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, which charge shall be collected as a
sewer rent. Normal sewage service charges shall be based upon normal
sewage defined by the following concentration characteristics:
A. Concentration and/or characteristics of normal sewage:
(1) "Normal sewage" shall mean sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes
which, when analyzed, show concentration values with the following
characteristics based on daily maximum limits:
(b)
Chlorine demand: 25 mg/l.
(d)
Total suspended solids: 300 mg/l.
(e)
Total phosphorus, as P: 15 mg/l.
B. Sewer rents.
(1) Sewer rents established herein shall be imposed on the owners of
all premises located within the corporate limits of the Village of
Bloomfield, New York, connected with, or required to be connected
with, and served by, or required to be served by, the sewer system.
(2) Sewer rents for the use of the sewer system shall be paid quarterly
in advance for sewer rent quarters commencing April 1, July 1, October
1, and January 1 of each year. Sewer rents shall be due and payable
on the first day of each quarter mentioned above and shall be paid
within 30 days after each quarter due date.
(3) The unit and rate determination shall be made annually by the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Bloomfield, New York, and shall be based
on the total gallons of water consumed during the preceding calendar
year. The aforesaid determination shall be made no later than April
1 of each year. The following schedule of water consumption shall
govern the determination of applicable units:
Average Gallons
|
Unit
|
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0 to 30,000
|
3/4
|
30,000 to 100,000
|
1
|
100,000 to 125,000
|
1 1/4
|
125,000 to 150,000
|
1 1/2
|
1501000 to 175,000
|
1 3/4
|
175,000 to 200,000
|
2
|
200,000 to 225,000
|
2 1/4
|
225,000 to 250,000
|
2 1/2
|
250,000 to 275,000
|
2 3/4
|
275,000 to 300,000
|
3
|
For every additional 25,000 gallons of water used, an additional
1/4 unit is added to the units.
|
(4) The minimum charge for new property or new owners in existing property
shall be one unit, until a full usage is available. Multiple dwellings
are included as one unit per dwelling unit.
(5) Owners will be permitted to discontinue the use of water from service
at any time. If the water discontinuation is for a length of time
of at least three months in the same quarter, the water and sewer
account will be considered inactive. A base rate for the sewer connection
will be assessed to the property. This base rate applies only when
the water has been discontinued for a full quarter and the regular
sewer unit charge has been waived. Such base rate will be determined
by the Board of Trustees annually.
[Amended 4-22-2015 by L.L. No. 5-2015]
(6) Where a building or structure, served by one meter, is so arranged
as to contain private and separate quarters, the following rates shall
apply:
(a)
Where a building or structure other than those described in Subsection
B(6)(b) below contains one or more separate apartments, the total water consumption shall be divided by the number of apartments into which the building or structure is separated. The water consumption attributable to each of the separate apartments shall be applied to the rate schedule to determine the units to be charged for each such separate apartments. The total number of units to be charged for all such apartments in the building or structure is then charged to the property owner. An "apartment" is defined as a portion of a house, building, or other structure consisting of a group of rooms containing sleeping, cooking and eating facilities and arranged to be occupied by the members of a family.
(b)
Where a building or structure contains a commercial establishment
on the ground floor, including but not limited to, retail stores,
barber and beauty shops, garages, banks, post office, funeral homes,
or other types of businesses not hereinbefore provided for, and additional
floors above the main floor are wholly or partly devoted to separate
commercial uses, including offices, the total water consumption shall
be divided by the number of businesses into which the building or
structure is separated. The water consumption attributable to each
of the separate businesses shall be applied to the rate schedule to
determine the units to be charged for each such separate business.
The total number of units to be charged for all such businesses in
the building or structure is then charged to the property owner.
(7) Any parcel of real property or usage which does not fall in any of
the above classifications will be charged a rate as determined by
the Village Board, as Sewer Commissioners. Said rate will be based
on the quarterly water consumption of the industry or business concerned,
plus demand charge, where applicable.
(8) In the event that any parcel of real property falls within more than
one of the above classifications, that classification which produces
the greatest number of household units shall be the one applicable.
In the event, however, that any parcel of real property is divisible
according to actual sewer connections, to be divisible into one or
more classifications, the number of household units in each classification
shall be determined and the total thereof shall constitute the number
of household units applicable to the entire parcel.
(9) Where a sewer connection is required, the full cost of installing
a line and making the connection shall be charged.
(10)
Sewer rents, together with the amounts of any penalty which
shall become due and owing, as provided in this chapter, shall constitute
a lien upon the real property served by the sewer system or such part
or parts thereof for which sewer rents shall have been established
and imposed. Such rents and/or penalties due may be included in the
Village tax levy accounted for and collected pursuant to Article 11
of the New York State Village Law, or such rents and/or penalties
due may be collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F of
the New York State General Municipal Law.
The billing period shall be monthly for industrial and quarterly
for nonindustrial users.
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 dumping septage into the POTW shall be $50 per
1,000 gallons dumped. 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.
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.
The Village Board shall have the authority to impose impact
fees on new development, which development may:
A. Cause enlargement of the service area of the POTW.
B. Cause increased hydraulic and/or treatment demands on the POTW.
Revenues derived from user charges and associated penalties,
and impact fees, shall be credited to a special fund. Monies in this
fund shall be used exclusively for the following functions:
A. For the payment of the operation and maintenance, including repair
and replacement, costs of the Village POTW;
B. For the discovery and correction of inflow and infiltration;
C. For the payment of interest on and the amortization of or payment
of indebtedness which has been or shall be incurred for the construction
or extension of the Village POTW; and
D. For the extension, enlargement, replacement of, and/or additions
to the Village POTW, including any necessary appurtenances.