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Township of Galloway, NJ
Atlantic County
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New Laws (3) Index Notes (2)
A. 
Residential users. Residential sewer connections shall be charged at an annual rate of $385 per domestic consumer unit, payable quarterly, following the schedule which hereinafter follows:
[Last amended 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 1902-2015]
Type of Structure
Equivalent Domestic
Consumer Units
Apartment house, for each living unit
1
Apartments, for each living unit
1
Cabin for rent, whether attached or detached, for each living unit
1
Condominium, for each living unit
1
Hotel/motel, for each living unit
1/2
Mobile home
1
Multiple-family dwelling, townhouse
1
Rented rooms, for each room available for rent
1/2
Dormitory rooms, for each living unit
3/4
Single-family dwelling
1
Single-family dwelling with place of business
2
Hospital or nursing home bed, each bed
1/2
B. 
Nonresidential users. Nonresidential users shall be charged an annual rate of $365 per domestic consumer unit, effective January 1, 2012, and $385 as of January 1, 2013, following the schedule set forth below:
[Amended 9-4-1984 by Ord No. 773; 2-23-1993 by Ord. No. 1106; 6-9-1993 by Ord. No. 1126; 7-27-1993 by Ord. No. 1132; 2-8-1994 by Ord. No. 1155; 2-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1193; 2-25-1997 by Ord. No 1287; 6-9-1998 by Ord. No. 1346; 3-9-1999 by Ord. No. 1385; 6-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1790[1]; 1-24-2012 by Ord. No. 1842]
Type of Structure
Equivalent Domestic
Consumer Units
Churches
1
Diner, tavern or restaurant:
Seating capacity of 1 to 25
1
Seating capacity of 26 to 50
3
Each additional 15-seat capacity or segment thereof
1
Gymnasiums in schools, etc.
2
Laundromat or self-service laundry:
For each washer of not more than 12 pounds' capacity
1/4
For each washer over 12 pounds' capacity
1/2
Public buildings, municipal
2
Schools, for each 30 pupils and faculty
1
Service stations without car-washing facilities
1
Service stations with car-washing facilities
2
Service organizations
1
Service organizations with bar and/or restaurant facilities
3
Supermarkets, for each 5 employees or segment thereof
1
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the sewer user fee for 2009 was $315.
C. 
General commercial, single occupancy. Not otherwise categorized, the lesser of:
(1) 
One unit per 3,000 square feet of gross area (one unit minimum); or
(2) 
One-twelfth unit x average daily employment (one unit minimum).
D. 
General commercial, multiple occupant.
[Amended 9-4-1984 by Ord. No. 773[2]]
(1) 
Not otherwise categorized, the lesser of:
(a) 
One unit per 3,000 square feet of gross area (one unit minimum per occupant); or
(b) 
One-twelfth unit x average daily employment (one unit minimum per occupant).
(2) 
Professional offices: use Subsection C or D(1) above as appropriate general commercial formula.
(3) 
Industrial facilities, country clubs, hotels, hospitals, colleges and universities, based upon meter usage reflecting DCU flow and, if not metered, based upon the Township's estimate of flow, in accordance with the following formula:
Number of gallons used per year ÷ by 75,000 =
number of DCUs x annual user fee per DCU
(4) 
Bakery with baking facilities, whether part of dwelling or not: two units.
(5) 
Swimming pools at other than single-family dwelling facilities:
(a) 
Three quarters when pool is closed, each quarter: one unit.
(b) 
Summer quarter (June, July and August), for each 75,000 gallons used: one unit.
(c) 
If a separate meter has been installed to isolate pool usage from total consumption, the sewer unit charge will be based upon water usage rather than pool usage.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was amended 12-18-1984 by Ord. No. 788 to provide that the amendment to Subsection D(3) shall take effect 1-1-1985.
E. 
Metered rates. The rate for all nonresidential users that install a metering system shall be the same rate per domestic consumer unit (DCU) as the rate for all nonresidential users as specified in § 281-30B. The type of metering system and the installation thereof shall be subject to the prior approval of the Municipal Engineer.
[Last amended 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 1902-2015]
[Last amended 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2095-2022]
A connection charge in the amount of $3,200 will be made per domestic consumer unit for any new or existing construction, except for any streets that currently have existing dry sewer, for which the connection charge is $2,800. A partial payment plan is available with an initial down payment of 1/2 and the balance to be due and payable on the next billing cycle but not to exceed six months or defer the first payment for six months and the final payment to be due and payable on the next billing cycle but not to exceed six months. The partial payment plan is available for existing homes, excluding new construction and businesses.
A. 
Residential and nonresidential users.
Class of Use
Equivalent Domestic Consumer Units
Residential:
Apartment house, for each living unit
1
Apartments, for each living unit
1
Cabin for rent, whether attached or detached, for each living unit
1
Condominium, for each living unit
1
Hotel/motel, for each living unit
1/2
Mobile home
1
Multiple-family dwelling, townhouse
1
Rented rooms, for each room available for rent
1/2
Dormitory rooms, for each living unit
3/4
Single-family dwelling
1
Single-family dwelling with place of business
2
Nonresidential:
Churches
1
Diner, tavern or restaurant:
Seating capacity of 1 to 25
1
Seating capacity of 26 to 50
3
Each additional 15-seat capacity or segment thereof
1
Gymnasiums in schools, etc.
2
Hospital or nursing home bed, each bed
1/2
Laundromat or self-service laundry:
For each washer of not more than 12 pounds' capacity
1/4
For each washer over 12 pounds' capacity
1/2
Public buildings, municipal
2
Schools, for each 30 pupils and faculty
1
Service stations without car-washing facilities
1
Service stations with car-washing facilities
2
Service and/or civic organizations
1
Service and/or civic organizations with bar and/or restaurant facilities
2
Supermarkets, for each 5 employees or segment thereof
1
B. 
General commercial, single occupant. Not otherwise categorized, the lesser of:
(1) 
One unit per 3,000 square feet of gross area (one unit minimum per occupant); or
(2) 
One-twelfth unit x average daily employment (one unit minimum).
C. 
General commercial, multiple occupant.
(1) 
Not otherwise categorized, the lesser of:
(a) 
One unit per 3,000 square feet of gross area (one unit minimum per occupant); or
(b) 
One-twelfth unit x average daily employment (one unit minimum per occupant).
(2) 
Professional offices: use Subsections B and C(1) above as the appropriate general commercial formula.
(3) 
Industrial facilities, country clubs, hotels, hospitals, colleges and universities, based upon Township estimated usage reflecting estimated DCU flow in accordance with the following formula:
Estimated number of gallons used per year ÷ by 75,000 =
number of equivalent DCUs x connector fee
(4) 
Bakery, with baking facilities, whether part of a dwelling or not: two units.
(5) 
Swim clubs: 1/12 unit x membership capacity (one unit minimum).
NOTES:
1.
The domestic consumer unit in the schedule of rates shall be to the nearest whole number. Integers of less than 0.5 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Five-tenths and above shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
2.
Any new construction resulting in expanded usage of sewerage facilities will require the payment of additional connection fees for the addition and/or expansion, which shall be based upon the above stated schedules and which must be specified and determined by the Director of Public Works prior to the issuance of a building permit, irrespective of whether or not a sewer connection existed prior to May 1, 1982.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 61-31D, regarding a reduced connection fee, previously codified herein, added 8-20-1985 by Ord. No. 808, was repealed 3-31-1990 by Ord. No. 991.
D. 
Connection fee for nonresidential users.
(1) 
There shall be a connection fee required for any nonresidential user that installs a metering system for any new sewer hookup. The type of metering system and the installation thereof shall be subject to the prior approval of the Municipal Engineer. At the time of hookup, said user shall pay the same rate per domestic consumer unit (DCU) as the rate for all nonresidential users as specified in § 281-30B based on an estimated usage determined by the Township Engineer. Thereafter, not prior to the completion of the 11th month of operation of the metering system and not subsequent to the 14th month of said metering system, an adjustment shall be made, either upward or downward as the case may be, on the connection fee charged, based upon the number of gallons per day of flow during the previous approximate twelve-month period.
(2) 
The number of equivalent domestic consumer units to be multiplied by the connection fee for nonresidential users shall be determined by dividing the actual number of gallons per year by 75,000.
A. 
The Galloway Township Municipal Utilities Division shall review the wastewater contribution of users, the total cost of operation and maintenance and its approved user charge system not less often than every two years. Upon biennial review of its system, the Galloway Township Municipal Utilities Division shall revise its charges to maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs and to generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation and maintenance costs.
B. 
Each user which discharges any toxic pollutants causing increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge shall pay for such increase in costs.
C. 
The cost of operation and maintenance for all flow not directly attributable to users (i.e., infiltration/inflow) shall be distributed among all users by the same method that the cost of operation and maintenance is distributed among users.
D. 
Each user shall be notified, not less often than one time per year, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charge which is attributable to wastewater treatment services.
E. 
Each user shall be charged from the date of hookup, whether or not said date predates the effective date of this chapter. Each user will be sent an initial bill showing charges for hookup prior to the effective date of this chapter, as well as the charge for the year 1982. With respect to payment for retroactive charges, the user shall pay the same prior to December 31, 1982, as provided in § 281-33A below, said payments to be made not less than on a quarterly basis, although the same may be paid sooner than the aforestated period. There shall be no interest charges for retroactive costs or charges incurred.
F. 
There shall be no agreements with any users with respect to connection fees or user fees which are in any way inconsistent with the provisions contained herein, or which, in any other way, violate the provisions of this chapter or the laws of the State of New Jersey, as they presently exist or as they may hereinafter be amended or by statute or construed by case law.
[Added 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 958]
A. 
Each user shall be billed annually and shall be required to pay 1/2 of the amount due on a semiannual basis on or before the 10th day of March, and on or before the 10th day of September of each year, except that any user whose bill exceeds $5,000 per year annually may be required to pay quarterly on or before the 10th day of March, June, September and December of each year at the discretion of the Tax Collector. Each user charge shall, from the time of its confirmation, be a lien against the property affected and shall bear interest and penalties collected and enforced in the same manner as assessments for local improvements.
[Amended 4-5-1983 by Ord. No. 723; 5-27-1997 by Ord. No. 1299]
B. 
All charges for services not specifying a due date shall be due and payable when presented.
C. 
A penalty or interest shall be added to the user charges from the time they become payable and in the manner provided by resolution of the Mayor and Council for nonpayment of taxes, assessments and sewer charges. All bills shall be payable to the Township Sewer Utility Operating Fund at the office of the Township Tax Collector.
[Amended 4-5-1983 by Ord. No. 723]
D. 
Rates for uses other than listed uses shall be set by resolution of the Township. In special cases not contemplated in the schedule of rates or not clearly defined therein, the Township of Galloway is hereby authorized to establish, by resolution, special rates as the Township may deem necessary to keep and maintain sewer utility on a self-liquidating basis.
E. 
Penalties for failure to comply with this chapter shall be the imposition of a fine of $25, together with an additional fine of $10 for each day of delay after the failure to comply occurs. Said fine or fines shall be recoverable by an appropriate action or proceeding prosecuted by and in the name of the Galloway Township Municipal Utilities Division and/or the Board of Health of Galloway Township and/or the County of Atlantic in the Municipal Court of Galloway Township. All fines and penalties collected and recovered pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the Treasurer of Galloway Township.
According to Section 204(b)(1)(b) or both the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-500) and of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (PL 95-217), industrial sewer users shall be responsible for their proportionate share of the cost of construction of sewer treatment facilities. As a result of these regulations, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated that the Galloway Township Municipal Utilities Division shall prepare to implement an industrial cost recovery (ICR) system upon first introduction of an industrial user to the local system. The industrial cost recovery system shall be prepared by the Galloway Township Municipal Utilities Division, approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and placed into operation simultaneous with the onset of industrial wastes within the system.
[Added 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 958]
There is hereby established a Financial Management System to accurately reflect revenues generated by the system and expenditures for operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the treatment system, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices and as otherwise provided for by the laws of the State of New Jersey, as the same may be amended. It shall be the responsibility of the Township Treasurer with the assistance and direction of the Township Auditor to review the present accounting system and to make whatever changes may be required in order to insure the continued operation of the required accounting system.