[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Bradford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. I of the 1995 Code, Special Sewer Tapping Charges, adopted 3-22-1948 by Ord. No. 2424, was excluded from the 2024 publication as obsolete.
[Adopted 5-9-1972 by Ord. No. 2892; amended in its entirety 12-22-1987 by Ord. No. 2892.1]
A. 
There is hereby established and imposed a sewer rental or charge for the use of the sanitary sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment works owned or operated by the City of Bradford Sanitary Authority, to be payable by the owners of all properties served thereby. In order to apportion the cost of such sanitary sewer service equitably among the properties served by said sanitary sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment works, the rental or charges for such services, for every property served by said sanitary sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment works, shall be as established from time to time by the Bradford Sanitary Authority.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
"Equivalent dwelling unit" (EDU) is defined as follows:
(1) 
For unmetered domestic water users, an "equivalent dwelling unit" is a single-family dwelling unit.
(2) 
For metered water users, an "equivalent dwelling unit" is 6,000 gallons of water used per month.
(3) 
For any other user, the City shall determine a fair rate to be charged subject to a right of appeal to the City Council within 20 days of receipt of notice thereof in the form of an invoice or otherwise.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(4) 
In any event, the minimum charge to any property served shall be as established from time to time by the Bradford Sanitary Authority.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
For metered customers supplied with water by the Bradford City Water Authority, the sewer rental or charge shall be computed monthly for industrial customers and quarterly for residential and commercial customers according to the water meter readings of said Department for water furnished to said properties during the previous monthly/quarterly period. Such bill may be estimated monthly.
D. 
All users having a source of water supply other than the water supply of the Bradford City Water Authority shall make application to the City Council for sanitary sewerage service and therein agree to install a water meter at their own expense on their source of water, which meter shall be subject to approval by the City, and shall pay a sewer rental charge on the basis of the meter readings at the same rate as provided in Subsection B. However, the City, at its option, may elect to bill a residential or commercial user at a minimum charge in lieu of meter installation.
E. 
The foregoing rates and conditions shall apply also to said industrial and commercial users of sanitary sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment works who have a source of water supply other than the water supply of the Bradford City Water Authority.
F. 
The domestic users having a source of water supply other than the water supply of the Bradford City Water Authority shall make application of the Council for approval to pay a sewer rental or charge by one of the following methods:
(1) 
The user shall install a water meter at his own expense on his source of water, which meter shall be subject to approval by the City, and shall pay a sewer rental charge on the basis of the meter readings at the same rate as provided in Subsection A; or
(2) 
The user shall pay a quarterly sewer rental or charge as established from time to time by the Bradford Sanitary Authority.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
G. 
A user charge as determined from time to time by the Bradford Sanitary Authority is imposed for each industry that is required to be monitored under the Bradford Industrial Pretreatment Program.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
All sewer rentals or charges shall be paid within 30 days or no later than the due date set forth on the bill for the period for which the rental or charge was assessed. If not so paid, the rental or charge shall become delinquent.
B. 
All delinquent charges shall be certified quarterly to the City Solicitor, who shall charge on each monthly bill certified an amount as determined from time to time by the Bradford Sanitary Authority. If suit is necessary to collect the delinquent charges, all costs of collection, including the City Solicitor's fees, will be charged to the persons responsible for payment.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
The City is hereby authorized to shut off City-supplied water service to premises for which sewer rentals or charges are delinquent, after giving such notice as may be required by law.
D. 
The owner or owners of the premises are responsible for the payment of all sewer rentals or charges assessed against the premises. The sewer rental or charge, together with penalties and interest as permitted by law, shall be a lien on the properties served.
A. 
The City is hereby authorized and empowered to establish rules and regulations governing the use of the sanitary and storm sewers, sewer system and sewage treatment facilities. The rules and regulations shall provide for a nondomestic waste permit procedure; shall consider the regulation, limitation or prohibition of the discharge into the sewage system of certain types, concentrations or volumes of waste which cannot be properly treated or which would be detrimental to the system; and may treat any other matters affecting the sewage system.
B. 
The rules and regulations shall take effect upon being approved by resolution of the City Council and shall be filed in the office of the City Administrator.
C. 
Every building and/or property in the City of Bradford is required to have an authorized sewage disposal system and to be legally discharging sewage into the system. If the charges for sewage service are not paid within 30 days of the date they are due, the building and/or property for which the charges are owed will no longer have authority to discharge sewage into the system. Failure to have a legally authorized system in which to discharge sewage or the authority to discharge sewage will cause the City Administrator to order the water service shut off to the premises for which sewer rental or charges are delinquent, after giving one week's notice. Water service to said premises will not be permitted until the past-due sewage balance is paid in full or a payment plan agreeable to the City Administrator is entered into, in writing, by the person(s) responsible for the past-due payment.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article commits a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.