[Amended 5-24-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-5]
Sewer rentals and charges are hereby established, which shall be payable by and collected from the owner of each sewer rental unit from and after the earlier of the date upon which sanitary sewage or industrial waste is first discharged into the sewer system from such sewer rental unit or 12 months after capacity in the sewer system is reserved and the applicable tapping fee paid under the provisions of §
155-29.13.1 of the Code.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 96-6; 12-15-2003 by Ord. No.
2003-18; 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-17; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No.
2009-10; 1-6-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01; 12-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-18; 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
A. With respect to the service area of the publicly owned treatment
works owned and operated by the Authority, the annual sewer rental
for each residential unit shall be $482, payable in two equal semiannual
installments of $241 each.
B. With respect to the service area of the publicly owned treatment
works owned and operated by the Township, the annual sewer rental
for each residential unit shall be $482, payable in two equal semiannual
installments of $241 each.
[Amended 11-23-1992 by Ord. No. 92-16; 5-28-1996 by Ord. No.
96-6]
A. With respect to the service area within Upper Gwynedd
Township of the publicly owned treatment works owned and operated
by the Authority, all owners of nonresidential units shall pay an
annual sewer rental as follows:
[Amended 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18; 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-17; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-10; 1-6-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01; 12-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-18; 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
(1)
All such owners shall pay an annual sewer rental which shall
be the greater of a sewer rental of $482 ($241 semiannually) or a
sewer rental based upon actual water consumption or measured volume
of wastewater discharged into the sewer system computed at the rate
of $4.42 per thousand gallons of water consumed or wastewater discharged
into the sewer system during the semiannual period for which the billing
is rendered.
(2)
All owners of swimming pools, except those on single-family
residential lots, including all swimming clubs and pools maintained
by hotels, motels, or multifamily residential developments, shall
pay an annual sewer rental of $599.24 per year, payable annually.
B. With respect to the service area within Upper Gwynedd
Township of the publicly owned treatment works owned and operated
by the Township, all owners of nonresidential units shall pay an annual
sewer rental as follows:
[Amended 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18; 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-17; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-10; 1-6-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01; 12-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-18; 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
(1)
All owners of commercial units shall pay an annual sewer rental
which shall be the greater of a sewer rental of $482 ($241 semiannually)
or a sewer rental based upon actual water consumption or measured
volume of wastewater discharged into the sewer system computed at
the rate of $4.42 per thousand gallons of water consumed or wastewater
discharged into the sewer system, payable quarterly.
(2)
All owners of industrial units contributing domestic sewage
only shall pay an annual sewer rental, which shall be the greater
of $482 ($241 semiannually) or $15.14 per employee, payable quarterly.
(3)
All owners of industrial units which contribute nondomestic
sewage or domestic sewage combined with nondomestic sewage shall pay
an annual sewer rental based upon actual water consumption or measured
volume of wastewater discharged into the sewer system at the rate
of $4.42 per thousand gallons of water consumed or wastewater discharged
into the sewer system, payable quarterly.
(4)
All schools shall pay an annual sewer rental equal to $30.35
per student, payable annually.
(5)
All owners of swimming pools, except those on single-family
residential lots, including all swimming clubs and pools maintained
by hotels, motels or multifamily residential developments, shall pay
an annual sewer rental of $599.24 per year, payable annually.
(6)
If any payment described hereinabove is made within 30 days
of the date of billing therefor, the payor shall be entitled to a
2% discount; and if any such payment is made later than 60 days following
such billing date, the payor shall be subject to a 10% penalty thereon,
and further such payment shall be subject to interest at 10% per annum
from 60 days following the billing date to the date of payment.
C. Volume measurement. The volume of water to be used
for billing sewer rentals to nonresidential units shall include any
and all water purchased from the North Penn Water Authority, North
Wales Water Authority, Pennsylvania American Water Company or any
other private or public water company; and, in addition, all water
obtained from any other source or sources (wells, springs, streams,
etc.), as determined by meters installed and maintained by either
of said water authorities or any other private or public water company;
by meters maintained and installed by the property owner as may be
required, approved and inspected by the Township; or from estimates
or measurements made by the Township where metering is considered
impractical by the Township or when meters have not been installed.
D. Excluded water.
(1)
Exclusion from the sewer system and treatment
plant of noncontaminated wastewaters may be required by the Township,
or such exclusion may be optional with the property owner if not required
by the Township. When such wastewaters are not discharged to the sewer
system, sewer rentals shall be based upon total water consumption,
less wastewaters not discharged to the sewer system.
(2)
Wastewaters not discharged to the sewer system
may be determined from meters installed and maintained by the owner
or from estimates or measurements made by the Township, or the owner
may elect to measure the volume of waste actually discharged to the
sewer system as provided for below.
E. Sewer meters. The Township may require an industrial
establishment or the industrial establishment may elect to install,
pay for and maintain a meter approved by the Township for measuring
wastewaters discharged to the sewer system; in which case sewer rentals
shall be based upon the actual volume of wastes discharged to the
sewer system. Any premises used wholly or in part for the manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly of any product, commodity
or article or any other premises from which process wastes as distinct
from domestic sewage are discharged therefrom shall be classified
as an industrial establishment for sewer rental purposes.
F. Surcharge. In addition to the sewer rental established hereby, a nonresidential user may be subject to surcharges based upon the strength of the wastewater discharged as established under the provisions of Chapter
155, Sewers, Part
5, Pretreatment, §
155-30 et seq. Any nonresidential users subject to a strength surcharge under the pretreatment provisions shall pay, in addition to such surcharge, an additional amount to be added to each billing to cover all costs associated with the monitoring, sampling, testing or analysis of wastewater discharged by such nonresidential user.
G. Inspection facilities. When directed by the Township,
industrial or commercial establishments shall install, pay for and
maintain a manhole or other device as may be approved by the Township
to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of wastes discharged
to the sewer system and treatment plant. The Township, or its duly
authorized representatives, shall at all reasonable times be permitted
to enter upon any and all properties for the purpose of inspecting
all metering devices and of observing, measuring and sampling wastes
discharged to the sewer system and treatment plant. Any industrial
or commercial establishment that desires to connect with the sewer
system or which is connected to the sewer system and plans to change
its operations so as to materially alter the characteristics and volumes
of wastes discharged therefrom shall notify the Township, in writing,
at least 10 days before making such connection or changing its operations.
H. Installation and maintenance of meters. If the owner
of any industrial or commercial establishment shall be required pursuant
to the foregoing provisions to install a water meter or meters or
a meter or meters for measuring wastewaters, it shall be the duty
of such owner to furnish and install such meter at his own expense;
and in such case and also if such owner shall have voluntarily installed
such meter or meters, such owner shall be required to maintain the
same in good operating condition and make all necessary repairs and
replacements. If the owner, being obligated so to do, shall fail to
furnish or install such meter or meters or shall fail to maintain
the same as above provided, then in any such case, after 10 days'
written notice by the Township to perform such obligation, the Township
may enter onto such property at all reasonable times and install such
meter or meters or repair and maintain the same, as the case may be,
and charge the cost of such installation or repair to such owner.
Bills for such installation or repairs, if made by the Township, shall
be due and payable immediately upon completion of the work and then
shall be collected in the same manner as semiannual bills for sewer
rental and charges.
I. Amendments and modifications. Additional classifications
and sewer rentals or modifications of the above schedule of rentals
may be established or made by the Township from time to time as deemed
necessary.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 96-6; amended 7-26-2004 by Ord. No.
2004-7; 8-22-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-9]
With respect to the service area of the publicly
owned treatment works owned and operated by the Township, the tapping
fees imposed on either new contributors located in such service area
and on existing contributors located in such service area who increase
their contribution to the sewer system shall be those as established
from time to time by resolution of the Township. The tapping fee shall
be paid prior to connection to the sewer system in the case of a new
contributor and prior to the increase in contribution by an existing
contributor. With respect to the service area of the publicly owned
treatment works owned and operated by the Authority, the tapping fees
imposed on either new contributors or existing contributors who increase
their contribution shall be those as established from time to time
by resolution of the Authority.
Whenever sewer service to any sewer rental unit
begins after the first day or terminates before the last day of any
semiannual period, the sewer rentals for such sewer rental unit for
such semiannual period shall be for that portion of the semiannual
period during which the sewer rental unit is served. However, in making
such apportionment, a fraction of a month amounting to 1/2 or more
of a month shall be counted a full month, and a fraction of a month
amounting to less than 1/2 of a month shall be disregarded.
[Amended 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 90-13]
A. Delinquent bills for sewer rentals, together with
all charges, expenses and fees added thereof, shall in the manner
provided by law become a lien upon the property served and shall be
collectible by the Township by an action in assumpsit against the
owner of such property or be enforced against such property by the
filing of a municipal lien.
B. In addition to the above requirements, if a sewer
rental payment is delinquent by more than 30 days after prior notification
by the Township of Upper Gwynedd to the customer by certified mail,
giving the customer 10 days to pay the delinquency in full without
further notice from the Township of Upper Gwynedd, the North Wales
Water Authority or North Penn Water Authority is authorized to terminate
water service to the customer's premises.