[Adopted 6-12-1984 by Ord. No. 84-06-324]
All residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental users shall be charged at a uniform rate per dwelling unit. In the case of multifamily residential units or commercial, industrial, institutional or governmental users, the charge shall be based upon equivalent dwelling units. The following table shall constitute the basis for said charges:
A. 
Schedule of equivalent dwelling units.
Type of User
Number of Equivalent Dwelling Units
Single-family dwelling
1
Multifamily or mobile home
First family
1
Each additional family
1
Motel, hotel, cottage, rooming or lodging
1/2
For each room designed for occupancy, plus
1/2
For each washing machine available for use by the owners, occupants or other persons, plus
1
Commercial, business shopping centers and professional office
Each multiple of 2,400 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof as described above
1
Restaurant, tavern or soda fountain
With accommodations for 25 or fewer patrons
2
Each accommodation over 25 patrons
1/10
Schools
Each group of 15 or part thereof of occupants, including students, teachers, administrators, custodians and other personnel
1
Boarding
Each group of 15 of part thereof of day students, teachers, administrators custodians and other personnel
1
Each group of 3 or part thereof of live-in students
1
Dental offices
1
For each dental chair, plus
1/2
Medical offices
1
For each examining room, plus
1/2
Dry cleaners
1
Municipal buildings (except fire house)
0
Fire house
1
Yacht club
With 20 or less oat slips and no boat head pumping facilities
2
For each boat slip in excess of 20, plus
1/10
For boat head pumping facilities for each slip, plus
1/10
House of worship, first aid squad building and nonprofit club or organization
1
Hospitals, nursing homes and rest or convalescent homes
Each bed
1/2
Laundromat
Each washing machine
1
Beauty parlor, stylist (other than barbershop)
1
For each chair, plus
1/2
B. 
When multiple users, enterprises or business/residential combinations exist within a single system user or on a single property, separate unit user charges shall be applied to each applicable type or use contained therein, as set forth in the schedule.
C. 
Types of users not otherwise described in the schedule shall be charged based upon estimated sewage flow. Each 200 gallons per day or part thereof shall be considered as one equivalent dwelling unit. Sewage flow shall be estimated by the user and shall be submitted for review in a report acceptable to the Borough Engineer. Upon receipt of the report, the borough may require the user to install metering facilities for the purposes of monitoring the actual flow.
D. 
Users in excess of 60 equivalent dwelling units may be required to provide a meter chamber; daily charts for continuous recording and totalizer; an automatic sampling device; an electric pH meter with daily chart for continuous readings. These devices shall be utilized to determine the strength, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics. Users in this category shall provide the report required by the preceding Subsection C, including data on the discharge delivery flow rate. Users are required to dampen surge loading in accordance with Ocean County Utilities Authority (OCUA) requirements.
A. 
User charges for sewage wastes for the initial year of operation shall be based upon the estimate of the total annual operating and maintenance costs, treatment fees and debt service divided by the estimated number of equivalent dwelling units connected to the collection system. User charges for sewage wastes shall be reviewed and revised at least annually to reflect the actual operating and maintenance costs and changes in the OCUA treatment fees. Public hearings shall be held by the borough prior to the establishment of the initial user charge and any subsequent revisions.
B. 
Excess revenues collected, if any, shall be applied to the next year's operation and maintenance costs.
C. 
The annual user charge shall be $400 per equivalent dwelling unit, effective 1-1-2011. (Pursuant to Article 2 of Ordinance No. 10-09-685, a 15% reduction of rates will be offered to those senior citizens who qualify to receive assistance under the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD) program, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-10.1.)
[Amended 4-12-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-06-541; 4-9-2003 by Ord. No. 03-03-575; 10-13-2010 by Ord. No. 10-09-685]
D. 
A connection fee in the amount of $600 per equivalent dwelling unit shall be made for each connection to the wastewater collection system and shall be paid in the manner set forth in Article II hereof. In addition to the connection fee of $600 per equivalent dwelling unit, a fee of $1,000 shall be paid by the owner of any property for which a lateral shall be installed after construction of the main line has been completed. Payment of said additional sum shall be made in full to the borough at the time of the application for installation of the lateral.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
E. 
Sewer blockage service request: *$100.
* If blockage is located after the lateral, on the main side, no fee will be assessed.
[Added 3-12-2014 by Ord. No. 14-04-715]
F. 
Locate lateral request: $100.
[Added 3-12-2014 by Ord. No. 14-04-715]
A user of the Pine Beach Wastewater Collection System who discharges toxic pollutants that cause an increase in the cost to the OCUA for handling the user's discharge or results in additional sludge treatment cost shall be surcharged for the increased cost by the Borough of Pine Beach in addition to the annual charge rate. The increased cost shall be determined by the OCUA.
Discharges which exceed the maximum strength sewage requirements established by the OCUA shall be surcharged for the amount of the excess strength multiplied by the unit cost as established by the OCUA, in addition to the annual charge. The surcharge, together with any court cost, shall be levied to the user by the Borough of Pine Beach.
[Amended 3-10-1987 by Ord. No. 87-02-346; 11-17-1995 by Ord. No. 95-17-481]
User charge statements shall be mailed annually by the borough to all users. User charge payments shall be made in equal installments quarterly on January 2, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. Payments received more than 10 days after their due date shall be charged interest at the rate of 1% per month on the unpaid balance until payment in full has been made. Each user shall be notified at least annually of that portion of the user charge attributable to wastewater treatment services.
Connections shall be as required by ordinances of the Borough of Pine Beach. (See Art. I of this chapter.)
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prohibit illicit connections to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Borough of Pine Beach, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
ILLICIT CONNECTION
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Borough of Pine Beach, unless that discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or (c)).
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Borough of Pine Beach or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater. MS4s do not include combined sewer systems, which are sewer systems that are designed to carry sanitary sewage at all times and to collect and transport stormwater from streets and other sources.
NJPDES PERMIT
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Non-contact cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
PROCESS WASTEWATER
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
C. 
Prohibited conduct. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Borough of Pine Beach any domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater).
D. 
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer and/or the Police Department of the Borough of Pine Beach.
E. 
Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this section, after being duly notified, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or incarceration in the county jail for up to 90 days for each and every violation.
Appeals of rate determinations shall be in writing, addressed to the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Pine Beach.
In the event that an applicant for sewer service is classified as an industrial user as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the applicant will be required to make such additional payments conforming to an industrial cost recovery system as specified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.