be the sum of the flat rate plus the following:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$10.42
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$11.18
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$11.98
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$12.85
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$13.78
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Per 100 cubic feet of water supplied in excess of 500 cubic
feet
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C. Commercial users with discharge meters but not having a monitoring
program. Sewer use charges shall be based on actual sewage discharge.
(1) For users discharging 500 cubic feet, or less, a flat rate shall
be charged as follows:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$74.54
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$79.93
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$85.71
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$91.90
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$98.53
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Per quarter
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(2) For users discharging more than 500 cubic feet, the sewer use charges
shall be the sum of the flat rate plus the following:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$14.92
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$15.99
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$17.15
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$18.39
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$19.71
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Per 100 cubic feet of discharge in excess of 500 cubic feet
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D. Industrial users not having a monitoring program. Sewer use charges
shall be based on actual discharge by users with discharge meters
and based on the amount of water consumed by users without discharge
meters.
(1) For users supplied with 500 cubic feet of water [or discharging 500
cubic feet], or less, as applicable, a flat rate shall be charged
as follows:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$74.54
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$79.93
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$85.71
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$91.90
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$98.53
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Per quarter
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(2) For users supplied with more than 500 cubic feet of water [or discharging
more than 500 cubic feet], as applicable, the sewer use charges shall
be the sum of the flat rate plus the following:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$14.92
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$15.99
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$17.15
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$18.39
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$19.71
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Per 100 cubic feet in excess of 500 cubic feet
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E. Industries with a monitoring program.
(1) A significant indirect user (SIU) serviced by the treatment works
which discharges pollutants of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and
suspended solid (SS) concentrations equivalent to at least an allowance
for domestic biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids
(SS) concentration of 250 parts per million and 220 parts per million
will be charged as follows:
Effective
7/1/2023
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Effective
1/1/2024
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Effective
1/1/2025
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Effective
1/1/2026
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Effective
1/1/2027
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$14.92
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$15.99
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$17.15
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$18.39
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$19.71
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Per 100 cubic feet of water discharged per billing period. If
an SIU serviced by the treatment works discharges pollutants with
concentrations of BOD and SS rates higher than the allowance concentration
of BOD and SS of 250 parts per million and 220 parts per million,
then it will be charged additional at the rate included in the equivalent
residential rate. The rate to industry shall not be less than rate
charged per 100 cubic feet of water discharged set forth herein.
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(2) Additional rates are as follows as applicable:
(a)
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD): $0.45 per pound.
(b)
Suspended solids (SS): $0.44 per pound.
(c)
Chlorine demand (CD): $0.35 per 1,000 cubic feet of water.
F. The City of Perth Amboy reserves the right, where the quantities
of waste concentration of any pollutant exceed the standard concentration
of 250 parts per million, 220 parts per million biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD) and suspended solids (SS) and a chlorine demand concentration
of 13 parts per million, to charge any user as an industry with a
monitoring program. The user will be required to sample facilities
and be charged under the monitored industrial category as described
above.
Sampling, monitoring and analysis shall be accomplished by each
SIU at its own expense, and the records thereof shall be made available
to the City and/or MCUA. If sampling and cost analysis is performed
by the City and/or MCUA, the cost shall be assessed by the owner.
Any SIU discharging into the treatment works who claims to be
unable to install a meter, gauge or other suitable measuring device
after being so ordered by the City may submit in writing to the City
a request for an extension of time in which to install such meter,
gauge or other suitable measuring device. In the event that the City
grants an extension, the user shall install a meter, gauge or other
suitable measuring device on or before the extended date fixed and
prescribed by the City. The SIU shall pay sewer use charges on or
before the extended date fixed and prescribed by the City. Prior to
completion of such installation, the City shall estimate the amount
of discharge and user charge into the treatment works. The estimated
discharge quantity and quality and user charge shall be submitted
to the City Council for approval or modification, and the decision
of the City Council with respect thereto shall be binding the final
unless modified by a court of competent jurisdiction following any
review thereof permitted by law. Such user charges computed at the
rate defined herein for the estimated sewage discharged into the sewer
system shall be done and payable at such time.
Any SIU of the treatment works subject to sewer use charges who fails to submit a written request to the City for a specified extension of time within which to install a meter, gauge or other suitable measuring device and any SIU of the treatment works subject to user charges whose written application is denied by the City shall pay sewer user charges computed in the manner set forth in Article
VI, §
365-29.
In all cases in which users of said sewage system are not supplied
with water from the City of Perth Amboy Water Department, the charge
for the use of sewerage system shall be based upon the actual discharge
as measured by a meter to be installed by the SIU; provided, however,
that when, in the judgment of the City, such charges may be reasonably
accurately estimated, the initial charges may be based upon the SIU
estimate of actual discharge quality and quantity.
In any other case where the charges for sewer services cannot
be reasonably measured based on water consumption during the measuring
period, the initial and any subsequent charges shall be based upon
an estimate of discharges which may be revised as necessary.
Sewer user charges shall constitute a lien upon the real property
served by the treatment works to the extent set forth in N.J.S.A.
40:63-1 et seq.
The City may enforce the collection of delinquent sewer user
charges pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:63-8.
If any user on which a sewer user charge has been imposed deems
himself aggrieved because such real property is not served by the
sewer system or an error has been made in computing such sewer user
charge, he may file an application for a refund of all or part of
such sewer user charge. Such application shall be verified by him
and shall set forth the amount of refund sought and the grounds therefore.
Such application shall be presented to the Director of the Municipal
Utilities, and he shall forward such application to the City Council
with his recommendation in relation thereto. The City may refund all
or part of such sewer user charge upon proper resolution by City Council.
[Amended 6-20-1989 by Ord. No. 485-89]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by
one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in
any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners,
for any term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $1,000;
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days; and each
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each day the
same are violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct
offense.