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.
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
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Number EDU
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A.
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Single-family residence
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1.0
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B.
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Two-family/duplex
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2.0
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C.
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Multifamily
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1.0 per unit
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D.
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Hotel/motel rooms (accessory uses such as laundry, restaurants,
banquet rooms, etc. are additional EDUs as determined by the Borough
Engineer)
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0.25 per unit
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E.
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Such permitted commercial uses as set forth in the Borough's
Land Development Ordinance B-1 and MC zoning districts
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1.0 per 3,000 square feet of gross floor area or unit segment
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F.
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All other uses as determined by the Borough Engineer
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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.