[Amended 5-23-1983]
As used in this article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context, the following words shall
have the meanings indicated:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDINGS
Structures of all types, whether enclosed or not, such as
sheds, pits, platforms, etc., which are connected, directly or indirectly,
to the Township's lines.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The difference between the amount of chlorine applied to
a treated supply and the amount of free combined or total available
chlorine remaining at the end of the contact period.
RATES and SERVICE CHARGES
Rents, rates, fees or other charges and service charges for
the use or services of the sewerage system, and such terms shall be
interchangeable and shall apply to all customers of the Township sewerage
system.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water of
the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., and referred
to as "nonfilterable residue."
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Cranbury, a municipal corporation of the
County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey.
TOWNSHIP'S LINES
Mains, laterals, manholes, pipes and appliances of the sanitary
sewerage system of the Township.
[Amended 12-23-1991 by Ord. No. O-11-91-26]
A. All quarterly rates and service charges by the Township
shall be billed for the calendar quarter. The said rates and service
charges shall be due and payable quarterly on February 1, May 1, August
1, and November 1. The base quarterly service charges shall be payable
in advance. That amount of the quarterly service charge based on consumption
shall be based on the previous quarters' actual or estimated sewer-related
water consumption.
[Amended 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 12-08-20]
B. If bills are not paid within 30 days after the billing
date, interest shall be calculated from the first day of the applicable
billing quarter at the rate of 18% per annum on the unpaid balance.
C. No adjustment for minimum quarterly charges shall
be made for new installations connected between regular billing dates.
D. The quarterly service charges of the Township shall
not be adjusted or apportioned for a vacancy in all or part of a building
or structure during a portion of a year.
E. Sewer bills shall be payable at the location designated
on the bill.
F. Where a bill has been estimated, due to the inability
of the Water Department to obtain access to the meter, appropriate
adjustment will be made for the difference between the estimated and
actual use of water when the next regular water meter reading is obtained.
G. Sewer charges are a lien against the real estate served
by the Township sanitary sewer.
H. Failure to receive a bill is no cause for nonpayment
of a sewer charge.
The following rents, rates, fees or other charges
are hereby fixed and officially established as the service charges
by the Township for direct or indirect connection with and the use
and service of the sewerage system of the Township, and the same shall
be charged and collected by the Township in accordance with the following
schedule which is hereby prescribed.
[Amended 5-23-1983; 4-23-1990 by Ord. No. O-03-90-09; 3-25-1991 by Ord. No.
O-02-91-05; 4-22-1991 by Ord. No. O-03-91-10; 6-27-1994 by Ord. No.
05-94-11]
The following are rates applicable to buildings
or facilities connected to the sewerage system:
A. For residential single-family units and each single-family
apartment dwelling in multiple-family structures, the quarterly service
charge shall be $77.17, plus $7.43 per 1,000 gallons of water consumed.
[Amended 6-8-2009 by Ord. No. 05-09-08; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No.
05-13-15]
B. For lodging accommodations in hotels, motels or rooming houses, not including accessory uses, such as restaurants, etc., the quarterly service charge shall be $77.17 per equivalent domestic consumption unit, as said term is defined in §
124-38 below, plus $7.43 per 1,000 gallons of water consumed.
[Amended 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 06-07-09; 6-8-2009 by Ord. No. 05-09-08; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No. 05-13-15]
C. For each commercial, professional, institutional, public or other user not classified in Subsection
A or
B above, the quarterly service charge shall be $77.17 per equivalent domestic consumption unit, as said term is defined in §
124-38 below, plus $7.43 per 1,000 gallons of water consumed.
[Amended 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 06-07-09; 6-8-2009 by Ord. No. 05-09-08; 5-28-2013 by Ord. No. 05-13-15]
D. Surcharge.
(1) For industrial users discharging other than domestic
wastes into the system, a surcharge shall be imposed based upon the
loading characteristics of the waste in excess of the following maximum
amounts:
(a)
BOD: greater than 200 parts per million.
(b)
Suspended solids: greater than 250 parts per
million.
(c)
Chlorine demand: greater than 15 parts per million.
(2) The charge for said loading characteristics in excess
of the above maximums are as follows:
(a)
BOD: $376.28 per ton per quarter.
(b)
Suspended solids: $207.80 per ton per quarter.
(c)
Chlorine demand: $15.02 per short hundred weight
per quarter.
(3) The loading characteristics shall be determined based
on actual samples taken periodically of the sewage emanating from
the industrial user. The Township reserves the right to require such
users to install, at their own cost, sampling manholes or pits for
the purpose of providing access to the sewage waste for obtaining
samples. The costs of all sampling, including the cost of the recovery
of the sample and the testing thereof shall be borne by the sewer
user.
[Added 5-23-1983]
The rates in §
124-32 are deemed to be sufficient to fairly apportion the cost of treatment of any extraneous flows coming into the Cranbury Township sewer system.
A copy of this article shall at all times be
kept on file at the principal office of the Township and shall at
all times be available for reasonable public inspection.
[Added 5-23-1983]
The Township Committee shall review the rates set by this Article
III on at least a biannual basis to determine their adequacy to meet the costs of operating the sewer system, the debt service on the sewer system and contractual obligations with other municipalities. Said biannual review shall specifically study the adequacy of the rates for the renewal and replacement of the Cranbury Township sewer system.
[Added 5-23-1983; last amended 5-28-2013 by Ord. No. 05-13-15]
The owners of every property making connection,
either directly or indirectly, to the Cranbury Township sewer system
shall pay a connection charge of $3,417 per dwelling unit at the time
of connection. The owners of properties other than residential properties
shall pay a connection fee of $3,417 per equivalent domestic consumption
unit. For the purposes of this section, an equivalent domestic consumption
unit is any use which has water usage or sewer flows of up to 59,243
gallons per year. Any estimate of flows over 59,243 gallons per year
or multiple thereof shall be billed as one full additional dwelling
unit.
[Added 5-23-1983]
This article shall supersede any inconsistent
agreements between the Township and its sewer users, and to the extent
of such inconsistency, such agreement shall not be binding on the
Township.
[Added 10-23-2006 by Ord. No. 10-06-24]
Pursuant to the New Jersey Municipal and County
Sewerage Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11, the connection fees set forth hereinabove
will be waived for any unit reserved for occupancy by low- or moderate-income
households, provided said unit is constructed by a corporation which
is: 1) organized pursuant to the New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
Act, N.J.S.A. 15A:1-1 et seq.; and 2) actively engaged in constructing
or rehabilitating housing units for occupancy by low- or moderate-income
households.