A.
Revenues derived from the collection of user charges
shall be deposited to and disbursement associated with the operation
and maintenance of the local sewer system shall be withdrawn from
an account or accounts dedicated exclusively to these purposes.
B.
Amalgamation of local sewer system accounts with those
for any other purpose, including public water supply, shall be contrary
to the intent of this chapter.
When at the end of any fiscal year user charges
have been collected in excess of those required to defray operating
maintenance expenses, the surplus shall be applied to reduce user
charges for the next fiscal year. However, the City Auditor, upon
consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the City of Ventnor,
may place said amount or a portion thereof in a surplus line item
to be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year.
No statement contained within this chapter shall
be construed as prohibiting the collection of additional fees for
initial sewer system connection, sewer expansions or extensions, dedicated
(reserved) transport or treatment capacity in excess of current actual
use or pretreatment of industrial wastes.
No individual or other entity may make any illicit connection
with the sewer system in the City of Ventnor nor shall any person
or entity discharge or cause to be discharged by an illicit connection
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the City
of Ventnor any domestic sewerage other than stormwater.
All buildings located within the City of Ventnor are required
to be connected to such sewer service. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued until the proper sewer connection is made for any
new construction. No property whether residential or commercial shall
be connected to the public sewer system without the installation of
an approved curbside "clean-out device" of such design and type as
is approved in accordance with the applicable Uniform Construction
and Plumbing Codes.
In the event of the nonpayment of all or any portion of the
charges herein prescribed and provided as and when due, such unpaid
amount shall bear an interest penalty at the rate of 1% per month
after 30 days from the date the amount became due.
The local utilities shall review the charges for the sewerage
utility on an annual basis and revise the same if necessary to insure
that revenues are sufficient to offset the total cost of operating
and maintaining the local sewer system and to maintain the proportionate
distribution of costs among users or user class.
The cost of all extraneous flow that the City
is unable to specifically designate to a particular user shall have
its costs distributed in equal proportions to all of the then users
of the sewer system of the City of Ventnor City. This form of cross-distribution
is implemented in accordance with the dictates and the guidelines
of federal standards.
