[Adopted 12-6-1982]
It is the judgment of the Township that the
charges provided for herein are reasonable and necessary at the present
time to pay the expenses for operation and maintenance of the sewerage
system, including reserves, insurance, extension and replacements
and to pay punctually the principal of and interest on Township bonds
issued to finance construction and to maintain such reserves therefor
as may be required and as are determined necessary and desirable by
the Township. A portion of the charges provided for herein shall be
used to establish a replacement cost fund for the replacement of major
equipment, including but not limited to pumping systems, utilized
in the sewerage system. Such a fund will be established upon the recommendation
of the Township Engineer based upon the expected useful life of any
major equipment utilized in the sewerage system and the expected replacement
cost thereof.
It is the determination of the governing body
that such income and expenses shall be kept separate and apart from
the local municipal budget and shall be collected in a separate sewer
utility fund for the purposes of this article.
The Township shall review not less than every
two years the wastewater contribution of users and user classes, the
total cost of operation and maintenance of the sewerage system and
the Township user charge system and revise the charges for users or
user classes to accomplish the following:
A.
Maintain the proportional distribution of operation
and maintenance cost among users and user classes as required herein.
B.
Generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation
and maintenance costs necessary for the proper operation and maintenance,
including a replacement of the sewerage system.
C.
Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users
to the cost of operation and maintenance attributable to that class
for the next year and adjust the rate accordingly.
For the purposes of this article, the following
words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings given herein:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under laboratory procedure in five days at 20°
C., expressed in parts per million (ppm) by weight.
Any nonresidential user which discharges segregated domestic
wastes or water from sanitary conveniences.
The area along the service line where a lateral connects
with a line running from the owner's premises. Said point is the area
where municipal responsibilities end and owner responsibilities begin.
The curb vent or cleanout shall usually be located adjacent to the
curb abutting a street servicing the owner's premises.
One who works 20 hours or more per week.
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. "Properly
shredded garbage" shall mean garbage which has been shredded so that
no garbage particles will be greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A receptacle designed to separate and retain grease, oil
and other fatty substances from wastes.
Any nonresidential user, identified in the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, under
Divisions A, B, D and E, which discharges industrial process waters
into the Township's sanitary sewage collection system.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Water other than wastewater that enters a sewerage system,
including sewer service connections, from the ground through such
means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manholes. "Infiltration"
does not include and is distinguished from inflow.
Water other than wastewater that enters a sewerage system,
including sewer service connections, from sources such as roof leaders,
cellar drains, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections between
storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage. "Inflow" does not
include and is distinguished from infiltration.
A building which contains two or more separate living quarters
and which is owned by one person, corporation, partnership or other
entity.
Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
The equivalent of a flow of 350 gallons of effluent per day.
That area of the Township of Readington, including the Village
of Three Bridges, whose sewage collection system is serviced by the
R.T.M.U.A.
A building which contains two or more separate living quarters
where the ownership of each separate living quarter is held by a different
person, corporation or partnership.
That area of the Township of Readington, including the Village
of Whitehouse and Whitehouse Station, whose sewage collection system
is serviced by Readington-Lebanon Sewerage Authority.
A.
Upon notice by the Township Administrator, the owner
of any building located on property anywhere in the Township, which
property abuts a street in which a sewer is constructed, or if a sewer
line runs through any improved property in the Township, then the
owner of such building shall, within 90 days after the receipt of
notice by the Township Administrator, connect said building with the
sanitary sewer system; provided, however, that where the building
setback line of any building is greater than 300 feet from an existing
sewer line or the building cannot be serviced by gravity, then in
such event the owner of said building may apply to the Township Board
of Health for a waiver of the mandatory hookup provisions of this
article. The application to the Township Board of Health shall provide
the following information:
(1)
The address and tax lot and block number of the property.
(2)
The zoning of the property.
(3)
The zoning of surrounding properties.
(4)
The area of the property for which the waiver is sought,
including dimensions such as side yard, rear yard and setback.
(5)
The location of the existing waste disposal system.
B.
After reviewing the application and upon examination
of the existing waste disposal system by a representative of the Board
of Health, the Board may, if it deems the existing waste disposal
system not to be a nuisance or a menace to the public health, issue
a waiver of the mandatory hookup provisions of this article. The waiver
issued shall be for a period of two years. The applicant, its successors
and assigns shall reapply every two years to the Board of Health for
a new waiver, and each new application shall provide the information
herein required. The applicant shall execute the waiver in recordable
form, and the waiver shall be recorded in the Hunterdon County Clerk's
office.
C.
The owner of any new building occupied after the effective
date of this article, which building abuts a street in which a sewer
is now constructed or shall be hereafter constructed, or if such property
has a sewer line running through it, shall, before the occupancy of
said building, connect the premises with the sanitary sewer line.
D.
The charges for sewer service as hereinafter set forth
shall commence on the date of connection or 90 days after such owner
has received notice to connect, whichever event first occurs. Upon
failure to pay the charges, whether or not connection is made, the
owner shall be liable for the penalties and fine provisions hereinafter
set forth in this article. The sewer charges shall be made by the
Township and billed to the owners of real property upon which there
are improvements at the sanitary sewer rental or charge of $480 per
year for each sewer rental unit in the Three Bridges Sewer Area and
$480 per year for each sewer rental unit in the Whitehouse Sewer Area.
The number of sewer rental units shall be determined in different
instances as follows:
[Amended 9-15-1986; 3-6-1995 by Ord. No. 5-95; 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 1-2004; 2-22-2005 by Ord. No. 6-2005; 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 02-2009; 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 02-2014; 2-19-2019 by Ord. No. 02-2019; 6-17-2024 by Ord. No. 18-2024]
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Use
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Sewer Rental Units
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Single-family dwelling
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1
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Multiple-family dwelling, unit per apartment
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1
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Boarder's room in a single or multiple-family
residence.
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1/2
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Hotel or motel, per room
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1/4
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Commercial or professional establishment
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4 or fewer employees
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1
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Each additional 4 employees or fraction thereof
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1
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Laundromat, per machine
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3/4
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Church
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1
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School with showers, for each student and personnel
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1/28
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School without showers, for each student and
personnel
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1/35
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Service station
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1 1/3
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Service station with portable car wash, an additional
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1/2
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Car dealers and/or recreational vehicle dealers
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Every 4 employees, plus
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1
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Service facilities, plus
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3
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Portable car wash
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1/2
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Tavern, for each 10 seats (whether at bar or
tables)
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1
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Social or fraternal club
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1
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Social or fraternal club with bar
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5
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Private golf club, tennis clubs or athletic
clubs, per member (not including restaurant or bar facilities, which
will be billed additionally in accordance with the tavern or restaurant
provisions hereof)
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1/40
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Semiprivate or public club, tennis, club or
athletic club per sanitary fixture (sink, toilet, urinal, shower,
other, not including restaurant or bar facilities, which will be billed
additionally in accordance with the tavern or restaurant provisions
hereof)
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1/4
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Restaurant, for each 10 seats (whether at counter
or tables)
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1
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Movie theater, per seat
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1/70
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Professional office within residential dwelling
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2
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Permanent car wash
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10 or metered
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Industrial use, per 4 employees
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1 or metered and sampling basis
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Factories, offices, warehouses and similar uses
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Minimum 2, plus 1/20 of 1 unit per employee
based on the maximum number of employees on the payroll in each calendar
year
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Readington Township Board of Education schools
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To be metered
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Unspecified users
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To be determined as a result of an engineering
study by the Township Engineer, using as a unit basis 350 gallons
per day or major fraction thereof
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NOTE: If an allocation of user charges in a commercial or industrial building complex, shopping center or development which is being charged at the rate of more than 10 units results in a disproportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs among the users as determined by the Township Committee in accordance with the provisions of this article, then each user shall be metered to measure sewage usage continuously for the purpose of determining the number of gallons of effluent per day produced by the user, thereby determining the appropriate sewer rental unit for each user. The cost of the installation of the meters shall be borne by the owner, who will and shall grant to the Township, its agents and officers the right of access to all meters at all reasonable times and the right to inspect all flow records at reasonable times. The Township may request quarterly self-monitoring reports from the owner. The sewer use charge may, at the discretion of the Township, be billed to the owner of the facility or building or to each tenant, provided that each tenant deposits a security deposit with the Township in an amount equal to the estimated use based on the provisions of §§ 187-6 and 187-7 of this article. The escrow shall be adjusted after one year in accordance with the actual metered use of the tenant. The escrow shall be held in a segregated account for the benefit of the tenant. The Township shall have a right to withdraw any funds from the escrow account in the event that the tenant is in default of any payments pursuant to the terms of this article. The balance of the escrow shall be returned to the tenant upon vacation of the metered premises.
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[Amended 3-7-1983]
If the use of the schedule in § 187-5D results in fractional units, the number of units shall be increased to the next whole unit. No rate shall be billed on the basis of less than a minimum of one full unit. Any user being charged at a rate of more than 10 units may, on application to the Township and upon approval of such application by the Township, install a sewage meter to measure continuously the flow of sewage for the purpose of determining the number of gallons of effluent per day produced by the user, thereby determining the appropriate sewer rental unit. The application shall be accompanied by a review fee of $100. The cost of the installation shall be borne by the owner, who will and shall grant to the Township, its agents and officers the right of access to such meter at all reasonable times and the right to inspect all flow records at reasonable times.
All charges for service after the initial billing
shall be billed quarter annually as follows: for the first quarter,
covering the months of January, February and March, on March 1; for
the second quarter, covering the months of April, May and June, on
June 1; for the third quarter, covering the months of July, August
and September, on September 1; and for the fourth quarter, covering
the months of October, November and December, on December 1.
Sewer charges are based upon estimated annual
operating and capital costs as well as the treatment costs in the
Three Bridges Sewer Area to R.T.M.U.A. and in the Whitehouse Sewer
Area to the Readington-Lebanon Sewerage Authority and may be changed
from time to time as the needs generated by such costs may require.
Where premises or a building is occupied by
more than one commercial or industrial establishment or by a combination
of both types of establishment, the charge will be determined by applying
the aforesaid rates to each commercial and industrial establishment
located therein. Where premises or a building contains a dwelling
unit or units in combination with or in addition to commercial or
industrial establishments, the charge will be determined by applying
the aforesaid rates to each dwelling unit and commercial or industrial
establishment located therein.
The Township reserves the right to sample all
commercial and industrial wastes which are anticipated to have organic
loadings, suspended solid loadings and chlorine demand in excess of
standards established for the Three Bridges Sewer Area by the R.T.M.U.A.
and for the Whitehouse Sewer Area by the Readington-Lebanon Sewerage
Authority.
A surcharge will be added for all industrial
or commercial wastes which exceed the aforesaid standards established
by the R.T.M.U.A. for the Three Bridges Sewer Area and by the Readington-Lebanon
Sewerage Authority for the Whitehouse Sewer Area.
Industrial wastes subject to surcharges shall
pay under the schedule established for the Three Bridges Sewer Area
by the R.T.M.U.A. and for the Whitehouse Sewer Area by the Readington-Lebanon
Sewerage Authority.
In addition to any testing or sampling required
under the terms of this article, any applicable federal or state regulations
or code or any other applicable law or regulation, the Township may,
in its discretion, require periodic testing or sampling of any user
of the Township's sewerage system if, in the opinion of the Township,
such testing or sampling is necessary in light of the nature or quantity
of that user's sewage discharge, the number or type of employees or
occupants of the premises, the nature of the use or operation of the
premises or other factors which in the Township's opinion require
further analysis or evaluation as to the nature of the effluent being
discharged into the Township's system.
Any user whose effluent is tested or sampled
pursuant to the terms of this article, applicable regulation, code,
permit or law will be charged by the Township for the sampling in
accordance with the following rates:
Under no circumstances will any of the following
be discharged into the sanitary sewers of the Township of Readington,
directly or indirectly:
A.
Inflow.
B.
Any toxic substances, such as gasoline, benzine, naphtha,
fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
C.
Any liquid having a temperature higher than 150°
F.
D.
Any liquid containing more than 100 parts per million
of fat, oil or grease, or other matter containing any ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics
or wood.
E.
Any solid or viscous substance capable of causing
obstructions or other interference with the proper operation of the
R.T.M.U.A. sewage treatment plant or the sewage collection system.
F.
Any liquid having a pH, as determined by the Township
Engineer, R.T.M.U.A. or Readington-Lebanon Sewerage Authority, lower
than 6.0 or higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property
capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel,
or material that would be harmful to the treatment of sewage.
G.
Ground garbage, except the residue from the preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such degree
that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under flow
conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle
greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A.
The officers and agents of the Township, R.T.M.U.A.
and the Readington-Lebanon Sewerage Authority shall have unrestricted
access at reasonable hours to all premises served by the Township's
sewage collection system to inspect the collection system and to see
that the requirements of the Township regarding the use of the customer's
sewer connection are being observed. Additionally, any owner of property
which discharges industrial waste into the sanitary sewerage system
shall, at the owner's expense, provide suitable facilities to enable
samples of such waste to be collected for analysis and further permit
authorized representatives of the Township and the R.T.M.U.A. to collect
such samples from users within the Township.
B.
Any damage to pipes, manholes or any other property
of the Township caused by carelessness or neglect of a customer must
be paid for by the customer upon presentation of a bill therefor.
[Amended 11-7-1994]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article or fail to comply therewith shall severally,
for each and every such violation and noncompliance, forfeit and pay
a penalty of $1,000 for the first conviction and $5,000 for each conviction
thereafter. The imposition of the foregoing penalty shall not bar
the right of the governing body to specifically enforce the provisions
of this article. All cost to the Township caused by any such violation
shall be borne by the violator.
The cost of operation and maintenance for all
flow indirectly attributable to users which arises out of infiltration/inflow
shall be distributed among all users of the system in the same manner
as the cost of operation and maintenance among users or user classes
is distributed for their actual use.
The Township shall notify each user at least
annually with a regular bill of the rate in that portion of the user
charges which is attributable to wastewater treatment services.
A.
The owner of any premises required to be connected
to the sanitary sewer system or desiring to construct a sewer extension
or to make a change in any existing connection to the sanitary sewer
system shall make an application in writing to the Township upon forms
provided by the Township.
B.
All connections from the curb vent shall be done at
the expense of the property owner.
C.
The application shall provide the following information:
the name of the person who is to make the connection applied for,
the Tax Map lot and block, the address of the premises and the purpose
of the connection.
D.
An application for a sewer main extension shall be
accompanied by four sets of plans and specifications prepared and
sealed by an engineer licensed by the State of New Jersey.
E.
The application for a sewer connection and/or sewer
extension shall be signed by the owner of the property or by his authorized
agent and shall be accompanied by the consent of the applicant to
be bound by all provisions of this article along with other applicable
rules and regulations adopted by the Township.
Upon connection to the Township's sanitary sewer
system, then the individual sewage disposal facility serving such
premises shall be abandoned and (other than concrete septic tanks)
such facility shall be filled with suitable material and inspected
by the Township's Code Enforcement Office.
All connections with a sewer lateral shall be
made in a careful and workmanlike manner in accordance with the provisions
of the Plumbing Code of the Township of Readington. Except as herein
provided, the Plumbing Code of the Township of Readington shall in
all cases prevail, and application for a plumbing permit to install
the sewer lateral shall be made through the Plumbing Inspector of
the Township of Readington.
A.
Grease traps or other appliances necessary to properly
protect the sewer system from stoppage shall be installed by the owner
or occupant of the property at its or their expense upon notification
by the Township in writing to make such installation. Upon failure
or neglect of any such owner or occupant to comply with such notice,
in addition to the penalty herein provided for the violation of this
article, the permit to connect said property to the sewer system may
be revoked by the Township.
B.
All food establishments shall install such grease traps, filters or other pretreatment facilities and operating procedures designed to prevent the materials specified in § 187-15 from entering the sewer system. A detail of the plan for such grease traps, filters, etc., shall be supplied to the Plumbing Subcode Official/Inspector with an outline of the establishment's operating procedures to prevent entry into the sewer system. Such installation, plans, procedures and maintenance plan shall be approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official/Inspector. As a minimum such traps, filters, etc., shall be not less than 90% efficient and shall have a two-week holding capacity.
[Added 11-7-1994]
C.
Maintenance. All food establishments shall maintain
such traps, filters, etc., in proper working order, and they shall
perform the necessary operating procedures on a continuous basis.
Removal of trapped waste shall be only by licensed haulers. A receipt
serving as proof of hauling and proper disposal shall be part of the
inspection.
[Added 11-7-1994]
D.
Curb vents or cleanout plugs at the curb shall be
maintained at the expense of the owner or occupant of the premises.
E.
Inspections. The Township, its agents or employees
may inspect such filters, traps, etc., and receipts for maintenance
and disposal and such procedures to ensure that the traps, filters,
etc, are properly installed, maintained and cleaned out.
[Added 11-7-1994][1]
F.
Jurisdiction/interpretation. The Health Code Subofficial
and Plumbing Inspector shall have jurisdiction over the enforcement
of this section. In cases here there is a disagreement over whether
or not an establishment discharges grease, the applicant may apply
for a waiver and/or interpretation of this article from the Readington
Township Board of Health.
[Added 11-7-1994]
G.
Application. This section pertains to all new construction
that constitutes a food establishment, either under the Township ordinances,
or the interpretation of the Board of Health through the Health Code
Subofficial and the Plumbing Inspector. This section shall also apply
to an existing food establishment if that establishment expands or
if an existing establishment changes to become a food establishment,
unless a waiver is obtained from the Board of Health. Notwithstanding,
if an existing establishment is reopening or the ownership of the
licenses is changing and there is no expansion or change of use, then
that establishment shall meet the requirements of Chapter 12 of the
New Jersey State Sanitary Code with respect to grease traps. The Township
of Readington further adopts the definition of the Hunterdon County
Health Department with respect to "other installations" which for
the purpose of this article shall mean those commercial establishments
that do on-site cooking.
[Added 11-7-1994]
Bills for sewer service shall be rendered with
the tax billing procedure presently employed by the Township. Bills
remaining unpaid for more than 45 days after the billing date of such
bill shall accrue interest from the billing date at the maximum rate
permitted for nonpayment of real property taxes pursuant to N.J.S.A.
54:4-67, which at the present time is 8% on the first $1,500 of delinquency
and 18% on any amount in excess of $1,500, or at such greater rate
of interest as may hereafter be permitted by future amendment to the
foregoing statute.
[Added 9-4-1984; amended 3-2-1998]
A.
Upon the effective date of this section, there shall
be charged and collected for each sewer rental unit (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as "unit") for each connection with the sanitary sewer
system of the Township of Readington a fee of $640. For the purposes
of this article, "sanitary sewer system" refers to users both in the
Readington Lebanon Sewerage Authority sewer service area and in the
Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority sewer service area.
Said payment shall be due and payable to the Township at the time
an application is made for a permit and prior to the time that the
connection or tie-in is made. No person, firm, or other entity shall
install or make connection to the sanitary sewerage system without
first paying the aforesaid fee.
[Amended 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 21-2011]
B.
C.
The above connection fee shall apply to all new connections
made after the effective date of this article, except for those entities
which have entered into an agreement with the Township for payment
in lieu of the connection fee.
D.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11 and any other
applicable statutory authority, the Township shall recompute the connection
fee at the end of each budget year (but not later than 90 days therefrom)
if it is determined after public hearing that the fee should be revised.
In accordance with the statutory requirements, connection charges
shall not exceed the actual cost of the physical connection plus an
amount representing a fair payment towards the cost of the system
to the Township and shall be computed 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 interest thereon
paid by the Township, as the case may be, 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 the
Township, 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 Township,
as the case may be, received therefrom 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 Township
by a public entity under a service agreement or service contract shall
then be subtracted.
(3)
The remainder shall be divided by the total number
of service units served by the authority at the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal year of the authority, and the results shall then
be appointed to each new connector according to the number of service
units attributed to that connector to produce the connector's contribution
to the cost of the system. In attributing service units to each connector,
the estimated average daily flow of sewage for the connector shall
be divided by the average daily flow of sewage for the average single-family
residence in the Township's sewer service area to produce the number
of service units to be attributed.
(4)
The connection fee combined with the sewerage services
charges of the Township shall be such that the revenues to the Township
as a result of the sewerage facilities shall be adequate to pay the
expenses to the Township of the operation and maintenance of the sewerage
facilities, including improvements, extensions, enlargements and replacements
to sewerage facilities, reserves, insurance, principal and interest
on any bonds, and to maintain reserves or sinking funds therefor as
may be required under the bond covenants or any contracts or as may
be deemed necessary or desirable.
E.
The public hearing shall be held at least 20 days
after notice is mailed to the Clerk of any other municipality serviced
by the Readington-Lebanon Sewerage Authority and the Raritan Township
Municipal Utilities Authority and after publication of notice of any
proposed adjustment of the service charges and of the time and place
of the public hearing in at least two newspapers of general circulation
in the area serviced by the Authority.
F.
The revised connection fee shall apply to those who
subsequently connect to the system in that budget year.
[Added 11-2-1987 by Ord. No. 11-87;
amended 9-17-2001 by Ord. No. 17-2001; 4-21-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
A.
Order of priority; reserves.
(1)
By existing joint agreement with the Readington Lebanon
Sewerage Authority, the Township of Readington has a total sewer allocation
of 935,000 gpd. Upon study by the Township, there is a limited amount
of sewer capacity in Readington Township at the present time. Any
remaining capacity from Readington's portion of its allotted capacity
in the Readington Lebanon Sewerage Authority sewer service area shall
be allocated in the following order of priority, subject to availability:
(a)
First, to those projects which will enable the
Township to meet its future Mount Laurel affordable housing obligations;
and
(b)
Secondly, to remedy those properties within
the sewer service area which constitute an "emergency" due to failing
septic systems.
(c)
To all other requests for properties located within the sewer
service area, in the order received.
[Added 10-2-2017 by Ord.
No. 13-2017]
(2)
The Township reserves the right to keep that portion
of sewerage capacity needed for "reserve" to meet NJDEP requirements.
B.
Applications for sewer capacity.
[Amended 10-2-2017 by Ord. No. 13-2017]
(1)
Allocations
for sewer capacity from Readington's allocated portion of sewer capacity
shall be made by the Readington Township Committee upon written agreement
to be entered into with the applicant, after the allocation request
has been reviewed and a favorable recommendation has been made by
the Readington Township Sewer Advisory Committee.
(2)
All
requests for sewer allocation shall be made utilizing the Township's
application form and considered according to the criteria which the
Township hereby adopts as follows.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said application is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(3)
Fees
for sewer allocation request.
(a)
There shall be a nonrefundable application fee of $100 for sewer
allocation requests to cover administrative costs, payable at the
time the application is made.
(b)
There shall be an escrow fee of $1,000 to cover the engineering review
of submitted documents, confirm that the site is located within the
sewer service area, has access to a sewer main and for the purpose
of providing a recommendation to the Sewer Advisory Committee.
C.
In the case of those development projects which have
not received an approval by the appropriate township board having
jurisdiction at the time a request for gallonage is made, allocation
agreements shall provide that if the applicant does not make formal
application to the appropriate township board within two years of
approval of the allocation, then the Township Committee may, in its
discretion, terminate the agreement. If within two years after preliminary
approval, construction has not commenced, the Township Committee may,
at its discretion, terminate the agreement. The agreement may be extended
upon application to the Township if there is a showing of good cause,
at the option of the Township Committee.
D.
Applicants who received capacity allocations under this section shall enter into a sewer plant expansion developer contribution agreement which is intended to cover the Township's share of the portion of the costs of expanding the RLSA treatment plant until such time as those costs have been satisfied. The contribution is a one-time fee of $18.83 per gallon. Those entering into a developer contribution agreement shall not be required to pay the Township's sewer hook-up fee normally required under § 187-25 of the Code. Those applicants who have undeveloped lots shall also enter into an allocation agreement, which may be a separate document or contained within the developer contribution agreement. The allocation agreements will provide, as in the past, that the applicant will pay for the allocation on a per unit basis representing 1/3 of the user charge for the first year; 2/3 of the user charge for the second year; and 100% of the user charge for the third year and thereafter. In the event of a termination of the allocation agreement by the Township, none of the user charges paid by the applicant will be reimbursed. In the event the Township's costs of the expansion of the sewer plant have been satisfied and developer contribution agreements are no longer required, then the user fees paid to the Township pursuant to an allocation agreement shall not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to pay connection fees pursuant to the terms of this article.
E.
Allocation of sewer capacity may not be transferred
from the owner without prior approval of the Readington Township Committee,
upon review and recommendation of the Readington Township Sewer Advisory
Committee.
