A special sewer service charge shall be imposed
for any industrial firm or organization which, by virtue of the volume,
strength or unusual characteristic of its waste alone, would overload
or upset the capacity or efficiency of the Town wastewater facilities
or any part thereof if such waste entered the public sewer, or whose
waste disposal situation is such that it would be in the public interest
to waive the basic requirements. The Select Board, after appropriate
study, and advice from the Superintendent, shall establish a special
sewer service charge to the industrial firm by separate agreement
with said firm. The applicable portions of the preceding sections,
as well as the equitable rights of the public, shall be the basis
for such an arrangement.
Sewer rates shall be assessed by the Select
Board in the following manner:
A. Charges shall be based on water usage for each quarter
immediately prior to the billing, except that for the first fiscal
year following adoption of this section, the charge shall be the higher
of the two billing methods. If no water meter reading is available,
the minimum charge shall apply.
B. All charges pursuant to this section will be billed
quarterly to the property owner. In the case of mobile home/trailer
sites, the property or site owner shall be billed.
C. All properties with buildings that are connected to
a public sewer or private sewer system and that have plumbing, whether
occupied or not, and whether the water has been turned on or not,
shall pay at least the minimum sewer charge. The sewer billing shall
start from the date the building sewer is connected to the private
and/or public sewer.
D. Each condominium unit, dwelling unit, and each mobile
home site shall be considered a separate and individual sewer connection
even though several units or sites are connected by one or more sewer
lines to the private or public sewer. Each unit or site owner shall
pay at least the minimum sewer charge.
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E. Property owners who are serviced by a public sewer
and who obtain their water from a private source such as a private
well are required to install a metering device that will measure the
amount of flow from the private water source. The sewer rate for such
owners shall be based upon the metered amount if in excess of the
minimum rate. Otherwise, the minimum amount will be charged.
F. All users found, after investigation by the Superintendent, to be in violation of §
60-30 (discharging unpolluted waters to sanitary sewers) may be charged an additional surtax of 100% of their sewer rate for a minimum period of one year after notice or $750, whichever is greater.