For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE[1]
A. 
A sum as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
B. 
In cases where the premises to be serviced shall lie partly in the Village and partly in an abutting municipality, the annual service charge, as above computed, shall be reduced by the amount which shall be paid annually to the Village to cover sewer operations for that portion of the premises upon which the Village levies real property taxes.
DWELLING UNIT
A unit compromising living accommodations designed and used for occupancy by only one family.
[Added 7-1-2006 by Ord. No. 3004]
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
One equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) shall equal an average daily flow rate into the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system of approximately 300 gallons per day (or 110,000 gallons per year) from a premises, discharger, dwelling, entity or property.
[Amended 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102; 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
A. 
EDUs shall be calculated from the readings of a premise's, dwelling's, discharger's, entity's or property's Ridgewood Water Company Account (or applicable Water Utility Account). EDUs shall be calculated for each premises/discharger/dwelling/entity/property by dividing the total metered water consumption (in gallons) during the fourth quarter and first quarter of a year (the months October, November, December, January, February and March) by 55,000 gallons [approximately 300 gallons per day (gpd) X 182.5] for the subject property. This value shall then be doubled to represent a full year's average daily flow. Fractional EDUs shall be round up to the next highest whole number.
B. 
An alternate method that a premises/discharger/dwelling/property/entity can elect to use for determining their EDU of flow is to install at their cost a flow meter, acceptable to the Village of Ridgewood Engineering Division, on their sanitary sewer discharge line prior to the flow's entry into the sanitary sewer main. For meter readings to be considered for equivalent dwelling unit billing, any and all readings submitted to the Village of Ridgewood Finance Department shall contain a statement from a State of New Jersey licensed professional engineer attesting to the accuracy of the meter readings and the results presented.
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
An agreement made by and between the Village of Ridgewood and an adjacent municipality for providing sanitary sewage collection and treatment. The agreement shall be by an authorizing resolution pursuant to the provisions of the N.J.S.A. 40:8A-1 et seq.[2]
[Added 4-11-2007 by Ord. No. 3049]
NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Any commercial, industrial, institutional, tax-exempt, or nonresidential development that creates additional gross floor area square footage to a property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system shall be assessed a connection fee based upon the gross floor area square footage created.
[Added 8-12-2009 by Ord. No. 3205]
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Any commercial, residential, tax-exempt or institutional development that creates additional or new dwelling units on a property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system.
[Added 8-12-2009 by Ord. No. 3205]
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
The pipes, mains, connections, sewage disposal plant and appurtenances of the sanitary sewer system maintained and operated by the Village within and without the boundary limits of the Village.
SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER
A significant discharger shall be defined as any premises, entity or property located in the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system that has an annual discharge greater than one equivalent dwelling unit (EDU).
[Added 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102; amended 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER ANNUALIZED FLOW CHARGE
For each commercial/industrial premises, entity, dwelling unit, user, or property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system deemed a significant discharger, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be assessed an annualized flow charge per 1,000 gallons discharged in excess of one EDU. The annual flow charge rate shall be determined by the Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood.
[Added 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102; amended 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
TAX EXEMPT SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER
For any premises, entity, dwelling unit, user, or property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system that qualifies as, or is deemed as a property that is, exempt from real estate taxes, that is deemed a significant discharger, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be assessed an annualized flow charge per 1,000 gallons discharged in excess of one EDU. The annual flow charge rate shall be determined by the Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood.
[Added 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "annualized flow charge," added 12-13-2006 by Ord. No. 3031, which immediately preceded this definition, was repealed 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of “minor discharger” and “minor discharger flat rate charge,” added 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102, were repealed 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175.
[Added 1-9-1990 by Ord. No. 2237; amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 2-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2974; 7-1-2006 by Ord. No. 3004
A. 
Annual service charge (user fee).
[Amended 12-13-2006 by Ord. No. 3031; 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102; 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
(1) 
There is hereby established in the calendar year 2009, and for subsequent years to come, an annual service charge (user fee), as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, for each commercial/industrial/institutional premises, entity, dwelling unit, user, or property located outside the municipal boundaries of the Village of Ridgewood discharging into the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewage collection system.
(2) 
There is hereby established in the calendar year 2009, and for subsequent years to come, a significant discharger annual service charge (user fee), as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, for each commercial/industrial/institutional premises, entity, dwelling unit, user, or property located outside the municipal boundaries of the Village of Ridgewood discharging into the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewage collection system.
(3) 
All annual service charges shall be considered as a municipal lien subject to tax sale if not paid in the time due for the purposes of this chapter. Installment payments will be accepted by the Village Tax Office, however all bills shall be paid in full by October 15 of each year.
B. 
Connection fee.
(1) 
There is hereby established a connection fee to be paid to the Village of Ridgewood per dwelling unit(s) created by any residential development situated within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system desiring to utilize the Ridgewood sanitary sewer system. The connection fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, and shall be collected at the time of application for service or issuance of temporary certificate of occupancy for the created dwelling unit(s), as set forth in Article IV of this chapter, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, of the Ridgewood Village Code.
[Amended 8-12-2009 by Ord. No. 3205]
(2) 
There is hereby established a connection fee to be paid to the Village of Ridgewood by all nonresidential development on properties situated within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system desiring to utilize the Ridgewood sanitary sewer system. The connection fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, and shall be collected at the time of application for service or issuance of temporary certificate of occupancy for the created additional gross floor area square footage of nonresidential development, as set forth in Article IV of this chapter, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, of the Ridgewood Village Code.
[Amended 8-12-2009 by Ord. No. 3205]
(3) 
There is hereby established a connection fee to be paid to the Village of Ridgewood per dwelling unit(s) situated in a municipality adjacent to the Village of Ridgewood that has executed an interlocal agreement with the Village of Ridgewood for collection and treatment services for domestic sanitary sewage flow.
[Added 4-11-2007 by Ord. No. 3049]
C. 
Annual flow charges.
[Amended 3-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3102; 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 3175]
(1) 
Significant discharger annual flow charge. There is hereby established in the calendar year 2009, and for subsequent years to come, an annual flow charge for each commercial/industrial/institutional premises, entity, dwelling unit, user, or property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system deemed a significant discharger. The annual flow charge shall be per 1,000 gallons discharged in excess of one EDU per year, as determined by the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
Tax exempt and tax credited users annual flow charge There is hereby established in the calendar year 2009, and for subsequent years to come, an annual flow charge for each tax exempt and tax credited user or property located within the service area of the Village of Ridgewood sanitary sewer collection system. The flow charge shall be per 1,000 gallons discharged, as determined by the provisions of this chapter.
(3) 
All annual flow charges shall be considered as a municipal lien subject to tax sale if not paid in the time due for the purposes of this chapter. Installment payments will be accepted by the Village Tax Office, however all bills shall be paid in full by October 15 of each year.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
A. 
No person who shall own premises situated wholly or partly outside the boundaries of the Village shall be allowed to connect such premises to the sanitary sewer system without first satisfying all statutory requirements necessary thereto and obtaining a permit therefor to be issued by the Village Clerk after approval thereof by the Director of the Department of Public Works. Such permit and the application therefor shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Director of the Department of Public Works, and they shall show the name and address of the applicant, his nature and status (whether an individual or corporation in good standing and the like), the address of the premises to be connected to the sanitary sewer system, the estimated cost of the connection, the estimated amount of sewage to be serviced and disposed of therefrom and thereby and the distance of such premises from the nearest sewer main of the sanitary sewer system. Such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, and no permit shall issue until such filing fee and the requirements of § 238-26 shall have been met by the applicant.
B. 
When a person who shall own premises situated wholly within the boundaries of the Village shall desire connection to the sanitary sewer system, they shall satisfy all statutory requirements necessary thereto and obtain a permit therefor to be issued by the Village Clerk after approval thereof by the Director of the Department of Public Works. A connection permit shall be issued upon payment of a connection fee as shall be set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, and shall be collected from the applicant at the time of application.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2855]
C. 
When a person who shall own premises situated wholly within the boundaries of the Village shall desire connection to the sanitary sewer system and they have a documented privy vault or septic tank for sewage disposal, they shall be exempt from the aforementioned connection fee.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2855]
D. 
When an entity which shall own premises situated outside of the boundaries of the Village desires connection of said premises to the sanitary sewer collection system, the entity shall provide a collection system capacity analysis upon the Village Engineer’s request to do so. The capacity analysis shall be performed by a New Jersey licensed professional engineer and determine if the existing collection system has sufficient capacity for the proposed flow. If insufficient capacity is determined, the entity desiring connection to the collection system shall provide for all necessary upgrades to the collection system to accommodate the additional flow, in addition to the requisite fees.
[Added 12-13-2006 by Ord. No. 3031]
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
No permit shall issue under this article until the person applying therefor shall have paid to the Village a sum equal to 1/2 the total annual service charge for such connection to the sanitary sewer system and until a contract shall have been entered into by such person agreeing to pay for the cost of installation and maintenance of the connection and to pay the annual service charge for his premises for so long a period of time as his premises shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system. In cases where the Village shall have paid for all or a part of the cost of installation of the main to which the applicant desires to connect, an additional lump sum payment may be required of the applicant, which shall be as nearly as possible equal to an amount which could properly be assessed against the property of the applicant on a benefit assessment basis if the whole premises were situate in the Village. Such contract shall be in a recordable form approved by the Director of the Department of Public Works and the attorney for the Village, which contract may provide that the main contracting and liable party shall be the municipality in which the premises shall be located, provided that such municipality shall consent thereto. Failure to pay the annual service charge as provided for in the contract entered into between the person and the Village for a period of 30 days shall be deemed an abandonment of all rights of such person under the permit and contract, and thereafter the Village may discontinue the connection at its sole pleasure without further notice to such person and may charge for any reconnection of the same a new and additional filing fee as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, and the entry into a new contract therefor at a revised annual service charge not in excess of 1 1/2 times the initially established annual service charge.
No person shall by virtue of this article or any of its provisions have any vested right to any connection to the sanitary sewer system, and all permits issued and contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be terminable as of right by the Village upon 90 days' notice to such person, to be issued to such person, in writing, by the Clerk of the Village after approval thereof by the Director of the Department of Public Works.
Any person who shall hereafter make any connection to the sanitary sewer system shall do so in conformity with the terms of this article. Any person who has heretofore made any connection to the sanitary sewer system shall pay all the fees and charges, including the annual service charge, required hereunder, except that any person who has contracted with the Village for any such connection which shall be validly in force as of June 2, 1964, shall be governed by the terms of such contract until the same shall for any reason validly terminate or expire, upon which termination or expiration, the terms of this article shall govern such connection as fully and effectively as if it had been made after June 2, 1964.