[Adopted 2-15-1999 by Ord. No. 836[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Art. V, Sewer Rents, adopted 5-15-1995 by Ord. No. 801.
The Borough of Mount Oliver (hereinafter "borough")
shall and does hereby exercise its option, according to the terms
of Paragraph 26 of Ordinance No. 424, to pay the aggregate amount
of all sewage service charges which would be payable by water users
in the borough, and the borough hereby covenants and agrees that it
will pay each quarterly statement by the Allegheny County Sanitary
Authority (hereinafter "ALCOSAN") out of current revenues of the borough
and within 90 days after the date of billing of each quarterly statement.
The borough shall bill all customers of ALCOSAN
within the borough in an amount set out below, which amount shall
be at least equal to the amount which would be payable otherwise by
sewer users within the borough to ALCOSAN for sewage treatment services
contemplated by Ordinance No. 424.
There is hereby imposed a sewer rental and sewer
service charge in the borough upon the owners and/or occupants of
all properties within the borough served by the sanitary sewers of
the borough, or private sewer systems which discharge ultimately into
the sewage system of ALCOSAN, for the purpose of providing for the
cost of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement
of the system, expenses of administration, applicable debt service
costs, charges by ALCOSAN and other related costs.
In order to apportion the sewer rental and sewer
charges herein imposed equitably among the properties served by the
borough sanitary sewers, or private sewer facilities discharging ultimately
into the sewage system of ALCOSAN, the sewer rentals and sewer charges
shall be based on water used on such property, subject to such appropriate
adjustment as hereinafter provided and subject to such additional
charges as are adopted for wastes other than sewage, based on the
strength and characteristics of such wastes.
Where the entire source of water on the premises
is metered, the rate shall be based on the quantity of water used
as measured by the meter. In cases where the properties obtain water
from wells or springs, the borough, at its option, shall require the
owner or occupant, without expense to the borough, to provide a meter
acceptable to the borough on the well or spring; or the borough shall
make an estimate of the amount of water used from nonmetered sources
and discharged into the sanitary sewers of the borough, or into private
sewers discharging into the sewage system of ALCOSAN; or shall charge
the flat rate established.
Where more than one family unit uses a single
service line, the charge for all service to said building shall be
apportioned between or among all family units, or each family unit
shall pay the appropriate rate. For purposes of this section, a "family
unit" shall mean an individual or two or more persons living together
as a single household within a dwelling.
Where a residential use and a commercial use
are conducted on the same premises, separate meters shall be installed
for each such use; or the residential use shall be charged the appropriate
rate, and the commercial use charged an amount based on usage according
to the meter; or the charge for all service to said premises shall
be apportioned between and among all occupants, as the borough may
elect.
If any substantial portion of the water used
regularly on any lot or parcel of ground does not enter the sewage
system, the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel may secure
a reduction of the amount of sewage service charges to be paid by
him by installing, at his own expense and subject to such regulations
as may be prescribed, a separate meter or other measuring device approved
for measuring water so used, in which event the quantity of water
so used shall thereafter be excluded in computing the sewage service
charges to be paid by the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or
parcel. The charge, if any, for reading such water meter shall be
added to the quarterly sewer rate. The owner must work with ALCOSAN
to implement this section.
[Amended 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 873; 9-17-2007 by Ord. No.
897; 3-15-2010 by Ord. No. 918; 3-17-2014 by Ord. No. 939]
The rates for sewer service to sewered premises
within the Borough shall be an amount equal to the sum of the following:
A.
The sewer
rate charge per 1,000 gallons imposed by ALCOSAN, presently at $5.05
per 1,000 gallons per month;
B.
The line
service charge per account imposed by ALCOSAN, presently at $10.61
per quarter;
C.
The sewer
rate charge per 1,000 gallons imposed by the Borough of Mount Oliver,
presently at $7.12 per 1,000 gallons per month.
Commercial or industrial water users whose wastes
have an unusually high concentration of suspended solids and/or biochemical
oxygen demand (BOD) and/or an unusually high chlorine demand shall
be subject to the following surcharge rates:
A.
Suspended solids:
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F = 2.0 + 1.0 [0.44 (SS
- 275)]
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275
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Where:
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F = Factor to be applied to basic
rate.
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SS = Suspended solids of particular wastes in
parts per million (ppm).
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B.
Biochemical oxygen demand:
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F = 2.0 + 1.0 [0.27 (BOD - 300)]
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300
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Where:
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F = Factor to be applied
to basic rate.
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BOD = Biochemical oxygen demand of particular
wastes in parts per million (ppm).
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C.
Chlorine demand:
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Rc = 0.0167 Pc (C-5)
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Where:
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Rc = Surcharge rate for chlorine demand in cents
per thousand gallons of wastes.
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Pc = Contract price of chlorine in cents per
pound.
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C = Chlorine demand of particular
wastes in parts per million (ppm).
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The following charges shall be added to each
water user's sewage bill, as calculated hereinbefore, for each garbage
grinder:
Bills for sewer rental and sewer service charges
as imposed by this article shall be rendered quarterly by the borough
or its agent authorized by resolution of Council on the basis of the
most recent quarterly water meter reading or estimate. Such charges
shall be due and payable within 30 days of the billing date.
[Amended 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 873; 3-15-2010 by Ord. No.
918]
Sewer rental and service charges imposed hereunder
and not paid within 30 days of the billing date shall be subject to
the rate of 1 1/2% per month upon any water and/or sewage charge,
or fraction thereof, which is delinquent by more than 30 days, including
costs of collection, until paid, and shall be a lien upon the real
property to which said sewer rental or sewer service charge applied
from the date said sewer rental or sewer service charge becomes due
and payable. Said sewer rental or sewer service charge, if not paid
within 30 days, may be collected as provided by law, including but
not limited to the filing of a municipal lien or a civil action.
Funds received by the borough from collection
of sewer rentals and sewer service charges herein provided for shall
be deposited in a separate account designated "Borough of Mount Oliver
Sewer Account" and used only for the following purposes:
A.
Payment of the aggregate sewer service charges of
ALCOSAN.
B.
Defraying the cost of engineering, construction, extension,
addition, operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, inspection and
administration in connection with any part of the sanitary sewer system
of the borough and private sewers discharging ultimately into the
sewage system of ALCOSAN.
C.
Payment of applicable debt service costs and charges
for construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement or
upkeep of any part of said sewer system.
D.
Payment of any other costs related to the borough
sewer system, private sewer systems discharging ultimately into the
sewage system of ALCOSAN and ALCOSAN service charges.
The billing method provided for in this article
shall commence with the beginning of the next quarter after all of
the following conditions have been met:
Any person, firm, association or corporation
violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be
subject to the maximum penalties permitted by law. Each day a violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense. Partners or members
of firms or associations and officers of corporations shall be individually
liable for violations chargeable to a firm, association or corporation.
The Council of the Borough of Mount Oliver shall,
at its discretion, review the rate schedule then in effect pursuant
to this article to determine if such schedule is producing revenues
required for the purposes set out in this article. If the rate schedule
is found to be producing a shortfall or a material surplus of funds,
it shall be adjusted by Council by resolution. Accordingly, without
further action of Council, any increases in the sewer rate charge
and/or line/service charge imposed by ALCOSAN shall automatically
be added to the bill of the affected borough sewer user, effective
as of the date on which such increase by ALCOSAN shall become effective.
The provisions of this article shall take effect
for ALCOSAN billing round No. 158, which has a billing date of February
25, 1999.
