[Adopted 2-20-1979 as L.L. No. 3-1979]
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F of
the General Municipal Law of the State of New York entitled "Sewer
Rent Law" (Chapter 765 of the Laws of 1951) and any and all amendments
thereto, there are hereby established and imposed sewer rents as a
means of producing revenue for the sewer system and sewage treatment
plant of the City of North Tonawanda.
The City of North Tonawanda hereby establishes
sewer rents for use of the sewer system and imposes such sewer rents
as a charge on the real property within the City.
[Last amended 4–22-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2021[1]]
A.
The sewer rent for and thereafter is established according to a formula
wherein the capital costs for such sanitary sewer system are recovered
100% from water consumption through the sewer fund, and the costs
of operation and maintenance of the sewage treatment system are recovered
100% from water consumption through the sewer fund.
B.
Billing schedule, additional charges.
(1)
A minimum sewer charge of $15 per quarter is established and the
gallons of consumption used associated with minimum will be zero.
(2)
The sewer rent for 2021 and thereafter for meter consumption shall
be $5 per 1,000 gallons of water consumption and shall be assessed
and collected in conformance with the following schedule:
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Billing Months
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June
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September
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December
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March
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C.
The sewer rent rate for 2021 for unmetered consumers shall be a flat
rate charge of $10.96 per equivalent fixture unit per year, to result
in the following schedule of charges:
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Sewer Fund Flat Rate Charge Schedule for 2021
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Equivalent
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Type
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Fixture Unit Charge
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Room
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$10.96
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Wash basin
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$10.96
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Bath or shower
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$35.22
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Toilet
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$40.71
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Laundry tub or washing machine
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$28.17
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Swimming pool (permanent)
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$93.91
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Boathouse
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$46.85
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Garden tap
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$37.53
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Front-foot service charge per foot, with a maximum of 70 feet
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$1.95
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D.
A 10% surcharge shall be placed on all sewer rent account balances
that are due in September and remain unpaid by mid-November of each
year and shall be levied on the subsequent year real property tax
bill.
E.
Multi-dwelling-unit homes and apartments that have only one master
water meter would be subject to the existing $15 minimum sewer charge
and would receive an additional minimum sewer charge of $12 for each
additional dwelling unit which does not have a water meter.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law provided that
it shall apply to the March 2021 billing and to all billings thereafter
until otherwise amended.
Such sewer rents shall be due and payable quarterly
and shall accompany the water billing to the premises connected with
and served by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof.
Penalties for late payment of sewer rents shall be the same as presently assessed for arrears of water service as provided in § 98-7 of the Code of the City of North Tonawanda.
A.
Such unpaid rents, together with the penalties prescribed
by this local law, shall be a lien upon the real property connected
with and served by the sewer system, or such part or parts thereof,
and such lien is prior and superior to every other lien or claim,
except the lien of an existing tax or water service charge.
B.
The Common Council may bring and maintain an action
in the name of the city for the foreclosure of liens for such sewer
rents, or the Common Council may certify the amount of any such lien
which has not been paid at the time and in the manner prescribed by
said local law, with a description of the real property affected thereby,
and the City Treasurer shall include such amount in the annual tax
levy and shall levy the same upon the real property in default.
This local law shall take effect upon filing
with the Secretary of State.
