The superintendent of public works shall establish an annual
charge for each and every estate having one or more building sewers
discharging into public sewers, and/or the Massachusetts Water Resources
Authority Sewerage System.
(C.O. 86-23 § 1)
The superintendent of public works shall establish the charge for use of public sewers of the city which shall be fixed based upon per hundred cubic feet of metered water consumption of sewer usage as set forth in Section 13.08.595, 13.08.600 and 13.08.605.
(C.O. 86-23 § 2)
For each fiscal year the superintendent of the department of public works shall establish, as a part of the annual budget submitted to the mayor, a just and equitable sewer user charge based on metered water consumption and/or other applicable standards for computation of sewer usage as set forth in Sections 13.08.595, 13.08.600 and 13.08.605. The charge shall take into account all appropriate sewer-related estimated revenues and available surpluses, and shall produce sufficient revenue to equal or exceed the annual appropriations proposed for sewer operations, maintenance and debt service. The superintendent of the department of public works shall establish the annual sewer user charge in conjunction with the department's annual budget.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(b)); C.O. 86-23 § 3)
Where more than one source of water is used on an estate, the
sewer user charge shall be based on the total quantity of water supplied
to the estate. Quantities of water shall be determined by approved
water meters. Water meters two inches and smaller shall be furnished
and maintained by the city; installation shall be by the estate. Water
meters larger than two inches shall be furnished, installed and maintained
by the estate.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(c)))
An abatement of sewer user charges will be considered, upon
receipt by the department of public works of proof that portions of
water supplied to the estate does not enter the public sewers, private
sewers and/or the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(d)); C.O. 86-23 § 4)
The minimum annual sewer user charge under the provisions of
this chapter shall be established by the superintendent of the department
of public works.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(e)); C.O. 86-23 § 5)
The charges established by this chapter shall be due and payable
by the owner of record at such time or times, and in such installments,
if any, as the superintendent of the department of public works from
time to time determines.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(f)); C.O. 86-23 § 6)
On all premises, the owner of the premises shall pay sewer rates
according to a schedule established by the superintendent of the department
of public works for sewer discharge from such estates, irrespective
of leases or individual consumers. A five-dollar charge shall be added
to all sewer bills which remain unpaid after thirty days of issue.
Nonpayment upon such date shall furthermore be deemed to be delinquent,
and thereafter such delinquency shall constitute a lien upon the real
estate for which such charges apply. The city treasurer/collector
is authorized to file sworn statements showing such delinquencies
in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county, and the filing
of such statements shall be deemed notice of the lien of such charges.
(C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. VIII § 1(g)); C.O. 86-23 § 7)
