[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
No person hereafter shall connect any improved property with
any part of the sewer system, without first making application for
and securing a permit, in writing, from the Borough. Such application
shall be made on a form to be provided by the Borough and shall not
be considered complete without payment of the required permit application
fee of $25.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
This Borough hereby does charge a connection fee against each
owner of improved property hereafter connected or required to be connected
to the sewer system in the amount of $1,000 or the actual costs of
connection incurred by the Borough, whichever is greater, except in
those cases where the owner constructs and dedicates to the Borough
the facilities extending from the Borough’s sewer main to the
property line or curb stop of the improved property so connected or
required to be so connected. Said connection fee shall be due and
payable at the time application is made for a permit to connect such
improved property or, when applicable, at the time when said improved
property is required by law to be connected, whichever is earlier.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
This Borough hereby does charge a tapping fee for the capacity
related portion of the sewer system against each owner of improved
property hereafter connected or hereafter required to be connected
to the sewer system in the amount charged by the City of Lebanon Authority
for capacity at the City of Lebanon Authority’s Wastewater Treatment
Plant (currently $2,090 per EDU). Said tapping fee shall be due and
payable at the time application is made for the permit to connect
such improved property or, when applicable, at the time said improved
property is required by law to be connected, whichever is earlier.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
The Borough hereby does charge a tapping fee for the collection
and conveyance part of the sewer system against each owner of improved
property hereafter connected or hereafter required to be connected
to the sewer system or who hereafter expands the use of the sewer
system in the amount of $4,900 per EDU. Said tapping fee shall be
due and payable at the time application is made to the Borough to
make any such connection to the sewer system; or at the time application
is made to the Borough for a construction, building or zoning permit;
or on the date when the Borough shall connect any such improved property
to the sewer system at the cost and expense of the owner when the
owner shall have failed to make such connection as required by the
Borough pursuant to the provisions of any applicable connection ordinance;
or whenever the Borough furnishes and/or installs a meter, remote
reader, and other necessary metering facilities; or when the use of
an improved property connected to the sewer system is expanded, whichever
shall occur earliest.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
Should any owner of any improved property heretofore or hereinafter
connected to the sewer system expand the use of said improved property,
a tapping fee, calculated in the manner set forth herein, is hereby
imposed upon the expanded use of such improved property. An expansion
of the use of an improved property shall include, but not be limited
to, the installation of an additional dwelling unit or units in an
existing dwelling; the commencement of a home occupation which requires
the use of the sewer system such as beauticians or barbers; the expansion
in the number of tables in a restaurant; or the adding of a third
work shift to an industrial processing operation. A change in wastewater
discharge or water consumption by an improved property of more than
220 gallons per day on the basis of average daily wastewater discharged,
or, if not separately metered, water consumption over the prior 12
months, shall be considered an expansion of the use of the sewer system
regardless of whether the improved property has been enlarged or any
new use has been instituted. The Borough may compare current wastewater
discharge or water consumption with wastewater discharge or water
consumption previously approved by means of the payment of tapping
fees or the approval of a planning module for land development or
with the last calendar year average daily wastewater discharge or
water consumption based on water meter readings for the entire year
to determine whether there has been a change in wastewater discharge
or water consumption exceeding 220 gallons per day regardless of whether
the improved property has been expanded or any new use has been instituted.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
Each fee charged pursuant to this Part is charged for each improved
property which is connected or which is required to be connected to
the sewer system.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
1.
All fees
charged by this Borough pursuant to this Part shall be payable to
the Treasurer of this Borough or to such other officer or representative
of the Borough as shall be authorized, from time to time, by resolution
of the Borough, to accept payment thereof.
2.
Payment
of all fees charged by this Borough pursuant to this Part shall be
enforced by this Borough as permitted by laws at the time in effect.
3.
Tapping
fees which are not paid in full when due shall bear interest at the
rate of 12% per annum or at the rate of any outstanding debt incurred
by the Borough, whichever is greater. The Borough may commence actions
to collect fees which are due and payable under this Part and/or may
file a municipal claim for the unpaid fees, plus costs of collection
including the reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough,
against the property. Any violations of this Part may be abated by
proceeding against the violator in a court of equity for relief.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
Any person who or which shall violate or assist or permit any
other person to violate any of the provisions of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus costs, including
the Borough’s reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in the
enforcement proceeding. Each day that a violation continues shall
constitute a separate violation. Each section of this Part violated
shall constitute a separate violation.
[Ord. 2018-2, 8/27/2018]
In accordance with the requirements of Section 2053 of the Borough
Code, 8 Pa. C.S. §2053, incorporating requirements of the Municipality
Authorities Act, attached to the ordinance codified in this Part and
incorporated as Appendix A of this Part, Tapping and Connection Fees,
is a report including a sewer system tapping fee Work Sheet and Connection
Fee Calculation dated June 2018.
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Appendix A.
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Sewer Schedule C is hereby established, setting
forth tapping fees for the sewer system.
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SCHEDULE C – SEWER TAPPING FEES SEWER TAPPING FEES COSTS
PER EDU
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Description
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Tapping Fee – Capacity Part CoLA
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Tapping Fee – Collection Part
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Lateral Connection Fee
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Total
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Charge per EDU
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$2,090
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$4,900
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$1,000
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$7,990
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Notes:
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1.
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One equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) equals 220 gallons/day water
usage.
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2.
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“Lateral connection fee” may not apply, in those
cases where the owner constructs and dedicates to the Borough the
facilities connecting the service lateral to the sewer system.
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(These rates and charges may be amended from time to time by
Resolution of the Cornwall Borough Council.)
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