[Adopted 1-14-2004 by Ord. No. 939]
[Amended 7-12-2006 by Ord. No. 950; 5-12-2010 by Ord. No. 973; 12-9-2015 by Ord. No. 991; 6-13-2018 by Ord. No.
1002]
A.
The owner of each property which is metered to measure water consumption
shall constitute a "customer" under this section, regardless of the
number of residential or commercial units connected to the meter.
B.
All customers of the Emsworth Borough sanitary sewer system shall
be assessed quarterly usage fees as follows:
(1)
Each customer shall pay a flat quarterly usage fee of $15.60, plus
an additional $7.42 for each 1,000 gallons of water used for charges
assessed by the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority; and
(2)
Each customer shall also pay a flat quarterly usage fee of $2, plus
an additional $5.35 for each 1,000 gallons of water used for charges
assessed by the Borough.
C.
These fees shall be imposed upon all customers beginning with Allegheny
County Sanitary Authority Billing Cycle #235.
In the event that the Allegheny County Sanitary
Authority increases rates to and for the Borough of Emsworth, such
rate increases shall be passed on to customers and users of the Borough
of Emsworth. Likewise, the Borough of Emsworth from time to time shall
have the authority and power to make certain rate changes. All such
changes shall be approved by the Borough Council and shall be enacted
by ordinance.
The Borough of Emsworth or its agent shall have
the power and authority to collect such fees on a quarterly basis
from users and customers. All such users and customers shall be billed
to the record property owner and not any tenant or lessee. The Borough
of Emsworth or its empowered agent shall likewise have the authority
to make reasonable rules for the administration of the user fee collections
and for delinquent collections, in accordance with all applicable
law.
