[Adopted 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. 4-2015]
Every owner of real property, whether residential, commercial,
industrial, schools, churches, service organization, nonprofit or
tax exempt located within the Borough of Plymouth or connected to
or utilizing the sanitary sewers system owned and maintained by the
Borough of Plymouth shall pay an annual maintenance/use fee for the
purpose of maintaining, replacing or repairing said sewers in the
amount of $40 annually per unit/per property commencing in the year
2016. Said annual fee can be amended at any time by a resolution of
Council. This fee shall apply to all types of real property referred
to above whether said property is used for profit or not for profit
and applies to real property, even if the property has tax exempt
status. (Examples only, but not limited to the following: If a resident
building has four separate apartments/units in the building, each
apartment/unit is subject to the applicable fee, in this case $40
each for a total fee of $160. If a commercial building has two separate
units, then the annual fee is $40 per unit or a total of $80.)
The annual fee shall be due and payable in full within 60 days
from the date of issue. For payments received within 30 days issue
there is a 2% discount.
The Borough Council shall appoint by resolution a collector
of the maintenance/user fee imposed by this article. The resolution
appointing said collector shall fix the terms of compensation and
other such fees and fines to be paid to the collector for services
and expenses provide to the Borough. The collector appointed shall
have the authority to administer and enforce this article on behalf
of the Borough.
Failure to pay the fee by the due date will result in a 10%
penalty added to the fee, plus a $150 collection fee and any and all
court costs and filing fees as well as attorneys' fees incurred to
collect the fee, including all charges incurred by the Collector to
collect said fees. All penalties and fees shall be a lien on the real
estate charged with the payment thereof and a municipal lien will
be filed to protect the lien and collection of any and all fees, penalties,
costs and Attorney's fees due in order to enforce and collect
said fees due hereunder. The Borough may also retain a third party
collector to collect any delinquent fees, penalties, court costs,
filing fees and attorneys' fees.
In addition to the above, the Borough does hereby authorize
the Wyoming Valley Sewer Authority to shut off water to designated
customers in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
pertaining to any premises that the aforesaid sewer fees/charges remain
unpaid for a period of at least 30 days from the due date thereof.
The owner shall be responsible for all fees and costs associated with
the shutoff and will be responsible for paying any fees associated
with have water service restored.
Any ordinance, resolution, or part thereof that is inconsistent
with this article.
