[Amended 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
Any permit granted by the Director of Water
and Wastewater, City Engineer or designated agent pursuant to this
article may be revoked by him, at any time, should he have knowledge
of any violation, on the part of the holder, of any of the provisions
of this article or of the rules adopted thereunder. No permit so revoked
shall be reissued within six months of the date of its cancellation.
No person shall drive any water or gas pipe
in any street on which sewers are laid.
[Amended 1-5-1981 by Ord. No. 80-169; 1-13-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1; 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-5; 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
A. Any person
requesting emergency sewer service from the Department of Public Works
shall be notified that the owner of the premises will be subject to
a service charge of $150 from the City for each response, should the
Director determine that the sewer failure or blockage is in the owner’s
service lateral or within the owner’s premises.
B. Upon such
a determination by the Director, or his or her designee, the service
charge will be billed by municipal voucher to the owner of the premises.
The charge will be due within 30 days, and if not paid within such
time shall be added as a lien to the next tax levy applicable to the
property.
C. Any owner
to whom such a fee shall have been charged may appeal the decision
within 30 days of the date of the municipal voucher, to the Sewer
Complaint Review Board. Enforcement proceedings related to the collection
of the fee shall be stayed until decision of the Sewer Complaint Review
Board.
[Added 8-24-1970 by Ord. No. 15368; amended 7-8-1974 by Ord. No. 16479; 11-19-1979 by Ord. No. 79-109; 12-7-1981 by Ord. No. 81-119; 7-16-1984 by Ord. No. 84-35; 8-8-1988 by Ord. No. 88-64; 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
A. The following
rates are established for sewer service outside the limits of the
City of Schenectady effective January 1, 2011:
(1) One
hundred seventy four dollars and sixty cents per annum per family
unit.
(2) The
rate of $1.937 per 100 cubic feet of sewage flow.
(3) The
Director of Water and Wastewater shall compute a surcharge for high-strength
sewage and shall apply the surcharge to the above rates where applicable.
(4)
The fee charged by the City to add additional connections, both
for residential and commercial units, to the City Sewer and Wastewater
Treatment System, shall be set by resolution of the City Council.
[Added 4-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-03]
B. Family
units. The Director is hereby authorized and directed to determine
the equivalent number of family units for residential units, combination
residential-business units, combination residential-professional units,
institutional units, nonresidential units, commercial units and industrial
units.
C. High-flow users. Should any user be engaged in activities or processes requiring the use of large amounts of water as determined by the Director, the amount to be billed is to be computed on the basis of the rates set forth in Subsection
A(2) above. The amount of flow is to be determined by sewage meters or by using the water consumption readings for the facility.
D. High-strength users. Should any user be engaged in activities or processes contributing high-strength wastes to the sewer system as determined by the Director, the Director is hereby authorized and directed to compute a surcharge based on the strength of the sewage as compared to normal domestic sewage and to apply the surcharge to the rates established in Subsection
A(1) and
(2).
E. The cost
of determining the quantity of sewage flow and/or the strength of
sewage discharged by any user is to be borne by the user.