[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Township of Monroe
10-16-72 by Ord. No. 224; amended
10-3-83 by Ord. No. 27-83. Amended
in its entirety 8-1-05 by Ord.
No. 0-8-2005-046. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
The owner of every existing building or structure and the owner of
every building or structure hereafter constructed or acquired which
may be occupied or used by human beings, including but not limited
to dwellings and commercial and industrial structures, located within
200 feet of any right-of-way or easement along the line of a water
supply system owned or operated by the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities
Authority and available to serve said building or structure, shall
be required to make application to the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities
Authority to connect to said line and to pay the applicable fee for
connection with said water supply system. This connection shall be
made at the owner's own expense. For the purpose of this chapter,
said 200 feet shall be measured from the nearest side line of said
right-of-way or easement to the nearest point of said building or
structure.
(1)
Limited installment agreements for payment.
[Added 12-29-14 by Ord. No. O-12-2014-036]
(a)
The Monroe Township Business Administrator is hereby authorized
to enter into an installment agreement with any owner of real property
in the Township of Monroe to pay sanitary sewer and water service
connection fees in installments for a period not to exceed 60 months
where those fees, in aggregate, are less than $5,000.
(b)
All agreements entered into by the Monroe Township Utility Department,
pursuant to this subsection, shall set forth in the agreement an interest
rate accruing on the outstanding balance in an amount not more than
the annual interest rate, or less than 1% below the annual interest
rate, charged by the Monroe Township Utility Department for delinquent
accounts.
(c)
Where the Monroe Township Utility Department has entered into
an installment agreement, pursuant to this subsection, but owner has
failed to make timely payments pursuant to the agreement, the unpaid
balance and accrued interest shall be a lien on the owner's real
property.
(d)
The Business Administrator for the Township of Monroe is authorized
to execute, on behalf of the Township of Monroe, installment agreements
complying with this subsection.
(e)
Amounts in excess of $5,000 shall require approval of the Monroe
Township Council.
B.
The owner of every existing house, building or structure which is
or may be occupied or used by human beings and which is located within
200 feet of any right-of-way or easement along the line of any water
system now or hereafter constructed or acquired in the Township of
Monroe shall, within 180 days after the date of notice on which the
services of such water distribution systems are made available to
such house, building or structure, connect to the water distribution
system.
C.
Where water mains are installed without the use of public (i.e. Monroe
Township or Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority) funds,
the time for payment of connection fees may be extended for a period
of up to five years from the date of notice that water mains are available
for connection. The time for making physical connection may be extended
for a period of up to 10 years from the date of said notice.
If any such house, building or structure referred to in Section 126-1B above shall be used for industrial or commercial purposes, the owner thereof shall, within 180 days after the date on which the notice services of such water systems are made available to such house, building or structure install such facilities regardless of distance from right-of-way or easement as are necessary to connect such facilities to the water distribution system constituting a part of the utility system of the Authority under and pursuant to rules and regulations of the Authority which are on file in the office of the Authority. The owner of any such industrial or commercial building must make application and provide sufficient information to the Monroe Township M.U.A. to establish proper sizing and water demands.
In no event shall any connection or tie-in fee be required by
the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority from the owner of
any structure or building connected to an existing public water supply
system which may be hereafter acquired by the Monroe Township Municipal
Utilities Authority by purchase, condemnation or otherwise.
The engineer for the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority
or his authorized agent is hereby empowered to inspect and examine
any such proposed connection and to approve or disapprove the manner,
method and materials utilized in making such connection.
A.
When such water supply system in any such street of the Township
is available to furnish water supply, notice shall be given by the
Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority to all property owners
along the lines of said water supply system to connect their buildings
therewith in accordance with the terms of this chapter. Said notice
shall be addressed to the said owner of the property as the name of
the owner appears on the last tax duplicate of the Township, shall
describe the property by lot and block designated as appears on the
Tax Map of the Township and by the street address, as shall state
that under the terms of this chapter the owner is required to connect
the building or buildings on said property with the water supply system.
Said notice shall further inform the owner as to the penalty which
may be imposed for failure to comply with said notice in accordance
with the terms of this chapter.
B.
Said notice may be served on the owner personally or by leaving it
at his usual place of abode with a member of his family above the
age of 18 years if the owner has a place of abode within the Township
of Monroe, or said notice may be served within or without the limits
of the Township by mailing the same by regular mail to the last known
post office address of the said owner as the same appears on the last
tax duplicable of the Township.
If the owner of any house, building or structure referred to in Sections 126-1 and 126-2 hereof shall fail to make any connection required by this chapter within the prescribed time frames in notice as set forth in Section 126-6 hereof, the authority may proceed to implement the provisions of Section 126-9 "Violations and penalties."
A.
The owner of every house, building or structure who shall be required
to connect with the water system owned or operated by the Monroe Township
Municipal Utilities Authority pursuant to provisions of this chapter,
may within 10 days from the notification of said owner of the required
connection, petition the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority
for relief from the required connection.
B.
All petitions must be in writing and be signed by the petitioner.
The petitioner must set forth all facts and matters relied upon and
specifically state the extent of the relief requested.
C.
Whenever the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority determines
that good cause has been shown and in order to prevent undue hardship
to the petitioner-owner, it may, in its discretion, grant reasonable
extensions of time within which any required connection must be made.
Extensions of time to connect may be for a period no greater than
12 months in duration. A petitioner may, however, file a subsequent
petition for a further extension of time, provided that said petition
is filed at least 10 days prior to the expiration date of the extension
period previously granted by the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities
Authority.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a penalty
of not more than $500 for each violation. Violation of this chapter
shall not be considered a continuing violation on a day-to-day basis.
However, a new violation shall be deemed to have occurred 30 days
after the prior violation.
