[Adopted 3-23-1965 by Ord. No. 161-65]
There is hereby imposed a sewer service charge
upon the owners of residential dwelling units, commercial, industrial
and institutional properties coming within the tolerances for sewage
discharge as will be determined and regulated from time to time by
the Borough of Lake City and served or to be served by the sanitary
sewer system leased to the Borough. A "residential dwelling unit"
shall mean any room, group of rooms, enclosure, trailer, etc., occupied
or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family
or other group of persons living together or by a person living alone.
[Amended 5-11-1965 by Ord. No. 164-65; 12-27-1968 by Ord. No. 192-68; 5-17-1976 by Ord. No. 228-76; 12-21-1981 by Ord. No. 255-81; 9-19-1988 by Ord. No. 281-88; 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 331-97; 12-8-2003 by Ord. No. 356-03; 1-11-2010 by Ord. No.
392-10; 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 407-12; 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 409-12; 12-14-2015 by Ord. No. 422-15]
A.
The sewer service charge to be charged to a residential dwelling
unit located in the Borough for the discharging of the sanitary sewage
into said sanitary sewer system shall be at a rate based on a percentage
of the current water charges, said percentage to be 510% at present,
or at such rate as the Borough may determine from time to time.
B.
The sewer service charge to be charged to a residential dwelling
unit located in the Borough for the discharging of sanitary sewage
into the sanitary sewer system where said residential dwelling unit
does not use or consume water from the Borough water system shall
be at the rate of 510% of the minimum water rate charged to the users
of the Borough water system or at such rate as the Borough may determine
from time to time.
[Amended 12-27-1968 by Ord. No. 192-68; 5-17-1976 by Ord. No. 228-76; 12-21-1981 by Ord. No.
255-81; 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 331-97; 12-8-2003 by Ord. No.
356-03; 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 373-06; 1-11-2010 by Ord. No.
392-10]
A.
The sewer service charge to be charged to commercial and institutional
properties which have one or more buildings connected to and discharging
sanitary sewage into said sanitary sewer system shall be based on
a percentage of the current water rate; said rate at present shall
be 510% of the current water charges; provided, however, that the
Sewer Service Charge Collector shall, but only upon the approval of
the Borough Engineer, exclude from the sewer charges such amounts
of metered water as are shown to be cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters, which are not disposed of through the sanitary sewer
system.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 407-12; 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 409-12; 12-14-2015 by Ord. No. 422-15]
B.
The sewer service charge to be charged to industrial
properties which have one or more buildings connected to and discharging
sanitary sewage into said sanitary sewer system shall be based on
a percentage of the current water rate. At present, said rate shall
be 450% of the current water charges; provided, however, that the
Sewer Service Charge Collector shall, but only upon the approval of
the Borough Engineer, exclude from the sewer charges such amounts
of metered water as are shown to be cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters, which are not disposed of through the sanitary sewer
system.
A.
The sewer service charges imposed under §§ 52-21 and 52-22 of this Part 2 shall be paid quarterly, bimonthly or monthly in accordance with billings for sewer service as shall be rendered by the Borough or its agent. The Borough or its agent may assign different billing periods to different users. If the bill of any such user shall cover a period in which less than full period of sewer service shall be rendered, such bill shall be computed on a metered basis.
B.
The sewer service charges hereby imposed shall be effective for all sewer service rendered on and after April 1, 1969, or on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date thereafter on which sewer service is rendered to the properties referred to in § 52-20 of this Part 2, and shall be payable according to the billing. Each bill shall be due and payable upon billing.
[Amended 12-27-1968 by Ord. No. 192-68]
C.
The owner or owners of property and the tenants and
occupiers thereof are jointly and severally responsible for the payment
of all sewer service charges and penalties. Any sewer service charge
not paid shall be a lien on the property charged with the payment
thereof, and 30 days after a statement was rendered for such sewer
service charge, a penalty of 10% of such sewer service charge shall
be added thereto and shall be due and payable therewith. Such sewer
service charge and penalty, if not paid 30 days after the due date
which the statement rendered for such sewer service charge, may be
collected by an action of assumpsit or by distress of personal property
on the premises or by filing a municipal lien and execution thereon
or by any other means of due process of the law.
[Amended 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 392-10]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Lake City
may by resolution designate a person as the Sewer Service Charge Collector.
All moneys received by the Borough from the
collection of sewer service charges herein provided for shall be deposited
to the credit of the Borough's sewer revenue account for the purpose
of defraying the expense of the Borough in the operation, maintenance,
repair, alteration, inspection or other expense in relation to said
sanitary sewer system and for such payments as the Borough may be
required to make under any lease or agreement it may enter into with
the Authority with respect to the said sewer system.
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 321-95; 7-21-1997 by Ord. No. 330-97]
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 321-95; 7-21-1997 by Ord. No. 330-97]
The limitations set forth in Part 3 shall govern
all discharges into the sanitary sewer system of Lake City Borough.
All limitations imposed shall apply at the point where the wastes
are discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 1-21-1991 by Ord. No. 296-91; 12-18-1995 by Ord. No.
321-95; 7-21-1997 by Ord. No. 330-97]
A.
The Borough's representative(s) shall have access
at all reasonable times to residential dwelling units and to all industrial,
commercial and institutional establishments to which sewer service
is supplied to make any necessary inspection.
B.
The Borough may, from time to time, adopt further
rules and regulations, in addition to the rules and regulations set
forth in this Part 2 or Part 3 as the Borough shall deem necessary
or appropriate for the efficient operation, maintenance or preservation
of the sanitary sewer system, the wastewater treatment plant and all
appurtenances thereto or the sewer business.
After the effective date of this Part 2, no
owner or owners of property connected with said sanitary sewer system
shall discharge or permit the discharge into said sanitary sewer system
of any stormwater, surface water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters.
[Amended 11-6-1995 by Ord. No. 320-95; 7-21-1997 by Ord. No.
330-97]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Part 2 shall be subject to the fines and penalties as established
in Part 3.
