[Ord. #73-10]
The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority has been created
in the County of Sussex with jurisdiction, among other matters, over
sewer systems along the Wallkill River, known as the Wallkill Valley
Sewage System. The Township of Wantage previously notified the Sussex
County Municipal Utilities Authority that it did not wish to be a
part of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority, but after
further information and investigation the Township of Wantage has
reconsidered its prior determination and now desires to be a member
of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority.
The Township of Wantage shall become a member of the Sussex
County Municipal Utilities Authority and the territorial limits of
the Township of Wantage shall be a part of the district regulated
by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority in accordance with
the provisions of R.S. 40:14B-11, etc.
A copy of this section certified to be true by the township
clerk shall be submitted promptly to the Sussex County Municipal Utilities
Authority for approval by said authority immediately after final adoption
and publication thereof.
A copy of this section certified to be a true copy by the township
clerk shall be filed immediately following adoption and publication
of this section, together with a certified copy of the resolution
of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority approving this
section, in the office of the secretary of state.
The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority has been established
to provide for and maintain sewage disposal systems in the County
of Sussex, and pursuant thereto has initiated a program for municipalities
within the area of the Wallkill River. The Wallkill River can assimilate
only a certain quantity of effluent from all of the municipalities
within the area of the Wallkill Basin, and the Sussex County Municipal
Utilities Authority has prepared a plan for the apportionment of the
volume of sewage disposal to be allowed each municipality within the
Wallkill Basin area. The governing body of the Township of Wantage
has examined the plan proposed by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities
Authority and has approved the same, and the allocation allotted to
it.
The plan of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority
providing for the allocation and apportionment of the volume of sewage
disposal on a proportionate basis to the Township of Wantage and the
various other municipalities involved in the Wallkill River Basin
Area is hereby approved in accordance with the plan, a copy of which
is on file in the office of the clerk of the township, and is available
to members of the general public who may examine the same.
The mayor and clerk of the Township of Wantage are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority approving the plan referred to in subsection
11-3.2 herein. A copy of the proposed agreement is on file in the office of the clerk of the Township of Wantage and is available to members of the general public who may examine the same.
[Added 4-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-06]
Every owner of real property located in the Township of Wantage
that requires reserve capacity for wastewater treatment at the Sussex
County Municipal Utilities Authority’s (SCMUA) wastewater treatment
facility for the development of the property must first utilize any
unused sewer allocation that has been allotted to the Township of
Wantage by SCMUA or obtained by or for the property prior to the effective
date of this subsection, before such property owner may seek to obtain
a sewer allocation from another municipality within the service area
or any other source. If an allocation is available, the property owner
must enter into a sewer allocation agreement with the Township as
a precondition to applying for any and all land use approvals necessary
for the development of the property.
Professional and inspection fees attributable to the services
provided by the following individuals, including, but not limited
to, the township attorney and township engineer in connection with
the review and approval of any application as well as installation
of any sewer or water improvements to the water service connections
pursuant to this chapter, shall be as provided for in this section.
The township shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the review of
all applications, both as to completeness and as to content, for the
review and preparation of documents including, but not limited to,
resolutions, developers agreements, deeds, easements, and necessary
correspondence with applicant and/or applicant's professionals.
Whenever an amount of money in excess of $5,000 shall be deposited
by an applicant with the township for professional services employed
by the township including, but not limited to, the township attorney
and township engineer to prepare agreements and/or contracts, to review
applications for development, for municipal inspection, etc., the
money, until repaid or applied to the purposes for which it is deposited,
including the applicant's portion of the interest earned, except
as otherwise provided in this section, shall continue to be the property
of the applicant and shall be held in trust by the township. Money
deposited shall be held in escrow. The township, upon receiving the
money, shall deposit it in a banking institution or savings or depository
approved for such deposits by the State, in an account bearing interest
at the minimum rate currently paid by the institution or depository
on time or savings deposits. The township shall notify the applicant
in writing of the name and address of the institution or depository
in which the deposit is made and the amount of the deposit. The township
shall not be required to refund any amount of interest paid on a deposit
which does not exceed $100 for the year. If the amount of interest
exceeds $100, that entire amount shall belong to the applicant and
shall be refunded by the township annually or at the time the deposit
is repaid or applied to the purposes for which it was deposited, as
the case may be; except that the township may retain for administrative
expenses a sum equivalent to no more than 33 1/3% of that entire
amount which shall be in lieu of all other administrative and custodial
expenses.