The purpose of this article is to impose an
annual user charge, as hereinafter defined, on all domestic, commercial,
industrial, and institutional users of the sewer system of the City
of Millville.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The annual sewer charge set by the City for one residential
dwelling unit.
Liquid wastes resulting from residences, buildings, institutions,
septic tanks, holding tanks, and industrial sources, including the
noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food, wastewater
consisting of human excrement, gray water and similar wastes from
sanitary conveniences, swimming pool water, but excluding any mixture
which includes any industrial waste, process wastewater, contaminated
stormwater, contaminated groundwater, or boiler blowdown. Any wastewater
with concentrations above the following criteria will not be considered
domestic waste:
The unit of measure that is equal to one residential dwelling
unit based on the average number of gallons of sewer flow for one
residential dwelling.
The process wastewater and other liquid wastes resulting
from any industrial manufacturing process defined in the latest edition
of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, or is not domestic
waste as defined herein, or is any wastewater from any service process
which because of the contaminants it contains is comparable to industrial
wastewater including such wastewater mixed with water or domestic
waste.
The volume of wastewater discharged to the sewer system.
Except for equivalent dwelling units, sewer flow shall be measured
by an approved sewer flow meter, or if such a device is not installed,
sewer flow shall be measured by the water consumption of the sewer
user. Water consumption shall be based on water meter readings for
City water and pumping records for private wells, or a combination
of both. Sewer users who dispose of wastewater by means other than
into the public sewer system shall provide accurate measurements of
the volume of wastewater discharged to the public sewer system, otherwise
sewer flow shall be the total water consumption.
The charge levied upon all users of the City's sewer system
for the annual cost of operation, maintenance, capital expenditure
and debt service of the wastewater treatment plant, collection lines,
pumping stations, treatment facilities and other appurtenances.
[Amended 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 10-2004; 3-15-2005 by Ord. No. 13-2005; 11-2-2009 by Ord. No. 33-2009; 1-2-2013 by Ord. No. 1-2013[1]]
Annual sewer user charges shall be made by the
municipality to owners of real property upon which improvements stand
which utilize the municipal sewer system. The annual uniform amount
for each equivalent dwelling unit is hereby established at $520. The
sewer user charge shall be based upon equivalent dwelling units in
accordance with the following table.
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Schedule of Equivalent Dwelling Units
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Classification
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Number of EDUs
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Residential dwelling units:
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Single-family home
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1 per unit
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Apartment
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1 per unit
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Condominiums
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1 per unit
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Duplex and half doubles
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1 per unit
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Mobile home
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1 per unit
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Townhouse
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1 per unit
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Public office buildings owned and occupied by
federal, state, county and local government
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1 per 2,400 square feet
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Schools including staff:
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Boarding school
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1 per 3 persons
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Day school with:
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Cafeteria and showers
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1 per 15 persons
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Cafeteria or showers
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1 per 20 persons
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No cafeteria and no showers
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1 per 30 persons
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NOTE: All other uses not set forth in the above
schedule shall be charged at the rate set for industrial domestic
use based on water meter readings, unless sewer flow meter readings
are available.
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[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the effective
date for these user charges shall begin with the billing period for
1-1-2014.
[Amended 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 10-2004; 11-2-2009 by Ord. No. 33-2009; 1-2-2013 by Ord. No. 1-2013[1]]
The annual user charge for industrial domestic
waste shall be $6.50 per thousand gallons of sewer flow. However,
in no event shall the annual user charge be less than the annual uniform
amount set for one equivalent dwelling unit.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the effective
date for these user charges shall begin with the billing period for
1-1-2014.
[Amended 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 10-2004; 11-2-2009 by Ord. No. 33-2009; 1-2-2013 by Ord. No. 1-2013[1]]
Where a building or premises is occupied by
one or more residential units and nonresidential units which are not
separately metered either by a sewer flow meter or a water consumption
meter, the sewer user charge shall be determined as follows: $6.50
for each 1,000 gallons or part thereof, subject to a minimum sewer
user charge of one EDU for each residential unit plus one EDU for
all of the remaining nonresidential units.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the effective
date for these user charges shall begin with the billing period for
1-1-2014.
[Amended 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 10-2004]
Senior citizens and persons totally and permanently
disabled and their surviving spouses who have owner-occupied residential
dwellings and who qualify for the deduction against their real estate
taxes pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.40 shall be entitled to an annual
credit of $200 against their residential sewer charges.
Where a commercial or industrial establishment
has both domestic wastes and industrial wastes and the wastes are
commingled and so discharged to the City's sewer system, the industrial
waste charge as set forth below shall apply. Any commercial or industrial
establishment may, at its option and its own expense, separate its
industrial waste from its domestic waste and provide separate connections
to the City sewer system for each type of waste. If a commercial or
industrial establishment exercises this option, the annual user charge
shall be based on the sewer rate for the separate wastes.
A.
The owner of each commercial or industrial establishment which discharges to the City sewer system industrial waste of other pollutants in violation of § 56-15 of this chapter, shall be charged at the annual user rate for industrial domestic use and in addition be subject to the following surcharges.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 33-2021; 2-1-2022 by Ord. No. 3-2022]
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Percent Over Permitted Limit
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Charge
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Up to 5%
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$0.25/lb
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5% to 10%
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$0.20/lb
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10% to 25%
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$0.15/lb
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Over 25%
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$0.10/lb
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B.
The concentrations reported shall be converted from
milligrams per liter (mg/l) or parts per million (ppm) to pounds using
the following equation:
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Flow (gal/day) x concentration (mg/l)
x 8.33 lbs/gal = Lbs/Day
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1,000,000
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Charges for installation of facilities and sewer
user charges shall become a lien upon the premises of the customer
as provided by statute whenever a bill for sewer service or installation
remains unpaid 60 days after it becomes due.
Property subject to a lien for unpaid sewer
charges shall be sold for nonpayment of same, and the proceeds of
such sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs,
as in the case of foreclosure of statutory liens. The City Attorney
is hereby authorized to institute such legal proceedings in the name
of the City in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against
any property in which sewer charges remain unpaid 60 days after their
due date.
