[Adopted 11-18-1963 by Ord. No. 553 (Ch. 18, Part 2, of the
1987 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 1-28-1980 by Ord. No. 783; 7-19-2012 by Ord. No. 1069]
A.
There is
hereby imposed upon the owners of, or the users of water in or on,
all properties situate within the limits of the Township and served
by the public sanitary sewage system a revision of sewer service charges
for the use of said system, payable as hereinafter provided in the
amounts hereinafter provided. The revised rates shall be applicable
with the first billing after the third cycle billing in 2012 and thereafter,
and shall include all sewer service rendered as a result of that billing,
or on a date 45 days after notice to connect to the public sanitary
sewage system is given as provided in ordinances of the Township.
Said owners and users shall be jointly and severally liable for the
payment of the sewer service charge and for the penalty and interest
herein prescribed for delinquent payment thereof.
B.
The Authority
may charge a fee to cover expenses related to all federal and state
mandates, which shall include but not be limited to the costs to administer
and implement said mandates.
[Amended 1-28-1980 by Ord. No. 783; 2-20-1983 by Ord. No. 812; 1-21-1985 by Ord. No. 829; 6-26-1987 by Ord. No. 853; 12-18-1989 by Ord. No.
876; 3-17-2011 by Ord. No. 1058; 7-19-2012 by Ord. No. 1069]
Sewer service charges shall be calculated on water consumption
and shall be as follows:
A.
For residential properties for each billing cycle:
(1)
The
rate shall be $10.50 per 1,000 gallons for every 1,000 gallons over
6,000 gallons.
(2)
There
shall be a minimum billing cycle charge of $63 up to 6,000 gallons.
(3)
Rates
shall be amended annually or from time to time by resolution of the
Board of the North Versailles Township Sanitary Authority.
B.
For commercial properties for each billing cycle:
(1)
The
rate shall be $10.75 per 1,000 gallons for every 1,000 gallons over
6,000 gallons.
(2)
There
shall be a minimum billing cycle charge of $64.50 up to 6,000 gallons.
(3)
Rates
shall be amended annually or from time to time by resolution of the
Board of the North Versailles Township Sanitary Authority.
C.
Flat-rate water users. All owners of or the uses of water in or on
all residential properties supplied with unemtered water service by
any Water Authority or Utility or having unmetered private water supply
shall pay a flat-rate sewer service charge of $130 per quarter or
its adjusted equivalent for sewer service periods of less than one
quarter; all commercial property users shall pay a flat-rate sewer
service charge of $135 per quarter or its adjusted equivalent for
sewer service periods of less than one quarter.
[Amended 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 857; 8-15-1988 by Ord. No. 867]
A.
Each sewer service charge, surcharge and penalty imposed by this
article shall be a debt due the Township or Township Board of Commissioners
and shall be a lien on the property served, and if not paid within
30 days after the date of the bill shall be deemed delinquent. In
such event, the Township or Township Board of Commissioners may proceed
to file a lien in the nature of a municipal lien in the office of
the Prothonotary of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and collect the
same in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection of
municipal claims; or the Township or Township Board of Commissioners
may proceed to collect such delinquent sewer service charge, surcharge
and penalty by an action in assumpsit, or by distress of personal
property on the premises. In the event of failure to pay the sewer
service charge, surcharge or penalty after they become delinquent
as herein provided, the Township or Township Board of Commissioners
shall be authorized, in addition to any other remedies authorized
by law, to remove or close the sanitary sewer connection and shall
have the right to enter upon the property served for such purpose
and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish such removal
or closing. The expenses of such removal or closing, as well as the
expense of restoring any such sewer service or connection, shall likewise
be a debt due the Township or Township Board of Commissioners and
a lien on the property served and may be filed and collected as hereinabove
provided, and such sanitary sewer connection shall not again be turned
on or the sewage service restored until all sewer service charges,
surcharges and penalties, including the expense of removal, closing
and restoration, shall have been paid.
B.
Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or to imprisonment for a
term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that a violation of this article
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 7-19-2012 by Ord. No. 1069]
C.
Change of ownership or occupancy of any property served by the public sanitary sewerage system for which the service charge, surcharge or penalty imposed by this article is delinquent, as provided in Subsection A hereof, shall not be a cause for reducing or eliminating the rights and remedies of the Township or Township Board of Commissioners set forth in this section.
