[Amended 5-13-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
A. All persons
discharging or depositing wastes into the public sewers shall pay
a sewer service charge proportional to the liquid volume of waste
so deposited, as set forth below.
B. The normal
sewer service charge is based on typical single-family home water
use, or a benefit unit (BU). A single-family property typically uses
150 gallons per day of water, or one BU. For every 150 gallons per
day of water consumed, or portion thereof, a user will be charged
an additional BU.
C. As part
of the acquisition of the POTW, the Village has entered into a rate
agreement with Red Hook Commons. Normal sewage charges for Phases
1, 2 and 3 of the Red Hook Commons development, as more particularly
set forth in the agreement approved by the Village Board, are set
forth below:
(1) Phases
1 and 2: fixed annual rate.
(2) Phase
3: normal sewer service charges.
[Added 5-13-2019 by L.L.
No. 2-2019]
Additionally, all properties within the service area of the
POTW benefitted by the sewerage system, whether or not connected to
the system, and whether or not developed, shall pay for their portion
of capital costs, as set forth by resolution of the Village Board.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
All persons discharging or depositing wastes with concentrations
in excess of the pollutant concentrations in normal sewage shall pay
a surcharge. The surcharge shall be in accordance with a schedule
of surcharges adopted by the Village Board, as may be amended by resolution
of the Village Board from time to time.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
The total charged to a property is the service charge, plus
any surcharges, and capital costs.
The service area of the POTW may be segmented to assist in a
fair distribution of user charges.
The billing period shall be quarterly in tandem with the water
billing.
The additional charges and fees associated with the operation
of the pretreatment program shall be assessed the user and include:
A. Reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the pretreatment
program.
C. Monitoring, inspections, and surveillance procedures.
D. Costs of equipment and supplies.
E. Reviewing accidental discharge procedures.
F. Construction inspections.
H. Application for consistent removal status as outlined in 40 CFR 403.
I. Other reasonable expenses to carry out the program to satisfy the
requirements of this chapter, the NYSDEC, and the federal government.
The charge for treatment and disposal of trucked or hauled waste
which has been introduced into the POTW shall be as established by
the Village Board. The manner of determining the volume dumped shall
be at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The Village may institute an equitable procedure for recovering
the costs of any capital improvements of those parts of the POTW which
collect, pump, treat, and dispose of industrial wastewaters from those
persons discharging such wastewaters into the POTW.
Provisions of Article
XI of this chapter relating to the collection of penalties shall apply to the collection of sewer rents and abnormal sewage service surcharges, unless where otherwise provided by application of this chapter by the Village.
The POTW shall be operated on the basis of a fiscal year commencing
on the first day of June and ending on the 31st day of May.
Revenues derived from sewer rents, including penalties and interest,
shall be credited to a special fund, to be known as the "Sewer Rent
Fund," which shall be administered as provided in § 453
of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.