[Adopted 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly shall indicate otherwise,
the meanings of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as
follows:
The Borough of Newton Hamilton, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
A person who, prior to, upon or after the effective date
hereof, has contracted or shall contract, as appropriate, for water
service for a consumer unit; and a person who, prior to, upon or after
the effective date hereof, was receiving or shall receive, as appropriate,
water service for a consumer unit, with respect to the water system.
A building under one roof and occupied by one family or business;
or
A combination of buildings in one enclosure or group and occupied
by one family or business; or
One side of a double building or house having a solid vertical
partition; or
A building house or other structure, or any room, group of rooms
or part thereof, occupied by more than one family or business, the
water fixtures of which are used in common; or
Each room or group of rooms in a building house or other structure
occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate business or as separate
living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together
or by a person living alone, the water fixtures of which are not used
in common; or
Each apartment, office or suite of offices in a building or
house having several such apartments, offices or suites of offices
and using in common one or more hallways and one or more means of
entrance; or
Each mobile home or trailer occupied by one family or business;
or
Each public school or municipal building; or
Any combination of the foregoing which shall receive water service
through one service connection to the water system.
An individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation,
a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a governmental
body, a political subdivision, a municipality, a municipal authority,
or other group or entity.
The waterworks, water supply works, and water distribution
system facilities, together with all appurtenant facilities and properties,
including all property, real, personal and mixed, which this Borough
has acquired or constructed, together with all appurtenant facilities
which this Borough hereafter shall acquire or construct, including
all property, real, personal and mixed, rights, powers, licenses,
easements, rights-of-way, privileges, franchises, and all other property
or interests in property of any nature for use in connection with
constructing, operating and maintaining said water facilities, and
all additions, extensions, alterations, and improvements which hereafter,
from time to time, may be made thereto.
The Wayne Township Municipal Authority, its heirs, successors
and assigns, which has historically been a bulk rate customer of the
water system.
A.
The following water rates, rents, and charges are ratified, fixed,
adopted, established, and imposed upon each consumer served or to
be served by the water system, for use thereof:
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Residential
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Effective July 1, 2018:
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$7 per 1,000 gallons
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$40 per month meter charge
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Wayne Township
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$6 per 1,000 gallons
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$550 per month meter charge
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B.
Where more than one consumer unit is located in a single building house or other structure owned by one consumer and such building house, or other structure, at the discretion of this Borough, is served by one service connection, multiple charges per month shall be imposed upon such consumer equal to the number of consumer units located in such building house, or other structure. Such multiple charge per month shall be computed by applying the rates established under this § 230-19 to each consumer unit so served; and
C.
Water service to building contractors shall be furnished in accordance with the schedule of water rates, rents, and charges established under this § 230-19, as applicable, after a suitable deposit based upon the size of the construction project contemplated has been made; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent this Borough from entering into a separate agreement with a building contractor or any other person for the furnishing of water services at rates, rents, and charges other than as set forth in this § 230-19.
A.
Bills for consumers shall be rendered for water service on the 30th
day of each month or as soon after the 30th day of each month as is
possible and shall represent the amount due for water service rendered
during such calendar month;
B.
All bills for water service shall constitute the net bill and shall
be due and payable as of the date thereof. If any such net bill for
water service shall not be paid within 30 calendar days after the
same shall become due and payable, such net bill shall be deemed delinquent,
and a penalty of $25 shall be added to such net bill after 30 calendar
days and a penalty of $50 shall be added to such net bill after 60
days, which net bill, plus such applicable penalty, shall constitute
the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked on or before
the last day of such applicable thirty- or sixty-day period, as above
set forth, shall constitute payment within such period. If the end
of such applicable thirty- or sixty-day period shall fall on a legal
holiday or on a Sunday, payment made or mailed and postmarked on the
next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday shall constitute
payment within such applicable thirty- or sixty-day period;
C.
If a bill for a water service shall remain unpaid for a period of
60 days after the same shall have become due and payable, water service
may be discontinued by this Borough upon five days' written notice
to the consumer whose bill is delinquent, in which case water service
will not be restored until the gross bill, together with a disconnect
service charge of $50 and a resumption of service charge of $50, shall
have been paid;
D.
Whenever water service to any consumer shall begin after the first
day or shall terminate before the last day of any monthly billing
period, the water rates, rents, and charges for such period shall
be prorated equitably for that portion of the monthly billing period
during which service was provided;
E.
Each bill for water service shall be made out in the name of and
shall be the responsibility of the consumer. Where more than one consumer
unit is located in one building house, or other structure owned by
one consumer, this Borough shall treat such owner as the consumer
with respect to all such consumer units located therein, and such
owner shall be billed for and shall be responsible for payment of
all water rates, rents, and charges for water service rendered by
this Borough to all such consumer units. Each consumer initially shall
provide this Borough with, and thereafter shall keep this Borough
advised of, his correct address. Failure to receive a bill for water
service shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment, nor shall
such failure result in an extension of the period of time during which
such bill shall be payable without penalty. In the event such consumer
is not the owner of the property receiving water service, the owner
or owners of such property shall be responsible for payment of any
delinquent bills for services and charges incurred by such consumer;
and
F.
A consumer desiring abatement of a water service due to a vacancy
shall give notice, in writing, to this Borough requesting water service
to be shut off. All vacancies shall date from the day the required
notice is received by this Borough or from the date specified in the
notice requesting water service to be shut off, whichever is later.
Allowance shall be made for the period of vacancy in computing the
bill of the consumer; provided, however, that no abatement shall be
made for a period of less than one month.
A.
Water rates, rents, and charges imposed by this article, to the extent
permitted by law, shall be a lien on the property connected to and
served by the water system; and any such water rates, rents, and charges
which shall be delinquent, to the extent permitted by law, shall be
filed as a lien against the property so connected to and served by
the water system, which lien shall be filed in the office of the Prothonotary
of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner
provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims;
and
B.
Proper officers of this Borough are authorized and directed to do
all things and to take all legal action necessary, including the filing
of municipal claims in accordance with law, to enforce collection
of water rates, rents, and charges established and imposed hereby
and otherwise to carry out provisions hereof.
A.
This Borough, from time to time, in accordance with law, by appropriate
ordinances may enact such additional rules and regulations as, in
the opinion of the Council of this Borough, may be desirable, beneficial,
or necessary for or in connection with use and operation of the water
system and which shall govern and control the distribution and supply
of water by this Borough to consumers in the Borough;
B.
Any such rules and regulations shall be construed in conjunction
with provisions hereof and shall become effective as provided by law;
and
C.
This Borough may, by ordinance, duly assign or contract with any
person to provide such services as it deems necessary under this article.
This article shall become effective as provided by law.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause, or part
of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence, clause,
or part of this article, it being the intent of this Borough that
such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of this Borough which
are inconsistent herewith expressly shall be and are repealed.
