All users of sewerage services in the Borough of Wildwood Crest, except as provided herein in § 61-37, shall pay for such services on the basis of metered water consumption from the immediately preceding year as provided by the City of Wildwood Water Utility as follows:
A. 
The formula for calculation shall include a fixed rate and a variable rate for the total annual sewerage charges.
(1) 
The fixed rate is determined to be a charge of $5 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption multiplied by the total nine-months consumption of the immediate preceding year, excluding the months of June, July and August.
B. 
The total annual amount of revenue needed to cover wastewater treatment costs shall be calculated by the Chief Financial Officer. The total fixed rate generated in accordance with Subsection A above shall be deducted from the total annual revenues necessary to fund wastewater treatment.
C. 
The dollar value difference from Subsection B shall be used to determine the variable rate by dividing said difference by the total metered water consumption of the three-month period (June, July and August) of the immediate preceding year.
D. 
Notwithstanding the formula as established herein, no user of sewerage services in the Borough of Wildwood Crest shall pay less than $124 per year or whatever the annual minimum fee may be as determined by resolution.
E. 
Upon making the calculations defined herein, the Commissioner of Revenue and Finance shall submit the proposed sewerage rates and minimum charge to the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Wildwood Crest for confirmation by resolution. The Borough Commissioners shall have the right to review these calculations and to take testimony from municipal officials and such other persons as the Commission may deem necessary to confirm proposed sewerage rates and minimum charge as submitted by the Commissioner of Revenue and Finance or as modified by the Board of Commissioners. Should the Board of Commissioners fail to act within 20 days of the submission of the proposed rates, the proposed rates shall be conclusively deemed to have been confirmed as submitted. No bills for annual sewerage charges shall be issued until the charges are confirmed by the Board of Commissioners or the twenty-day period has expired.
In the event that an industrial property utilizes or operates with an outflow meter installed by the property owner to monitor water discharge, the sewer charge shall be billed quarterly based upon the current outflow meter reading. The cost of the meter and installation shall be paid by the property owner and all maintenance pertaining to said outflow meter, including replacement thereof, shall be paid by the property owner. A violation of this provision shall subject the property owner, upon conviction, to a fine of $2,000 per day for each day that said discharge meter is not in operation.
A. 
For any calendar year in which there has been no metered water consumption in the prior year or in which metered water consumption would generate only a minimum amount bill, sewerage charges shall be billed in accordance with § 61-36 and there shall be no other sewer charges.
B. 
For any calendar year in which there was metered water consumption that would otherwise generate a sewer bill in excess of the annual minimum amount, sewerage charges shall be based on the prior year's consumption and shall be billed as follows:
(1) 
The annual charge for sewerage services shall be due in four installments.
First quarter
Due April 1
Second quarter
Due June 1
Third quarter
Due September 1
Fourth quarter
Due December 1
A. 
For new construction on a formerly vacant lot or on which lot a building had previously existed and has been demolished, if the property previously had no metered water consumption in the prior year or metered water consumption that generated only an annual minimum amount bill, sewerage charges shall be calculated as follows:
Temporary or Final Certificate of Occupancy Issued or Date of Sale
Annual Per Unit Sewerage Fee
January 1 to March 31
$600
April 1 to June 30
$450
July 1 to September 30
$300
October 1 to December 31
$150
B. 
All bills shall be calculated as of the date of issuance of a temporary or final certificate of occupancy or upon the first sale date of any dwelling or commercial unit, whichever occurs first, and shall be due and payable in quarterly payments on the regular due dates allowing at least 30 days from billing date to due date.
C. 
If the property previously had metered water consumption that generated a bill in excess of the annual minimum amount, sewerage charges shall be based upon the prior year's consumption and billed in accordance with § 61-38. Said bills shall be due and payable in full upon the issuance of a temporary or final certificate of occupancy or upon the first sale of any dwelling or commercial unit, whichever event occurs first.
The connection fee shall be $1,500 for each EDU. The definition of Equivalent Dwelling Consumer Units (EDCU) or Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) shall mean any source of wastewater into the Borough's sewer system which has the following use characteristics:
Type of Primary Use
Number EDU
A.
Single-family residence
1.0
B.
Two-family/duplex
2.0
C.
Multifamily
1.0 per unit
D.
Hotel/motel rooms (accessory uses such as laundry, restaurants, banquet rooms, etc. are additional EDUs as determined by the Borough Engineer)
0.25 per unit
E.
Such permitted commercial uses as set forth in the Borough's Land Development Ordinance B-1 and MC zoning districts
1.0 per 3,000 square feet of gross floor area or unit segment
F.
All other uses as determined by the Borough Engineer
A. 
Application fee: The review fee for S-1 Applications is $150 which is nonrefundable.
B. 
Construction plan review fee: Sewer construction plan review fee in the amount of $100 for each equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) receiving sewer service as indicated in the S-2 application.
C. 
Inspection escrow fees:
(1) 
An inspection escrow fee of $150 per unit shall be charged for up to two residential units.
(2) 
An inspection escrow fee of 6% of the estimated cost of construction of the sanitary sewer main and/or lateral as determined by the Borough or a minimum of $450, whichever is greater, for three or more residential units or any number of nonresidential units.
D. 
Escrow fees must be posted by the owner in the amount specified herein. The funds will be held by the Borough in an escrow account. The Borough will, from time to time, withdraw funds from this escrow account to reimburse itself for costs incurred by the Borough for inspection, engineering review, legal review or for other services provided to or on behalf of the applicant by the Borough. In the event that the escrow fund is depleted or in deficit, the applicant must post additional escrow funds with the Borough in an amount to be set by the Borough. Any funds held in the escrow account will not bear interest for the applicant, unless otherwise provided by the statute.
E. 
The amounts paid pursuant to the S-1 applications are nonrefundable and constitute the minimum amount that the Borough is entitled to retain for the aforesaid services.
F. 
The applicant may request the return of any unused portion of the escrowed funds at the completion or termination of construction or after the Borough has accepted all improvements, or after final release of all maintenance guarantees, whichever is later.
G. 
The Borough may, in its discretion, refuse to process any application or issue any permit if there is a deficit in the escrow amount of any applicant.
Interest rates on delinquent sewerage charges shall be calculated pursuant to and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-67 et seq., as amended and supplemented. Interest rates charged and grace periods granted are subject to adjustment pursuant to the statute by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. Failure to pay sewerage charges will result in enforcement action as provided for in N.J.S.A. 54:5-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented. The term "delinquency" shall be defined in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-67 et seq., and all applicable statutes as amended and supplemented.
In the event that a property shall be connected to a municipal water system but shall not utilize public sewerage service at all, then the owner of said property shall not be considered to be a "user" of sewer service as that term is utilized in this chapter. In the event that a property shall have more than one connection to a municipal water system and one or more of such connections shall not utilize public sewerage service at all, then the owner of said property shall not be considered to be a "user" of sewer service as the term is utilized in this chapter with respect to the connection or connections to the municipal water system which do not utilize public sewerage service. In order for either of the foregoing determinations to be made by the Borough of Wildwood Crest, however, the owner of such property shall first submit an affidavit, executed by a licensed plumber which so states and verifies this fact and said owner shall file the same with the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Wildwood Crest. The Construction Official of the Borough of Wildwood Crest shall, following his review of such affidavit which has been executed by a licensed plumber, conduct a physical inspection of the subject property, following which the Construction Official shall cause to be prepared and shall execute his own affidavit which shall also recite the facts contained in the affidavit executed by the licensed plumber, if appropriate, which affidavit of the Construction Official shall also be filed with the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Wildwood Crest.
Adjustments due to a water leak will consist of a recalculation of the current year sewer charge. This recalculation will be based on a weighted average of the prior five years' individual total metered water consumption regardless of property ownership. If a building has been in existence less than five years, then a weighted average of the number of years said building has been in existence will be used. The adjusted current year charge will never be less than the minimum charged as defined in § 61-36D. All adjustments/credits shall be substantiated with the same plumber and owner affidavits, under the same requirements for water adjustment/credit, including a copy of said water bill showing water adjustment/credit from the City of Wildwood Water Utility.