As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5)
days at twenty degrees centigrade (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
DWELLING
A building or part of a building which contains living, sleeping
and housekeeping accommodations.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building or buildings designated or occupied solely for
dwelling by two (2) or more families living independently of each
other.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof providing housekeeping facilities
for one (1) family.
FAMILY
A single person keeping house separately or any number of
individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption living together
as a single housekeeping unit or a group of not more than seven (7)
persons keeping house together but not related by blood.
INFILTRATION
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.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewerage system,
including sewer service connections, from sources such as roof leaders,
cellar drains, area drains, foundation drains, manhole covers, cross-connections
between storm and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwater
and surface water runoff. "Inflow" does not include and is distinguished
from infiltration.
NEW HAVEN WATER COMPANY
A utility corporation having its principal place of business
at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut (after June 20, 1978),
its successors or assigns.
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Any commercial, industrial, institutional, public or other
building not used solely as a dwelling, including boardinghouses,
hotels and motels.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Sewage for which analyses show by weight, under standard
laboratory conditions, a daily average of not more than three hundred
(300) milligrams relative to dischargers to the Branford system, three
hundred fifty (350) milligrams to the North Haven system and two hundred
(200) milligrams to the East Haven system of suspended solids per
liter of waste; not more than two hundred forty (240) milligrams relative
to dischargers to the Branford system, three hundred (300) milligrams
to the North Haven system and two hundred (200) milligrams to the
East Haven system of BOD per liter of waste; and not more than fifty
(50) milligrams of either soluble matter (grease or oil), each, per
liter of waste.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the sewer system. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
REPLACEMENT
Sewer system expenditures involving obtaining and installing
equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary to maintain
the capacity and performance during the period for which such system
was designed and constructed.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities of the Town of North Branford plus those common
facilities as defined in the intertown contracts with Branford, North
Haven and/or East Haven for collecting, pumping, metering, treating
and/or disposing of sewage from residences, business buildings, institutions
and industrial establishments.
SEWER USER CHARGE
The amount of money paid by owners of real property using
the sewer system for the cost of operation and maintenance of the
sewer system.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Solids that either float or are in suspension in water or
sewage and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TREATABLE POLLUTANTS
Components in sanitary sewage which are amenable to the sewage
treatment process.
[Amended 6-4-1991 by Ord. No. 172; 6-20-1995 by Ord. No.
182]
The user charge and surcharges shall be fixed
by the Water Pollution Control Authority on an annual basis no later
than September 30 of each year following a public hearing. Such charges
shall be for the town's fiscal year and shall be due and payable annually
on October 1. Charges for the first year of the town's user charge
system shall be on a prorated basis. If any annual bill exceeds fifty
dollars ($50.), such bill shall be due and payable one-half (1/2)
on October 1 and one-half (1/2) on the following April 1 on an annual
basis. Charges for the first year and succeeding years will be levied
in advance and calculated on the basis of estimated values. In the
case of a property which has connected during the annual period, such
charges shall be prorated for the actual number of months within the
stated period that the property was connected. A period of less than
fifteen (15) days shall be disregarded, and a period in excess of
fifteen (15) days shall be deemed a full month.
The owner of real property subject to the user
charge and surcharges shall be liable for and shall be billed for
payment of such charges. Such charges, together with interest thereon,
as defined by state statute, shall constitute a lien upon the property
upon which the building is located, and such lien may be foreclosed,
and such charges may be collected in the manner provided in § 7-258
of the Connecticut General Statutes and such other statutes which
are applicable.
The user charge and surcharge shall be collected
by the Town Tax Collector and turned over periodically as directed
by the Town Manager to the Town Treasurer and deposited in a special
account separate from other town funds, designated the "Sewage Works
Operating Fund" and used solely for operation, maintenance and replacement
of the sewage works and for any other use allowed by law.
This Article may be amended by the North Branford
Town Council from time to time and at any time as it deems necessary
subject to the Charter of the Town of North Branford, its ordinances
and the statutes of the State of Connecticut.