The purpose of this section is to impose an annual residential user fee, as hereinafter defined, on all residential users of the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Garwood. "User fee" is defined as a fee levied upon all users of the sanitary sewer system towards the annual cost of operation and maintenance of the Borough of Garwood sanitary sewer system.
[Added 3-13-2025 by Ord. No. 25-07]
Shall mean a building or group of buildings constituting a multiple dwelling, as defined by the State of New Jersey, containing three or more dwelling units or apartments, which are located within close proximity of each other and are owned by the same owner.
Two or more residential dwelling units on a single water meter.
Shall mean any person or persons, firm, corporation, or officer thereof, partnership association or trust who owns, operates, exercises control over or is in charge of a rental facility.
Shall mean a dwelling unit which is available for lease or rental purposes and is meant to include individual apartments located within apartment complexes.
One residential dwelling unit on a single water meter.
A.
Fees established will apply equally to each unit of a single-family residence, multifamily residence, or apartment complex, with a fee being assessed on a per-unit basis. Each rental unit of an apartment complex shall be billed annually whether it is occupied or unoccupied. The owner of an apartment complex shall receive one bill for the total amount due for all units within an apartment complex annually. Each single-family home and unit of a multifamily home shall be billed annually whether it is occupied or unoccupied.
C.
Users shall be billed by the Borough under the criteria set forth herein.
A.
Billing of user fees. Residential users shall be billed annually by invoice mailed on or before June 1 of each year and due on July 1 of each year. The Borough Tax Collector is hereby designated as the collector of user fees herein.
B.
Late payments. Users will be subject to the payment of interest of 1.5% per month and penalties received after the due date.
C.
Rebates. Senior citizens eligible for the senior citizen deductions on their municipal property taxes, permanently and totally disabled persons who qualify for a senior or disabled person tax deduction on their municipal property, and veterans eligible for a veteran's tax deduction on their municipal property pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.44, 54:4-8.11, and 54:4-8.40 et seq., shall receive a deduction of $25 from their sewer bills. Only one deduction, up to a maximum deduction of $25, may be applied to a single-family residential home.