[Adopted 12-28-1995 by Ord. No. 822]
[Amended 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 837; 1-29-2002 by Ord. No. 851; 3-30-2004 by Ord. No. 857; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All owners of properties or premises connected or connecting with the sewer lines and public sewage system of the Borough of New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania and all the owners of properties or premises therein who may hereafter connect with and use the same shall pay monthly sewer rentals or fees for the use of such sewage facilities in the sum as determined by the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority. The owners of properties or premises to be charged for the use of the New Bethlehem Borough sewage collection system shall be determined in the same manner that residents of the Borough are charged by the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority for use of the wastewater pumping and treatment services provided by the Authority. For such purposes, the Borough of New Bethlehem hereby adopts the rules and regulations of the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority pertaining thereto.
Sewer rental fees shall be paid monthly in accordance with billings for sewage services except that during the first month that user begins to discharge sewage into the public sewage system such charge shall be based on a per diem amount at the time the sewer connection is made until the next quarterly billing. All charges for sewage service shall paid within 30 days after they are due, not paid within 60 days after due, sewer service, and water service, by agreement with the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority, shall be discontinued to the customer until such time that the account, including any service charges of the Borough or the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority, are paid in full.
Monthly sewer rental fees shall be a lien on the property as charged with payment thereof on the effective day of this article and if not paid after 30 days' notice, may be collected in any manner provided by law.
The Borough of New Bethlehem hereby reserves the right to collect the fees charged herein through themselves or by agreement with the Redbank Valley Municipal Authority.
[Amended 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 941; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County.
B. 
Failure to correct a violation or a repeated violation identified in a notice shall not require an additional notice of violation applying to the same person, property or premises within the same calendar year or within 150 days of the first notice, whichever is longer.