The rate schedule provided herewith is established so that sufficient revenue is collected to meet the debts presently incurred or to be incurred by the respective Sewer Districts in the Town of Newfane. Rates amended from time to time and as shown in §§ 196-11.6 and 196-11.9.
A. 
The ready-to-serve charges and the front-foot charges shall be billed via the county and Town tax bill and shall be payable therewith.
B. 
The user charges shall be billed via the Town of Newfane billing system and shall be payable within 30 days of the date of billing.
C. 
Charges established by agreement with Class II and Class III users and industrial cost recovery charges shall be payable directly to the Sewer District on an annual basis as billed by the Sewer District.
D. 
Past-due accounts shall be added to the next tax bill with interest at a rate of 18% per annum. All bills will be payable in 21 days and shall be subject to a 10% late fee if not paid in 21 days. A 10% late fee shall be added on the unpaid balance of the water/sewer total that is removed to taxes.
[Amended 9-23-1998]
E. 
To disconnect services: All sewer services will be cut and capped off at the Town right-of-way line in a manner that will not allow groundwater infiltration and in a manner that services can be reconnected if future use is desired. Authorized Town personnel will inspect the connection(s) before billing is discontinued.
[Added 2-23-2005]
F. 
To discontinue billing for contemplated long-term vacant structures and mobile homes: After request for disconnection of sewer service has been made in writing by the property owner, and after water service has been disconnected pursuant to Chapter 42, Section 42-12-1 of the Town Code, the minimum charge for water and sewer billing will continue until the end of the next following month.
[Added 2-22-2006; amended 3-23-2011[1]]
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Editor's Note: This enactment also repealed former Section 11.1.6, added 4-27-2005, which immediately preceded this subsection.
Each service connection shall represent a minimum of one service unit. A "service unit" shall be defined as any self-contained building, portion of a building or unit associated with an activity that exerts a demand on the sewage works. The service units shall be classified as follows:
A. 
Class I: any building that consists of a single service unit, has a single service connection and generally contributes less than 100,000 gallons per year and has a waste concentration of less than 240 mg/l, such as, but not limited to, a single-family detached house or cottage, a single business building, churches, fire halls, a business office, a store, a mobile home on a privately owned site, a private club, etc. Where several buildings exist together, each shall be considered a separate service unit and each shall be considered a separate Class I user, whether they are on one parcel or separate parcels if each service unit is severable from the other.
B. 
Class II: an industry as defined in the Manual of Standard Industrial Classification Divisions A, B, D, E and produces process wastes. A Class II unit shall be charged a minimum of one demand unit plus additional demand charges based on a percent of capacity reserved by contract with the Sewer District.
(1) 
Class II industries shall be subject to industrial cost recovery charges as required by the USEPA as authorized by Public Law 92-500, the 1972 Amendments to the Water Pollution Control Act. The industrial cost recovery charges shall be established by contract with the industry. All Class II industries shall be required to install a waste flow meter and sampling device as per § 196-5.15 of this chapter.
C. 
Class III: any industry or institution that produces only non-process segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences, which normally exceeds 100,000 gallons per year of wastewater contribution and has a pollutant concentration less than 240 mg/l. A Class III unit shall be charged a minimum of one demand unit plus additional demand charges based on a percent of capacity reserved, used or otherwise determined by the Sewer District.
D. 
Class IV: any building or group of buildings comprising more than one service unit with at least one service connection that is inseverable by function, location or construction, such as, but not limited to, multiple-family dwelling units, a business-apartment complex, multiple business, a mobile home park, etc.
(1) 
Mobile homes will be charged one service unit; except if designated for a senior citizen, in which case the mobile home shall be charged one half of a service unit.
[Added 9-23-1998]
(2) 
A Class IV user shall be charged one service unit for the first service unit plus 1/2 of a service unit for each service unit thereafter. A Class IV user will be charged for excess flow when the water consumption exceeds the number of service units (or fraction thereof) times 100,000 gallons per year.
[Amended 11-26-2003; 10-27-2004]
The word "unit" as applied in this section shall mean a service unit.
A. 
Class I.
Ready-to-Serve
$210.85/unit/year
Availability
$5/parcel/year
User Charge (minimum)
$49.38/unit/quarter
Excess Flow (over 100,000 gallons/year)
$0.67/1,000 gallons
B. 
Class II.
Ready-to-Serve
$210.85/unit/year
Additional Demand
$216.71/unit/year
Availability
$5/parcel/year
User Charge
$1.89/1,000 gallons and $0.60/pound BOD
C. 
Class III.
Ready-to-Serve
$210.85/unit/year
Additional Demand
$216.71/unit/year
Availability
$5/parcel/year
User Charge
$1.89/1,000 gallons and $0.60/pound BOD
D. 
Class IV.
Ready-to-Serve
$210.85/unit/year
Availability
$5/parcel/year
User Charge (minimum)
$49.38/unit/year
Excess Flow (over 100,000 gallons/year)
$0.60/1,000 gallons
E. 
Indirect benefit.
0 to 100 feet
$0.08/foot
101 to 300 feet
$0.06/foot
All over 300 feet
$0.05/foot
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Editor's Note: On 3-26-2003, the Town Board voted to consolidate former Sewer District Nos. 1, 2 and 3 into one Townwide Sewer District that will be taxed on a unit basis as well as footage charges.