A.
Bills for metered service shall be rendered at least
once each quarter and shall show the readings of the meter at the
beginning and end of the period for which the bill is rendered and
shall give the dates on which the readings were taken.
B.
When a bill is rendered a second time covering a period
for which a bill has been rendered, the period shall be clearly stated
on the bill.
C.
Where access to a meter cannot be had, the Department
may bill the amount charged for the corresponding quarter of the preceding
year or for the period corresponding to that for which access is impossible,
and in such cases the amount paid will be treated as a credit, the
amount due being determined by the next meter reading. Estimated bills
rendered under this subsection will indicate the fact that the same
are estimated.
D.
Whenever a meter is placed on any service pipe for
which water rent has been paid in advance at flat rate prices, the
owner or user shall be credited on his bill at meter rates for the
amount paid in advance at the time of placing the meter. The amount
paid in advance shall be computed on a per diem basis. After any meter
has been so placed, the owner or user shall be subject to all rules,
regulations and rates set forth herein with regard to metered service.
A.
Customers will be held responsible for all charges
accruing for water service until written notice has been given to
the office of the Department to discontinue the supply.
B.
If a bill remains unpaid for a period of 30 days or more after mailing or presentation, notice will be served or mailed to the consumer stating that unless the bill is paid within seven days from the date of such notice, the water supply will be discontinued. When the water is turned off under such conditions, it will remain off until the amount owing is paid in full or until arrangements for payment satisfactory to the Department have been made. If it is necessary to call at the premises after such seven-day notice, a charge as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, will be made to cover the cost of the call.[1]
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 34 of the 1974
Code, regarding unmetered sprinkling carts, which immediately followed
this section, was deleted 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375.
[Amended 12-10-1974 by Ord. No. 1553; 2-27-1979 by Ord. No.
1701; 5-22-1979 by Ord. No. 1714; 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 1800; 9-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1815; 6-8-1982 by Ord. No. 1848; 8-9-1983 by Ord. No. 1899; 4-10-1984 by Ord. No. 1922; 3-11-1986 by Ord. No. 2020; 4-25-1991 by Ord. No.
2312; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 1-14-1997 by Ord. No. 2587; 1-8-2003 by Ord. No. 2816; 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2845; 12-14-2009 by Ord. No.
3236; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 3252; 12-8-2010 by Ord. No. 3272; 7-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3319; 6-27-2018 by Ord. No.
3636]
The rate or charge for water supplied from the supply system of the Village Water Department shall be upon a metered basis, except as provided in § 269-35. The rates or charges for the supply of water on a metered basis to all customers effective for the 2010 calendar year to the present, shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, in those amounts set forth for those respective years.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The rates set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, were taken from Exhibit E of Ord. No. 3636, adopted 6-27-2018, as they were the most current at time of amendment. For the rates effective from the 2010 calendar year to the present, Exhibits A through E of said ordinance are on file with the Village Clerk.
[Amended 2-27-1979 by Ord. No. 1701; 5-22-1979 by Ord. No.
1714; 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 1800; 8-9-1983 by Ord. No. 1899; 4-25-1991 by Ord. No. 2312; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 1-14-1997 by Ord. No.
2587; 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2845; 12-14-2009 by Ord. No. 3236; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 3252; 12-8-2010 by Ord. No. 3272; 7-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3319; 6-27-2018 by Ord. No. 3636]
Unmetered service allowed by the Village Water Department within the Village shall be provided at the rates or charges for all service billed for the 2010 calendar year to the present, all as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.
[Amended 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 1800; 8-9-1983 by Ord. No. 1899; 4-25-1991 by Ord. No. 2312; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 1-14-1997 by Ord. No.
2587; 1-8-2003 by Ord. No. 2816; 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2845; 12-14-2009 by Ord. No. 3236; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 3252; 12-8-2010 by Ord. No.
3272; 7-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3319; 6-27-2018 by Ord. No. 3636]
From and after January 1, 2010, and to the present in accordance with those respective rates set forth in Chapter 145, rates or charges shall be made for any of the following service connections and installations as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.
A.
For the extension of any main installed by the Village
Department or its authorized agents.
B.
For any premises service connection installed by the Village Department or its authorized agents. In addition, and where required, the cost of trenching by the Village Department or its authorized agents and the cost of rock excavation by the Village Department or its authorized agents shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.
C.
Permits from the Village Department for use of water
during construction periods shall be issued for a period not to exceed
90 days and shall not be transferable by the consumer. Extensions
of such permits may be secured on like terms and upon payment of an
additional fee for each ninety-day extension period or fraction thereof.
D.
If any applicant shall have been required by the Village
Department to finance the cost of any main extension and shall have
done so, he shall be refunded for each premises connection, when the
premises is occupied, made to the main extension contracted for if
such premises connection and service shall have been made within 10
years from the date of the commencement of the work on such main extension.
E.
Any applicant for a stub connection shall pay therefor,
and if any applicant who shall have been required by the Village Department
to pay for any stub connection shall make a premises connection thereto,
he shall be refunded such sum when the premises is occupied if the
premises connection or service shall be made within a period of 10
years from the date the work on such stub connection was commenced.
[Added 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2845; amended 12-14-2009 by Ord. No.
3236; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 3252; 12-8-2010 by Ord. No. 3272; 7-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3319; 6-27-2018 by Ord. No.
3636; 4-10-2019 by Ord. No. 3709]
A.
There shall be a service connection fee to place new customers on
equal footing with existing customers. The formula for said fee shall
be in accordance with that set forth in Section 1 of P.L. 1989 c.
109 (N.J.S.A. 40A:31-11) concerning connection charges by county and
municipal authorities. The formula for the connection fee shall be
described as follows:
(1)
The amount representing all debt service, including but not
limited to sinking funds, reserve funds, the principal and interest
on bonds, and the amount of any loans and the interest thereon, paid
by the local unit or units to defray the capital cost of developing
the system as of the end of the immediately preceding budget year
shall be added to all capital expenditures made by a local unit or
units not funded by a bond ordinance or debt for the development of
the system as of the end of the immediately preceding budget year.
(2)
Any gifts, contributions or subsidies to the local unit or units
received from, and not reimbursed or reimbursable to, any federal,
state, county or municipal government or agency or any private person,
and that portion of amounts paid to the local unit or units by a public
entity under a service agreement or service contract which is not
repaid to the public entity by the local unit or units, shall then
be subtracted.
(3)
The remainder shall be divided by the total number of service
units served by the local unit or units at the end of the immediately
preceding budget year, and the results shall then be apportioned to
each new connector according to the number of service units attributed
to that connector. In attributing service units to each connector,
the estimated average daily flow of water for the connector shall
be divided by the average daily flow of water to the average single-family
residence in the area served by the local unit or units, to produce
the number of service units to be attributed.
(4)
The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget
year, after a public hearing is held. The revised connection fee may
be imposed upon those who subsequently connect in that budget year
to the system.
(5)
The combination of the connection fee or tapping fee and the
aforesaid water service charges shall be such that the revenues of
water supply facilities shall be adequate to pay the expenses of operation
and maintenance of the water supply facilities, including improvements,
extensions, enlargements and replacements to water supply facilities,
reserves, insurance, principal and interest on any bonds, and to maintain
such reserves or sinking funds therefor as may be required under the
bond covenants or any contracts, or as may be deemed necessary or
desirable.
C.
For reconstruction of all connections, the following rate or charge shall be made by the Village Water Department, or its authorized agents: as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
D.
From and after January 1, 2010, and consistent herewith, for the extension of any main installed by the Village Water Department or its authorized agents: as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
E.
From and after January 1, 2010, and consistent herewith, for any premises service connection installed by the Village Water Department or its authorized agents: as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
F.
In addition and where required, the cost of trenching by the Village Water Department or its authorized agents, and the cost of rock excavation by the Village Water Department or its authorized agents, shall be as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
G.
For the Village Water Department, or its authorized agents, to conduct an inspection of a service line and to perform the physical connection of the service line to a curb stop, as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
[Amended 4-15-2020 by Ord. No. 3788]
H.
For the Village Water Department, or its authorized agents, to conduct an inspection of a service line and the connection to the existing segment of the service line, as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
[Amended 4-15-2020 by Ord. No. 3788]
I.
For the Village Water Department, or its authorized agents, to conduct an inspection of a service line and to perform the physical disconnection of a service line from the curb stop, including the generation of a disconnect letter, as set forth in Ch. 145, Fees.
[Added 4-15-2020 by Ord. No. 3788]
[Amended 6-24-1975 by Ord. No. 1578; 5-22-1979 by Ord. No.
1714; 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 1800; 8-9-1983 by Ord. No. 1899; 4-25-1991 by Ord. No. 2312; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 1-14-1997 by Ord. No.
2587; 1-8-2003 by Ord. No. 2816; 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2845; 12-14-2009 by Ord. No. 3236; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 3252; 12-8-2010 by Ord. No.
3272; 7-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3319; 6-27-2018 by Ord. No. 3636]
From and after January 1, 2010, through to the present in accordance herewith, the rates or charges made for miscellaneous services shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The rates set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, were taken from Exhibit E of Ord. No. 3636, adopted 6-27-2018, as they were the most current at time of amendment. For the rates effective from the 2010 calendar year to the present, Exhibits A through E of said ordinance are on file with the Village Clerk.
