Pursuant to Subsection 26-a of § 20
of the General City Law as added by Chapter 765 of the Laws of 1951
and pursuant to Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law as added
by Chapter 765 of the Laws of 1951, the City hereby establishes a
scale of sewer rents for the use of the public sewers and imposes
such sewer rents as an annual or semiannual charge on the real property
within the City using such public sewers.
[Amended 8-8-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988; 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
Where premises are supplied with water by the City and the consumption of such water is not measured by a meter, the sewer rent shall be determined and adjusted by the Director as set forth in §
255-74 of Chapter
255 of this Code. The sewer rates within the City shall be as follows:
A. General
uses.
Annual Flat Rates Inside City
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Rate/Year
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For one family, not exceeding 10 persons
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$117.09
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For each additional family
|
$117.09
|
For each bathtub
|
$38.89
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For each shower separate from the bathtub
|
$38.89
|
For each toilet inside building
|
$58.54
|
For each toilet outside building
|
$156.06
|
For each hose for sprinkling purposes, for each 25 feet of frontage
and fraction thereof
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$19.50
|
For each garage with water: each stall
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$58.54
|
For each public toilet
|
$156.06
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For each public urinal
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$156.06
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For each store, bank, office, warehouse, shop, etc., not requiring
an unusual supply of water
|
$135.58
|
B. The Director
of the Department of Water and Wastewater may establish fixed rates
for uses not listed above.
[Amended 8-8-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988; 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
Where premises are supplied with water by the
City and the consumption is measured by meters, the sewer rent is
to be based on the amount of water supplied or, if a sewage-flow meter
is used, by the amount of sewage flow as determined by that meter
but in no event may be less than the amount provided in Subsection
B below.
A. For each
six-month period for which meters are read, the sewer rent is as follows:
(1) Water
consumed per cubic feet:
(a) Inside City sewer rent: $1.756 per 100 cubic feet.
(b) Outside City sewer rent: $1.937 per 100 cubic feet.
B. In any
six-month period for which meters are read, the minimum inside City
sewer rent is $95.25.
C. In any
six-month period for which meters are read, the minimum outside City
sewer rent is $106.07.
Sewer rents shall be liens against real property
within the City to the extent set forth in § 452 of the
General Municipal Law.
The City may enforce the collection of delinquent
sewer rents pursuant to § 452 of the General Municipal Law.
If any owner of real property on which a sewer
rent has been imposed deems himself aggrieved because such real property
is not served by the sewer system or an error has been made in computing
such sewer rent, he may file an application for a refund of all or
part of such sewer rent. Such application shall be verified by him
and shall set forth the amount of refund sought and the grounds therefor.
Such application shall be presented to the Director of Finance, and
he shall forward such application to the City Council with his recommendations
in relation thereto. The City Council may, by a two-thirds vote, refund
all or part of such sewer rent.
Pursuant to § 453 of the General Municipal
Law, revenues derived from sewer rents shall be credited to a special
fund to be known as the "Sewer Rent Fund." Disbursements therefrom
shall be made pursuant to such section of the General Municipal Law.
None of such sewer rents shall be deemed a tax
against any real property within the City.