[Adopted 1-6-1992]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this article shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
Riverside Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Riverside, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
CHURCH
Any structure used as a religious worship facility located within the Borough of Riverside.
DANVILLE BOROUGH
The Borough of Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, manufactured home, mobile home, or other enclosure occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together or by persons living alone.
GARAGE AND VEHICLE REPAIR BUSINESS
A building where the maintenance and repair of vehicles takes place.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any property situate in the Borough used wholly or in part for the manufacture, processing, cleaning, laundering, or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or any other property situate in this Borough from which wastes, in addition to or other than sanitary sewage, are discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, other than sewage.
LAUNDROMAT
A place where laundering is done by the public.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society, corporation or other group or entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, expressed in moles per liter of solution, indicating the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PPM
Parts per million by weight.
RESTAURANT
A public eating place or club or tavern.
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment where the sale of goods in small amounts to ultimate consumers takes place.
SCHOOL
An institution for teaching and learning.
SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any improved property.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
The sewage treatment plant and related facilities owned by Danville Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality authority, and operated for the purpose of treatment of sewage and other permitted wastes, and all additions, modifications, alterations and improvements thereto.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping or disposing of sewage and/or industrial wastes, situate in or adjacent to this Borough and leased to this Borough under a contract and lease, dated as of July 1, 1951.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Suspended solids as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
TREATMENT AGREEMENT
The agreement, dated as of November 1, 1970, between the Danville Municipal Authority and Danville Borough, on the one hand, and the Authority and this Borough, on the other hand, providing, inter alia, for the reception, transportation, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes from the sewer system by Danville Borough, together with any supplements and amendments from time to time made thereto.
[Amended 1-3-1995; 12-4-1995; 3-2-1998]
Sewer rentals or charges are imposed upon and shall be collected from the owner of each improved property which is or shall be connected with the sewer system, for use of the sewer system, whether such use shall be direct or indirect, which sewer rentals or charges shall commence and shall be effective as of April 1, 1998, and shall be payable as provided herein, in accordance with the following schedule of rates and classifications:
A. 
Residential quarterly.
(1) 
For single-occupancy residences (equivalent dwelling unit): $85 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(2) 
Each residential dwelling unit in a double house, in a row of connecting houses or in an apartment shall be billed as a separate entity.
B. 
Nonresidential.
(1) 
Commercial, including garages and repair shops: $60 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(2) 
Schools: $280 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(3) 
Church: $60 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(4) 
Restaurants: $135 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(5) 
Car wash: $95 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(6) 
Laundromats: $280 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(7) 
For each residential property in part devoted to commercial purposes and for each nonresidential improved property not hereinbefore specifically enumerated which shall discharge sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system, the sewer rental or charge shall be $80 per quarter.
(8) 
Beauticians/stylists: $100 per quarter.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(9) 
Gas stations: $280 per quarter.
[Added 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(10) 
Industrial establishments: $5,000 per quarter. Industrial establishments discharging sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system must adhere to all limits set forth by the Borough of Danville and the Danville Municipal Authority.
(11) 
Additional classifications and sewer rentals or charges or modification of the above schedule of sewer rentals or charges may be established by this Borough from time to time as deemed necessary.
(12) 
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit this Borough from entering into separate agreements with owners with respect to sewer rentals or charges to be imposed in those cases where, due to seasonal fluctuations, contributions toward construction by owners or other unusual circumstances, the sewer rentals or charges set forth herein shall be deemed by this Borough to be unfair or inequitable.
A. 
In the case of an owner of improved property whose bill for sewer rentals or charges shall be computed, in whole or in part, upon the basis of water volume usage, the billing shall be based upon the water consumption for the immediately preceding quarter annum.
B. 
In the case of an owner of improved property whose quarterly bill for sewer rentals or charges shall be computed on any basis completely independent of water volume usage, the quarterly billing dates shall be the first days of January, April, July and October, respectively, in each year, or on such other dates as this Borough, by resolution or ordinance, shall specify, and shall cover a quarterly billing period consisting of the immediately succeeding three complete calendar months.
C. 
Sewer rentals or charges shall be due and payable upon the applicable billing date set forth on the bill, and the appropriate amount computed in accordance with this article shall constitute the net bill. If sewer rentals and charges are not paid within 60 calendar days after each billing date, an additional sum of 10% shall be added to such net bill, which net bill, plus such additional sum, shall constitute the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked on or before the last day of such sixty-calendar-day period shall constitute payment within such period. If the end of such sixty-calendar-day period shall fall on a legal holiday or a Sunday, payment made on or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding weekday which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
D. 
Every owner of improved property which is connected to the sewer system initially shall provide this Borough with and thereafter shall keep this Borough advised of his correct address. Failure of any person to receive bills for sewer rentals or charges shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment, nor shall such failure result in an extension of the period of time during which the net bill shall be payable.
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this article shall be a lien on the improved property connected to and served by the sewer system, and any such sewer rentals or charges which are delinquent shall be filed as a lien against the improved property so connected to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the office of the Prothonotary of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 5, Prohibited wastes, Subsections A through E, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See now § 225-26.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, recoverable with costs, together with judgment, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days if the amount of said judgment is not paid. Each day a violation is permitted shall constitute a separate offense.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Section 6, Regulations governing admission of industrial wastes into sewer system, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See now § 225-26.
Admission of prohibited and industrial wastes into the sewer system is regulated under Article IV of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
This Borough shall have the right of access, at reasonable times, to any part of any improved property served by the sewer system as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service rendered by this Borough through the sewer system.
This Borough reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, such additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper in connection with use and operation of the sewer system, which rules and regulations shall become and shall be construed as part of this article.
[Amended 12-6-1999][1]
The charge for connecting each property to the sewer system shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The property owners within the Borough of Riverside shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the sewer laterals from the property line to the main trunk sewer line. The property owners shall be further responsible for the installation and maintenance of the lateral sewer lines from the property line of the individual crossing any street or alley of the Borough to connect to the main trunk line, with the property owners being responsible for the restoration of the said street or alley to its previous condition prior to any excavation. The said property owners shall further be responsible to provide the said Borough with a performance bond prior to any excavation which may take place on any street or alley in the said Borough, with the said bond to remain in effect for a period of one year from the date of said excavation and backfilling to be made and performed in accordance with the specifications set forth by the Riverside Borough Engineer.