The sewer rentals as established by this chapter shall be billed
in accordance with the following provisions and regulations:
A.
The owners of properties subject to residential sewer rental as provided
in this chapter and quarterly meter reading nonresidential North Penn
Water Authority customers shall be billed quarterly for sewer service.
B.
Nonresidential sewer rental users and monthly meter reading North
Penn Water Authority customers shall be billed monthly for sewer service.
C.
All bills are payable within 30 days of the mailing date of the bill
to such address as is designated on the bill.
A.
The Borough Council may execute a warrant or warrants authorizing
the collection of delinquent sewer rentals through an officer employed
by the Council to collect the same, and said officer shall have, so
far as the Acts of Assembly permit, the same authority as is vested
by law in an officer issued such warrant to collect Borough taxes.
B.
Failure of the owner of any property to pay the sewer rental bill
within 30 days after being billed shall result in charges and penalties
being added to the bill as established and changed from time to time
by resolution of Borough Council, and the Borough may impose a lien
on the property or properties of such owner charged with payment of
the bill, and the aforesaid charges and penalties, as may be provided
for and permitted by the Act of Assembly, including the Municipal
Claims Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207 (53 P.S. § 7101 et
seq.), as amended from time to time, and in the Borough Code Act of
July 10, 1947, P.L. 1621 (53 P.S. § 45101 et seq.),[1] as amended from time to time.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
C.
Sewer rental bills not paid within the thirty-day time limit, as
provided in this chapter, shall be deemed to be delinquent, and the
Borough shall have the authority at any time after said thirty-day
period to cut off sanitary sewer service to the properties for which
such delinquent bills are outstanding or cause water service to be
cut off to the properties for which such delinquent bills are outstanding,
in accordance with the provisions 53 P.S. § 3102.501 et
seq., as amended, and need not restore such service until proper settlement
of the account has been made, including the payment of any additional
costs incurred by the Borough in the discontinuance and restoration
of service.[2]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough lockup
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
