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Editor's Note: Water Rates and Charges originally adopted
by Ord. No. 78-19 was amended by Ord. No. 80-60; Ord. No. 82-2; Ord.
No. 87-6; Ord. No. 88-3; Ord. No. 89-5; Ord. No. 91-9; Ord. No. 92-10;
Ord. No. 94-7 and Ord. No. 95-11.
[Ord. No. 97-6 § 1; Ord. No. 00-5 § 1; Ord. No. 01-11 § 1; Ord.
No. 02-13 § 1; Ord. No.
06-4 § 1; Ord. No. 09-10 § 1; Ord. No. 10-04 § 1; Ord. No. 11-04 § 1; Ord. No. 12-01 § 1; Ord. No. 13-03 § 1; Ord.
No. 14-10 § 1; Ord. No.
2015-01; Ord. No. 2016-02 § 1; Ord. No. 2017-10; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01; 2-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01;
amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01; 1-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01; 1-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-01; 1-19-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01; 2-15-2024 by Ord. No. 24-01]
A fixed charge, known as the "service charge," will be made
to each consumer for each meter based on the size of the meter or
connection regardless of the amount of water consumed, as follows:
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5/8-inch meter (average 1- and 2-family homes)
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$62.25
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3/4-inch meter
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$70.07
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1-inch meter
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$74.69
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1 1/2-inch meter
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$80.89
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2-inch meter
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$82.46
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3-inch meter
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$118.17
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4-inch meter
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$139.92
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6-inch meter
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$180.26
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Flush tank connection
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$57.56
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[Ord. No. 97-6 § 2; Ord. No. 01-11 § 2; Ord. No. 02-13 § 2; Ord.
No. 06-4 § 2; Ord. No.
09-10 § 2; Ord. No. 10-04 § 2; Ord. No. 11-04 § 2; Ord. No. 12-01 § 2; Ord. No. 13-03 § 2; Ord. No. 14-10 § 2; Ord.
No. 2015-01 § 2; Ord.
No. 2016-02 § 2; Ord.
No. 2017-10; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01; 2-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01; amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01; 1-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01; 1-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-01; 1-19-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01; 2-15-2024 by Ord. No. 24-01]
The following water rates and charges are hereby established
for water supplied by the Department:
a.
The minimum quarterly bill for metered service shall be the "service
charge," entitling the consumer to 5,000 gallons of water per quarter.
All water supplied through meters in excess of the minimum quarterly
bill shall be charged to each consumer at the rate of:
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$6.88 per 1,000 gallons over 5,000 gallons
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$8.12 per 1,000 gallons over 70,000 gallons
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$8.44 per 1,000 gallons over 150,000 gallons
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$9.08 per 1,000 gallons over 300,000 gallons
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[Ord. No. 00-5 § 1]
There shall be a one-inch water line installed from the water
main to the curb box, curb shutoff, or curb stop for any new home
constructed or any conversion to an existing dwelling from one-family
to two-family.
[Ord. No. 97-6 § 2; Ord. No. 01-11 § 2; Ord. No. 02-13 § 2; Ord.
No. 06-4 § 2; Ord. No.
09-10 § 2; Ord. No. 10-04 § 2; Ord. No. 11-04 § 2; Ord. No. 12-01 § 2; Ord. No. 13-03 § 2; Ord. No. 14-10 § 2; Ord.
No. 2015-01 § 2; Ord.
No. 2016-02 § 2; Ord.
No. 2017-10; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01; 2-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01; amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01; 1-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01; 1-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-01; 1-19-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01; 2-15-2024 by Ord. No. 24-01]
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Service
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Charge
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3-inch service
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$248.93
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4-inch service
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$388.35
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6-inch service
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$711.98
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8-inch service
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$1,118.17
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10-inch service
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$1,394.03
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12-inch service
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$1,867.03
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The above schedule for standby fire line and/or sprinkler connections
shall be quarterly charges upon presentation of proper bills from
the Water Department of the Borough of Elmwood Park.
[Ord. No. 97-6 § 4; Ord. No. 00-5 § 4; Ord. No. 01-11 § 4; Ord.
No. 02-13 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 06-4 §§ 3 - 4; Ord. No. 08-3 § 1; Ord. No. 09-10 § 4; Ord.
No. 10-04 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 11-04 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 12-01 § 4; Ord. No. 13-03 § 3; Ord.
No. 14-10 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 2015-01 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 2016-02 §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 2017-10; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01; 2-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01; amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01; 1-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01; 1-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-01; 1-19-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01; 2-15-2024 by Ord. No. 24-01]
a.
The following
are hereby established as charges for the installation, repair, replacement
and other charges in connection with the operation of the Water Department
of the Borough of Elmwood Park:
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Type
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Charge
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Turn-on charge for nonpayment of water bill
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$182.56
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Water meter test (if meter found defective, waive fee)
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$209.46 to $371.62, depends on meter size
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Construction water
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1-family dwelling, per day
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$68.51
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2-family dwelling, per day
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$79.93
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Water connection
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$365.99
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Hydrant water
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Flat rate, per day
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$68.51
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Certified mailing, each occurrence
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$25
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Residential meters: (5/8 inch — 1 inch)
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Reinstall meter
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Installation, replacement, and repair of existing meters shall
be charged at actual current cost for labor and material incurred
by the Water Department of the Borough of Elmwood Park and/or Passaic
Valley Water Commission.
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Register face
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New dial
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Broken glass
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New bottom
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New disc
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New register
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b.
All commercial users having meters in excess of 3/4 inch must have
them in working order at all times. In the event said meter is inoperative,
and no attempt is made for repair/replacement of same, the existing
estimated bill shall be tripled the existing estimated rate, upon
the effective date of this ordinance. In the event no meter in excess
of ¾ inch exist, in addition to the tripled estimated bill,
the landlord shall be required to purchase and install same upon written
order of the Superintendent of Public Works.
c.
In the event that payment for water charges is in arrears for 30
days from date of billing, the Borough shall send a delinquent notice
regular mail, to the owner, occupier, user or responsible party being
billed. After 60 days, a door tag shall be hand-delivered to terminate
water service. On the 67th day of nonpayment from date of billing,
water service will be terminated and not reinstated until all fees,
penalties, are paid in full in cash.
$178.99 turn-on fee is made to the Borough of Elmwood Park.
d.
In the event that water charges are in arrears, after 60 days, a
door tag will be hand-delivered to terminate water service and a fee
of $40 will be assessed on the delinquent water bill.
[Ord. No. 97-6 § 5; Ord. No. 01-11 § 5; Ord. No. 02-13 § 5; Ord.
No. 06-4 § 5; Ord. No.
09-10 § 5; Ord. No. 10-04 § 5; Ord. No. 11-04 § 5; Ord. No. 12-01 § 5; Ord. No. 14-10 § 5; Ord. No. 2015-01 § 5; Ord. No. 2016-02 § 5; Ord. No. 2017-10; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01; 2-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01; amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01; 1-21-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01; 1-19-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01]
All unpaid water charges as of December 31 of the present year
shall become a tax lien on said premises.
[1969 Code § 85-1]
No person shall use water drawn from the municipal water supply
system for the purpose of sprinkling or watering lawns, trees or shrubbery,
between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., during the months of
June, July, August and September.
[1969 Code § 85-2; New]
[Added 1-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-02]
The intent of this section is to establish rules and regulations
governing the installation, use and discharge of sump pumps or other
groundwater conveyance systems and to establish the structure and
penalties required to enforce said rules and regulations.
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any act or physical condition in or on the exterior of any
premises which is potentially dangerous, detrimental or hazardous
to the life, health or safety of persons on, near or passing within
the proximity of the premises where said conditions are created or
exist.
A lot, plot of land, right-of-way or multiple thereof, including
the building or structures thereon.
a.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises to
direct or allow any stormwater, surface water, or groundwater to drain
into the street, right-of-way, or onto neighboring properties.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises to
direct into or allow any stormwater, surface water, or groundwater
to drain into the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Elmwood
Park.
[Amended 12-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-28]
a.
Any sump pump that is discharged to the street, right of way, or
premises that is not creating a nuisance prior to the passage of this
section will be exempt; however, if at any time after the passage
of this section the conditions change and the discharge creates said
nuisance, it will be considered non-compliant, and must be rectified
in accordance with this section.
b.
Exemptions is hereby allowed by the Borough, in the form of a seasonal
waiver, which would allow the property owner to temporarily discharge
directly into the street, right of way, between the April 1rst through
October 31 of each year. However, the property owners shall not be
allowed by the Borough, to discharge said water into the street, right
of way, from November 1, through March 31.
c.
The property owners shall allow a Borough employee or designated
representative of the Borough to certify that, prior to November 1
of each subsequent year, their discharge water connection has been
removed from discharging water into the street, right of way, of the
Borough. Failure to provide such certification shall place the property
owner in violation and subject to the surcharge penalty as required
under this section.
d.
The property owner may request from the Borough and exemption by
submitting said request on an official form to be provided by the
Borough Building Department for an exemption to be granted in the
form of non-seasonal waiver for a particular property owner who can
demonstrate undue hardship because of unique or extenuating circumstances.
A waiver would allow the property owner to discharge directly into
the street, right of way, without seasonal restrictions. The non-seasonal
waiver request shall be submitted to the Township Building Department
in writing and, at a minimum, identify the property for which the
waiver is being requested, the name of the property owner/applicant,
and a detailed description of the circumstances justifying the request.
Non-seasonal waiver requests shall be submitted on the official form
provided by the Borough Building Department.
a.
Discharge of sump pumps, groundwater and/or roof runoff shall be
directed onto a green area or into a seepage pit within the boundaries
of the premises from which the discharge is generated.
b.
Discharge shall not be directed any closer than 10 feet from a property
line so as not to impact neighboring properties.
c.
A plumbing permit shall be required for the installation or alteration
of sump pump piping.
[Amended 12-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-28]
This chapter shall be enforced by anyone of the following designated
Borough officials:
a.
Whenever the enforcement agency determines that there is or has been
a violation of any provision of this section, they shall give notice
of such violation to the person, persons or entities responsible therefor
under this section. The notice shall state that, unless the violation
is abated, removed, cured, prevented or desisted from within 10 days
of the date of service of such notice, a summons shall be issued for
such violation. The enforcement officer may, at the time he or she
issues the notice, extend the period for correction of the violation
stated in the notice for a period in excess of the aforesaid 10 days
if, in his or her judgment, abatement, removal, prevention, cessation
of or cure of the condition violated cannot reasonably be effected
within the ten-day period; and in such cases the enforcement officer
shall state such reasonably required extended period in the notice,
not to exceed 30 days, which shall then be applicable instead of the
aforesaid 10 days. In the event the violation is not abated, removed,
cured, prevented or desisted from or otherwise fully remedied within
said ten-day period or within such extended period as set forth in
the notice, pursuant to the foregoing, a summons shall then be issued
against the person, persons, entity or entities so notified.
b.
If the person responsible for the abatement, removal, prevention,
cessation or cure of the condition referred to in the notice sent
by the Building Department officer has not been corrected within 10
days after receipt of the same, then the Building Department officer
shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to correct or cause
to be corrected the condition cited in the notice. In such case, the
Building Department officer shall certify the costs of such correction
to the Borough Council, which shall examine such certificate and,
if it finds the same correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon
to be charged against said land. The amount so charged shall forthwith
become a lien upon said land and premises and shall be added to, form
and become part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon said
land and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be
collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes.
a.
The notice shall be served by the Elmwood Park Building Department
upon the property owner in person, by registered or certified mail,
or by leaving it at the owner's usual place of residence. If the property
owner shall not reside in the municipality, notice may be served upon
the occupant of the property or upon the agent of the owner in charge
thereof. Where lands are held in trust, service shall be made upon
the trustee. Where lands are held by joint tenants, tenants in common
or tenants by the entirety, service upon one of the owners shall be
sufficient and deemed and taken as notice to all.
b.
In addition to the foregoing method of service of the notice, the
posting of a notice or sticker on the front access door of the premises
shall be deemed sufficient notice of such violation.
Whenever the enforcement officer finds that an emergency condition
in violation of this section exists, which condition requires immediate
attention in order to protect the public health or safety, he may
issue an order by service of notice as set forth in this section reciting
the existence of such an emergency condition and requiring that such
action be taken by the violator as soon as is reasonably necessary
to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, such order shall be effective immediately.
a.
Any person or entity who shall violate any of the provisions of this
section or any order promulgated hereunder shall be issued a summons
under the terms hereof and, upon conviction, be punished as follows:
1.
Fine not less than $100; however, not to exceed $500.
b.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this section, and each
day that each such violation shall continue, shall be deemed to be
a separate and distinct offense.
[1969 Code § 6-1]
This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Air Conditioning
Water Conservation Regulations."
[1969 Code § 6-2]
As used in this section:
Shall mean a cooling tower, spray pond, evaporative condenser
or other equipment by which water is cooled and recirculated, thereby
limiting the use of water from the Borough mains and supply to that
amount lost through evaporation.
Shall mean a regulating valve or other device, the purpose
of which is to limit and control the flow of water used to cool the
refrigerant in the receiver or condenser of a compressor.
[1969 Code § 6-3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to have installed or to
operate any air-conditioning system or refrigerating equipment using
Borough water as its medium without first conforming to the provisions
of this section and the State Uniform Construction Code.
[1969 Code § 6-4]
No person shall install any air-conditioning system, air-conditioning
equipment or refrigerating equipment requiring the use of water for
operation on any premises supplied from the Borough water system,
until a permit authorizing such installation has been issued by the
Water Department and the units approved by underwriters.
[1969 Code § 6-5]
The application for the permit shall be on forms furnished by
the Borough Water Department, and an approved copy of the application
will be returned to serve as a permit.
[1969 Code § 6-8]
All installations of any individual or collective system of
air-conditioning equipment or refrigerating equipment of three tons
capacity in the aggregate and over shall be equipped with a water
conserving device, which device shall not consume for makeup purposes
in excess of 5% of the consumption that the installation would normally
use without such device. No residence or place of business will be
permitted to have a combined total of more than three tons without
a water conserving device or float value.
[1969 Code § 6-9]
Each direct water connection to an air-conditioning unit or
refrigerating unit using water from the Borough water system shall
be equipped with a water regulating device adjacent to the unit on
the supply connection, except in installations where the water supply
piping has no contact with the refrigerant. This will be the case
where two substantial and independent wall thicknesses of metal separate
the refrigerant from the Borough water supply.
[1969 Code § 6-10]
Air conditioning units with a capacity of more than 20 pounds
of refrigerant shall be provided with a relief valve installed on
the outlet side of the water regulating device of the water supply
connection, such relief valve being set at five pounds above the maximum
water pressure at the point of installation.
[1969 Code § 6-11]
a.
All wastewater from air-conditioning units or refrigerating equipment
shall be returned to the ground or directly to a storm drain, under
the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works. No connection
to the sanitary sewer system will be permitted.
b.
All water piping for air-conditioning and refrigeration must be installed
by a licensed plumber.
[1969 Code § 6-12]
The Superintendent of Public Works shall cause all systems regulated
herein to be inspected from time to time for compliance with this
section.
[1969 Code § 6-13]
In the event of noncompliance with the provisions of this section,
the Superintendent of Public Works shall give notice to such person
to correct the condition within five days. In the event of failure
or upon refusal of such person to comply as ordered, the Superintendent
of Public Works shall revoke the permit.
