[Adopted 3-7-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988]
Sewer charges shall be used for deriving revenues
for financing and maintaining sewage collection and treatment facilities.
The funds derived from these charges shall be used for all municipal
expenses associated with constructing, improving or maintaining a
sewage system, including engineering, planning, construction, reconstruction
of sewers and sewage treatment works and all necessary appurtenances
thereto, including pumping stations, extensions, enlargement, replacement
or additions to the sanitary sewer systems, or the preliminary or
other studies and surveys relative thereto and for the acquisition
of land or rights-of-way for any of the capital improvements.
Sewer charges shall be levied on owners of properties
located within or without the sewer improvement areas or district
boundaries who contribute sewage to the public sewers, and a capital
cost amortization charge which shall be levied on all owners of properties
within the sewer improvement areas or district boundaries.
A.
The sewer user charge shall be used to fund the cost
of operation, maintenance and equipment replacement cost of the sewage
treatment plant and of the gravity sewers.
B.
The capital cost amortization charge shall be used
to fund the cost or retirement of capital funds used in constructing
and improving the sewage collection treatment facilities.
[Amended 7-6-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 9-17-1990 by L.L. No.
6-1990; 6-8-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998; 6-5-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000; 8-28-2006 by L.L. No.
12-2006; 3-10-2008]
A.
Charges.
(1)
The rate of charges for Village sewer use shall be
established and revised from time to time by the Village Board of
Trustees. The charges as of April 1, 2008, shall be as follows:
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Type of Use
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Rate
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For all residential units, including single-
and multiple-family dwellings that are residential uses with separate
unit meters
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$30 per calendar quarter up to 5,000 gallons;
$5 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof over 5,000 gallons up
to 25,000 gallons: and $5.50 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof
over 25,000 gallons
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For all multifamily dwellings with one common
meter
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$30 per calendar quarter per unit up to an aggregate
5,000 gallons; $5 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof over 5,000
gallons up to 25,000 gallons; and $5.50 for each 1,000 gallons or
portion thereof over 25,000 gallons
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For commercial users
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$65 per calendar quarter up to 5,000 gallons;
$5.50 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof over 5,000 gallons
up to 25,000 gallons; $6.50 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof
over 25,000 gallons
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For all commercial users with one common meter
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$65 per calendar quarter per unit up to an aggregate
5,000 gallons; $5.50 for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof over
5,000 gallons up to 25,000 gallons; and $6.50 for each 1,000 gallons
or portion thereof over 25,000 gallons
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(2)
Based on the above rates, the minimum annual sewer charge for single-family residences and multifamily residential users with separate unit meters shall be $120 per meter, regardless of actual usage. The minimum annual sewer charge for multifamily dwellings with one common meter shall be the number of dwelling units multiplied by $120 per dwelling unit per building. The minimum annual sewer charge for commercial users with separate unit meters shall be $260, regardless of actual usage. The minimum annual sewer charge for multiunit commercial users with one common meter shall be the number of units multiplied by $260 per building. Notwithstanding the minimum annual charges which are heretofore set forth in this § 222-68A, if a user advises the Village in writing that his service should be turned off because such user will not require service for a period of 60 days or more, and if such user further requests a final water meter reading, pays his final bill and the seasonal turn-off fee and the seasonal turn-on fee, said user will not be charged the minimum charge for any quarter in which his service is turned off for a total of 60 days or more.
(3)
Notwithstanding the minimum annual charges which are set forth in Subsection A(1) and (2) above, with respect to those property owners who reside in the subject property for more than six months during the applicable year and who are entitled to the senior citizens tax exemption pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 207 of the Code of the Village of Ellenville, the minimum quarterly sewer charges shall be $25 per calendar quarter up to 5,000 gallons (in lieu of $30).
(4)
The above rates shall not apply to outside Village
users which are subject to negotiation.
(5)
The charge for a dye test or video exam shall be $300.
B.
Sewer user charges shall be billed to users quarter-annually.
C.
Each user will be notified, at least annually, in
conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the
user charges which are attributable to wastewater treatment services.
A.
The village shall review the total annual cost of
operation and maintenance as well as each user's wastewater contribution
percentage not less often than every two years and will revise the
system as necessary to assure equity of the service charge system
established herein and to assure that sufficient funds are obtained
to adequately operate and maintain the wastewater treatment works.
If it is determined that excess revenues have been collected from
a class of users, the excess revenues from that class of users shall
be applied to the costs of operation and maintenance attributable
to that class for the next year, and the rate charges to such users
shall be adjusted accordingly.
B.
The operation and maintenance costs for all flow not directly attributable to users (i.e., infiltration-inflow) shall be distributed among all users in the same fashion as the operation and maintenance charge. The total operation and maintenance cost, including the cost to transport and treat extraneous inflow-infiltration, will be apportioned by the unit system given in § 222-68.
