[1980 Code § 170-27; Ord. No. 1057]
The purpose of this section is to impose an annual user charge,
as hereinafter defined, on all domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional
and governmental users of the sewer systems of the Borough of Roselle
Park.
[1980 Code § 170-28; Ord. No. 1057]
User charge is the charge levied upon all users of the treatment
works for the annual cost of operation and maintenance including replacements,
of such trunk lines and such works, all as defined in the Federal
rules and regulations.
[1980 Code § 170-29; Ord. No. 1058; Ord. No. 1371; Ord. No. 2202A § I; Ord. No. 2244 §§ I, II; Ord. No. 2270 §§ I, II; Ord. No. 2299; Ord. No.
2333 §§ 1, 2; Ord.
No. 2357 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 2382 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 2404 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 2440-2015 §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 2456-2016 §§ 1,
2; Ord. No. 2489-2017 §§ 1,
2; Ord. No. 2527-2018 §§ 1,
2; amended 5-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2572; 5-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2615; 5-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2653; 6-2-2022 by Ord. No.
2686; 4-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2720]
a.
All residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental
users, except municipal and local school district users, shall be
charged at a uniform rate for domestic waste contributed to said system.
The rate for the aforesaid usage shall be based on the water consumption
in cubic feet consumed at any such premises based on the consumption
readings as reported by New Jersey American Water Company for the
period of 12 months which can be most closely defined as the preceding
year. The rate of charges shall be four ($4.00) dollars for 2023.
The unit basis for such charge shall consist of 100 cubic feet of
water consumed. The minimum annual charge to be imposed pursuant to
this section shall be seventy-six ($76.00) dollars.
b.
"Domestic Use" or "waste" is hereby defined to be domestic wastewater
from sanitary conveniences.
c.
User Charges for Industrial Wastes.
1.
User charges for industrial waste shall be charged to industrial
waste contributors who discharge industrial waste into the system.
User charges for industrial waste shall be based upon the flow, suspended
solids and biochemical oxygen demand of the waste as determined by
the Borough Engineer. Sampling and measurement shall be accomplished
by each industrial discharger at its own expense, and the results
thereof shall be monitored by the Borough Engineer. Where deemed necessary
by the Borough Engineer, permanent measurement and sampling facilities
shall be installed by the industrial user at its own expense. The
rate of charges for 2023 shall be eight hundred fifty-nine dollars
($859.02) and two cents.
2.
User charges for industrial waste shall be assessed only where sampling
and testing show that industrial waste from a particular industrial
waste contributor exceeds 2,000 gallons per day or where the suspended
solids contribution exceeds 50 pounds per day where the biochemical
oxygen demand contribution exceeds 50 pounds per day.
e.
"Industrial waste" is hereby defined as nondomestic wastewater flow
resulting from industrial processing and manufacturing, and including
cooling water discharge.
f.
Where an industry has both domestic wastes and industrial wastes and said wastes are commingled and discharged into the sewer system, the industrial waste charge as set forth in Subsection c1 and 2 shall apply. Any industry, at its option and at its own cost and expense, shall separate its industrial waste from its domestic waste and provide separate connections to the municipal sewer system for each such type of waste. If an industry exercises this option of separation of wastes as herein set forth, the schedule as set forth in Subsection a shall be applicable to its domestic waste flow, and the rate set forth in Subsection c1 and 2 shall be applicable to its industrial waste flow and use.
[1980 Code § 170-30; Ord. No. 1058]
a.
All charges established and provided for herein shall be assessed
against the owners of the property from which the sewage or wastewater
emanates, respectively, and, effective January 1, 1979, shall be collected
annually by the Borough of Roselle Park at a time to be determined
by resolution of the Mayor and Council as real estate taxes are collected
therein.
b.
Such charges shall draw the same interest from the time they become
due, as taxes upon real estate in the municipality, and shall be a
lien upon the premises until paid, and the municipality shall have
the same remedies for the collection thereof, with interest, costs
and penalties, as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real
estate.
c.
All sums collected under the terms of this Article III shall be applied by the Collector of Taxes and paid over by the Collector to the municipal sewer utility established by Ordinance No. 1054 (see § 27-13) for the purpose of paying the assessments of the Joint Meeting and the Rahway Valley Sewage Authority and other operating costs of the utility.
[1980 Code § 170-31]
The user charge referred to herein shall be due and payable
from and after the first day of January 1979.
[1980 Code § 170-32]
For the purpose of determining user charges, the number and
classification of all users of the sewage system shall be made by
the Borough of Roselle Park.
[1980 Code § 170-33; Ord. No. 1757; Ord. No. 1913]
a.
Any industry located outside the Borough of Roselle Park which is
a user of the Borough's sanitary sewer flow rights shall pay a user
fee for the flow, BOD and suspended solids based upon the actual measured
flow, BOD and suspended solids. In addition, the user shall be subject
to an operating and maintenance fee which shall be a surcharge on
the measured fees for flow, suspended solids and BOD. It shall be
the responsibility of the user to provide and maintain the measuring
system which shall be approved by the Borough. The rates used in calculating
the user charges, including the maintenance and operation fees, shall
be one hundred fifty (150%) percent of the fees charged to the Borough
by the sewerage authority for the measured period.
b.
The Borough shall prepare the bill on a quarterly basis, and the
bill shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the date of the bill.
Delinquent fees shall be subject to interest charges at the rate established
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-67. The Borough shall have the right
to order the user to terminate any discharge into the Borough's system
until such time as delinquent fees are paid.
c.
The industrial user shall also pay a proportionate share, based on
measured flow, of any costs or charges assessed to the Borough by
the appropriate sewage authority except those charges included in
the user charges referred to herein.
[1980 Code § 170-34; Ord. No. 1811]
The time period within which a user must challenge and/or appeal
a sewer bill is one (1) year from the user's receipt of the bill.
