There is hereby imposed for the calendar year
1967, and for each year hereafter, an annual sewer rental upon the
owners of properties served or to be served for the use of the sewers,
sewerage system, pumping stations and sewage treatment works, and
for the use of extensions thereof in the course of construction or
to be constructed.
The total amount of the annual sewer rental
shall be such sum as shall be sufficient to meet the following classes
of expenses:
A. The amount expended annually by the Township in the
operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, inspection, depreciation
and other expenses in relation to the sewers, sewerage system, pumping
stations and sewage treatment works.
B. Such annual amount as may be necessary to provide
for the amortization of indebtedness incurred by the Township in the
construction and acquisition of such sewers, sewerage system, pumping
stations and sewage treatment works and interest thereon, in order
that said improvements may become self-liquidating.
C. An amount sufficient to establish a margin of safety
of 10%.
[Amended 11-15-1978 by Ord. No. 1842]
Whenever a property upon which a sewer rental
is imposed uses water from the Water Company, a portion of which is
not discharged into a sewerage system of the Township, the quantity
of water so used and not discharged into the Township sewers shall
be excluded in determining the sewer rental for said property; provided,
however, that the quantity of water so used and not discharged into
the Township sewers must be measured by a device or devices approved
by the Director of Public Works and installed without cost to the
Township.
[Amended 4-18-1973 by Ord. No. 1690; 4-16-1975 by Ord. No.
1739; 7-19-1978 by Ord. No. 1828; 5-16-2018 by Ord. No. 4135]
Whenever a bill for sewer rent for the current
year is paid during the first two months after the mailing date of
the bill, a discount of 2% will be granted. If a bill is paid during
the second two-month period thereafter, the flat amount of the bill
shall be paid. If paid thereafter but prior to December 1, a penalty
of 10% shall be added to the flat amount of the bill. Bills unpaid
on December 1 of the year mailed shall have a penalty of 20% added
to the flat amount thereof. All billed charges shall be rounded to
the nearest whole dollar.
The foregoing directions as to the time in which
to procure information from the Water Company and other sources, the
time to adopt annual ordinances and the time to mail out bills and
all other times specified herein shall be considered directory only
and not mandatory, and the failure to do one or all of said acts on
time shall not invalidate any ordinance passed, shall not invalidate
any bill rendered and shall not invalidate or forego the collection
of any sewer rental. This article, when referring to sewers, sewerage
system, pumping stations and sewage treatment works, is intended to
mean the complete sanitary sewerage system of the Township and is
not intended to include or relate to storm sewers or surface waters.
[Added 7-18-1979 by Ord. No. 1870]
If the owner of a property served neglects or
fails to pay a bill for sewer rent for any preceding year by February
1 of a current year, the Water Company is hereby authorized and required,
at the request and direction of the Township Treasurer, to shut off
the supply of water to such property until all such overdue rentals,
together with any penalties and interest thereon, shall be paid.
[Added 7-18-1979 by Ord. No. 1870]
In no case shall the water supply be shut off
to any property until 10 days after written notice of an intention
so to do has been mailed to the owner of the property and, in addition
thereto, there has been posted a written notice of such impending
termination of water supply at a main entrance to the property. The
Township Treasurer or his authorized agent shall perform such mailing
and posting.
[Added 7-18-1979 by Ord. No. 1870]
If during such ten-day period the owner of the
property delivers to the Water Company a written statement, under
oath or affirmation, stating that he has a just defense to the claim,
or part of it, for such rentals or charges, then the water supply
shall not be shut off until the claim has been judicially determined.
Such statement shall also contain a declaration under oath or affirmation
that it was not executed for the purpose of delay.