[Adopted 9-4-1956]
Pursuant to the authority of the Sewer Rent
Law of the State of New York (Chapter 765 of the Laws of 1951[1]) and any and all amendments thereto, there is hereby established
and imposed sewer rents as a means of producing revenue for the sewer
system for the Village of Victor, New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 450 et seq.
of the General Municipal Law.
As used in this Part 1, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Shall be determined as follows:
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGOne or more persons maintaining separate living quarters and having separate plumbing facilities and cooking facilities for the persons occupying such separate living quarters, irrespective of whether or not such separate living quarters may be part of what is commonly known as a "two-family" or "multiple-dwelling" house.
BOARDINGHOUSE or ROOMING HOUSEA house in which a room or rooms are rented to a person, but the room or rooms so occupied by the person do not have both separate toilet facilities and cooking facilities.
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 sewage pumping stations.
The water carrying human or animal waste and permissible
industrial waste from residences, buildings, industrial establishments
or other places.
A scale of annual charges established and imposed in the
Village of Victor for the use of the sewer system or any part or parts
thereof.
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 and operated or maintained by the Village of Victor, including
sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.
[Amended 8-21-1995 by L.L. No. 9-1995]
A.
The scale of annual sewer rents shall be as follows:
(1)
Senior citizen discount. A 50% discount will be given
to any property owner who is allowed a 50% senior citizens exemption
on Village property taxes and said property owner resides at the property.
For purposes of compiling the list of those eligible for the exemption,
the Assessor for the Village will submit a list of those senior citizens
who receive the 50% exemption on Village property taxes to the Village
Clerk, and said list shall be presumptive evidence of the qualification
of that property owner for the exemption, pending verification of
residence.
[Amended 12-1-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003]
(2)
Single-family dwellings. Premises occupied or designed
to be occupied as a single-family dwelling shall be charged one unit.
(3)
Two-family or multiple dwellings. Premises occupied
or designed to be occupied by two or more families, including two-family
dwellings, multiple-family dwellings, apartments and apartment houses,
shall be charged one unit for each apartment or separate living quarters
contained in or on such premises, without regard as to whether the
same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(4)
Rooming houses. Premises occupied or designed to be
occupied as a rooming house shall be charged 1/3 unit per bedroom
with a minimum charge of one unit per building, without regard as
to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(5)
Motels. Premises occupied or designed to be occupied
as a motel shall be charged 1/2 unit for each motel unit. For example,
a motel with 60 units, whether occupied or unoccupied, shall be charged
30 units.
(6)
Restaurants with a seating capacity over 50; bar/grill;
cocktail lounges. Premises occupied as a restaurant with a seating
capacity over 50, bar/grill and/or cocktail lounge shall be charged
a minimum of three units, plus an additional one unit for each 50
persons seating capacity or fraction thereof in excess of 100 persons
seating capacity, without regard as to whether the same are occupied
on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(7)
Beauty parlors. Premises occupied or claimed to be
occupied as a beauty parlor shall be charged two units without regard
as to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(8)
Barbershops. Premises occupied or claimed to be occupied
as a barbershop shall be charged one unit without regard as to whether
the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(9)
Soda fountain/snack shop/food courts with a seating
capacity under 50. Premises occupied or designed to be occupied as
a food/drink dispersal with on-site preparation shall be charged 1 1/2
units without regard to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal
or full-year basis.
(10)
Theaters and drive-in theaters. Premises occupied
or designed to be occupied as a theater or drive-in theater shall
be charged a minimum of three units, plus a 1/2 unit per each additional
theater viewing area without regard as to whether the same are occupied
on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(11)
Repair facilities. Premises occupied or designed to
be occupied as a motor vehicle and/or boat marina repair service or
repainting facility or garage shall be charged one unit per the first
four employees, plus 1/2 unit per each additional four employees or
fraction thereof, without regard as to whether the same are occupied
on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(12)
Gasoline stations with convenience stores. Premises
occupied or designed to be occupied as a gasoline station with convenience
store only shall be charged two units, without regard as to whether
the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(13)
Gasoline stations with convenience stores and snack
shops. Premises occupied or designed to be occupied as a gasoline
station with convenience store and snack shop shall be charged 3 1/2
units, without regard as to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal
or full-year basis.
(14)
Office buildings/business agencies. Premises occupied
or designed to be occupied as a location of a business office or offices
or a business agency or agencies shall be charged one unit for the
first four employees per business office or business agency, plus
1/2 unit per each additional four employees or fraction thereof per
business office or business agency, without regard to whether the
same are occupied on a seasonal of full-year basis.
[Amended 8-3-1998 by L.L. No. 6-1998]
(15)
Commercial stores. Premises occupied or designed to
be occupied as a commercial store shall be charged one unit up to
6,000 square feet of floor area plus 1/2 unit per each additional
6,000 square feet or fraction thereof, plus any additional units so
determined within this Part 1, without regard as to whether the same
are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(16)
Plazas or malls. Premises occupied or designed to
be occupied as a shopping plaza or mall with stores under 6,000 square
feet will be charged one unit per store, plus any additional units
so determined within this Part 1, without regard as to whether the
same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(17)
Laundromats. Premises occupied or designed to be occupied
as a laundromat, whether self-service or otherwise, shall be charged
1 1/2 units for each two single-capacity washing machines and
1 1/2 for each double washing machine, without regard as to whether
the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(18)
Mobile home parks. A mobile home park shall be charged
one unit for each approved mobile home stand, without regard as to
whether each space is actually occupied by a mobile home on a seasonal
or full-year basis.
(19)
Education facilities/day care. Premises occupied or
designed to be occupied as an educational facility or day care shall
be charged two units per 20 full-time student/faculty/support personnel
and full-time equivalent population, without regard as to whether
the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(20)
Banks and drive-in banks. Premises occupied or designed
to be utilized as a bank or drive-in bank shall be charged two units,
without regard as to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or
full-year basis.
(21)
Car wash. Premises occupied as a car wash, whether
self-service or otherwise, shall be charged two units per bay therein,
plus five units per every automatic car wash bay, without regard as
to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(22)
Church property. Premises designed or occupied to
be utilized for religious purposes (church, parsonage) will be charged
one unit for each sewered building, without regard as to whether the
same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(23)
Public park. Premises designed or utilized as a public
park shall be charged one unit for each male facility and one unit
for each female facility, without regard as to whether the same are
open on a seasonal or full-year basis.
(24)
Industrial/warehouse. Premises designed or occupied
as an industrial facility or warehouse shall be charged one unit,
plus one unit for each 10 employees or fraction thereof, plus an additional
industrial wastewater charge so determined by the Board of Trustees.
(25)
Nonprofit public services. Premises designed or occupied
to be utilized for a nonprofit public service (firehouse, ambulance
center) will be charged one unit for each sewered building, without
regard as to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year
basis.
(26)
Public schools. Premises designed or occupied to be
utilized for a public school will be charged at the rate of 1/10 of
a so-called household unit for each pupil, teacher and employee, without
regard as to whether the same are occupied on a seasonal or full-year
basis.
B.
Any parcel of real property which does not fall in
any of the above classifications shall be charged a rate as determined
by the Board of Trustees. In the event that any parcel of real property
falls within more than one of the above classifications, the combining
of household units for each classification will take place.
The sewer rents are hereby established and imposed
for the sewer system in the Village of Victor now existing, hereafter
created or an extension thereof.
On or before the first of October of each year,
the Village Board shall compute the annual sewer rent to be charged
to each sewer user in the Village of Victor, in accordance with this
Part 1. Such computation may be based upon facts obtained from its
own investigation or certified statements furnished by sewer rental
users containing pertinent facts or information based upon a period
ending on June 30 of the previous year, as to number of employees,
pupils, teachers, number of rooms or apartments or separate dwellings,
and the amount of the canning packed during said period or other necessary
facts or information which may be applicable. Such information shall
be furnished by sewer users to the Village Board upon a five-day written
notice requesting such information.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Bills shall be sent out quarterly: January 1,
April 1, July 1 and October 1. A penalty charge of 10% will be added
to all water and sewer bills unpaid after the first of the month succeeding
the beginning of each quarter and an additional 1/2 of 1% for each
month thereafter until the bill is paid or relevied on the Village
taxes.
[Amended 5-24-1971; 5-6-1974; 6-2-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975; 5-7-1979 by L.L. No.
1-1979; 4-18-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988; 6-5-1989; 3-2-1992 by L.L. No.
1-1992; 6-6-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994; 5-15-1995 by L.L. No.
3-1995; 4-15-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002; 3-15-2004 by L.L. No.
4-2004; 3-19-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
Property served by the Village of Victor sewer
system shall pay rates per quarter as set forth from time to time
by resolution of the Village Board.
