As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall mean and include:
CAPITAL RENT
A component of the sewer rent charged against all rental
units in the district for the purpose of funding the capital costs
and the debt service of the district.
[Added 1-24-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance, or a
combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing,
trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural
resources.
OPERATING RENT
A component of the sewer rent charged against all those rental
units in the districts which are connected to the sewer systems, used
for the purpose of funding the operation and maintenance of the districts.
[Added 1-24-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; amended 9-9-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 1-8-2003 by L.L. No.
1-2003]
OTHER WASTES
Garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand,
lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids, chemicals
and other discarded matter not sewage or industrial waste.
PART
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," all lateral
sewers or all branch sewers or all interceptor sewers or all trunk
sewers and any sewage treatment and disposal works, each part with
necessary appurtenances including pumping stations.
RENTAL UNITS
A unit for the purpose of charging for sewer rents or for general sewer assessments, calculated as per §
147-2.
[Amended 1-24-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
SEWAGE
The water-carried human or animal wastes and permissible
industrial wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments
or other places, together with such ground- and surface water infiltration
as may be present.
SEWER RENTS
A scale of annual charges established and imposed in the
sewer districts in the Town for the use and/or availability of the
sanitary sewer system or any part or parts thereof.
[Amended 1-14-1981; 1-8-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
SEWER SYSTEMS
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or
useful in whole or in part in connection with the collection, treatment
or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and which
are owned, operated or maintained by the sewer district in the Town,
including sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal
works, if any.
[Amended 1-14-1981]
[Amended 1-14-1970; 1-14-1981; 4-13-1983; 1-24-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 9-9-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
A. Vacant properties. Any vacant properties shall be
charged 1/10 unit for each 1/10 acre or major fraction thereof.
B. Residential. Rental units shall be determined as follows:
(1) A one-family dwelling or any part or parts thereof
and located upon premises not exceeding 100 feet in frontage and 200
feet in depth shall constitute one rental unit. Such properties with
frontage over 100 feet will be charged one unit for the first 100
feet plus 1/10 unit for each additional 10 feet of frontage or major
fraction thereof. Area of such properties in the sewer district and
more than 200 feet from the frontage will be assessed at the rate
of 1/10 additional unit for each 1/10 acre or major fraction thereof
which is located more than 200 feet from the frontage.
(2) Properties in the sewer district which have no frontage
will be assessed 1/10 unit for each 1/10 acre in excess of the basic
minimum one-unit formula of 100 feet by 200 feet.
(3) Residential structures or any part or parts thereof
occupied or designed to be occupied by two or more families, including
two-family and multifamily dwellings and apartments, apartment houses
and such, shall consist of one rental unit for each apartment or living
quarters for a separate family unit contained in or on such premises.
C. Commercial and industrial. Rental units shall be determined
as follows:
(1) All types of structures or any part or parts thereof not described in Subsection
A or Subsection
B(1),
(2) or
(3) of this section, including but not limited to schools, churches, institutions, motels, stores and commercial and industrial properties, shall constitute that number of rental units by dividing the annual water consumption on said premises by 60,000 gallons. The number of rental units so calculated shall not, however, be less than one unit. Such premises containing separate offices representing different businesses, however, shall constitute a minimum of one rental unit for each business.
[Amended 1-8-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
D. During the first year, when actual water consumption
figures are not available, the Superintendent of the Brighton Sewer
District shall estimate such rental charges based upon water consumption
usages by other similar-type users.
E. In the event that any parcel of real property in its
entirety falls within more than one of the above classifications,
that classification which produces the greatest number of rental units
shall be the one applicable. In the event that any parcel of real
property is divisible into two or more classifications, the number
of rental units in each classification shall be determined, and the
total thereof shall constitute the number of rental units applicable
to the entire parcel.
[Amended 1-14-1981; 4-27-2016]
Sewer rents are hereby established and imposed for the sewer
systems in the Town serving the sewer district now existing, those
hereafter created and extensions of either on behalf of said sewer
district. In accordance with this chapter and General Municipal Law
Article 14-F, the Town Board, through the annual budget process, shall
cause the calculation of, public input on, and establishment of sanitary
sewer rents for those properties within sanitary sewer districts and/or
extensions thereof, as is appropriate. The Town Board from time to
time by resolution may also cause the calculation of, public input
on, and establishment of sanitary sewer rents for those properties
within sanitary sewer districts and/or extensions thereof, as is appropriate.
[Amended 1-14-1970; 1-14-1981; 4-27-2016]
Once the annual tax rate for various sewer rent components has been determined, this rate will be multiplied by the total number of units derived, as outlined in §
147-2A,
B,
C,
D and
E, to arrive at the sewer rent charge for each component. These annual sewer rent charges are included as separate line items on the annual property tax bill and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and at the same time as provided by law for the collection and enforcement of Town taxes.
[Amended 1-14-1981]
Revenues derived from the sewer rents shall
be credited to a special fund to be known as the "Sewer Rent Fund."
Money in such fund shall be used only in the manner and for the purposes
specified and in the order required by the Sewer Rent Law of the State
of New York.