As used in this article the following words
and terms shall be construed as follows:
PERSON
Includes natural persons, partnerships, organizations and
corporations.
REGULATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY
Such rules and regulations as the Sewer Authority may from
time to time adopt and promulgate with respect to any matter affecting
the maintenance and operation of the sewerage system and with respect
to the collection of sewer rentals imposed by this article.
REGULATIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP
Such rules and regulations as the Township may from time
to time adopt and promulgate with respect to any matter affecting
the maintenance and operation of the sewerage system and with respect
to the collection of sewer rentals imposed by this article.
SEWER
All sanitary sewers, all lateral sewer service connections
and all main collecting sewers and trunk lines included in the sewerage
system.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The existing sewerage facilities within the service area
of the Township, together with all renewals, replacements, additions,
extensions and enlargements from time to time made with respect thereto;
but does not include stormwater sewers.
TOWNSHIP
Township of Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania, a
municipal body having its principal address at 2451 West Pike Street,
Houston, Pennsylvania 15342.
USERS
All persons owning or occupying property having connections
to the sewerage system.
WATER COMPANY
The Western Pennsylvania Water Company of Washington, Pennsylvania,
and any successor thereto.
The Township hereby establishes a separate sewer
district to be known as "Arden Industrial Park Sewer District," which
shall be comprised of the Arden Industrial Park Area Sanitary Sewer
System, as is defined and described in the plans and specifications
titled "As Builts Arden Downs Sanitary Sewer Project" dated as of
August 12, 1978, and identified as Nos. WC-77-38-d2, WC-78-1.B.3 and
certified by Engelhardt-Power and Associates, Inc. of Washington,
Pennsylvania, consulting engineers, on September 28, 1981.
All persons owning improved property within
the Arden Industrial Park District which abuts on or adjoins any street
or right-of-way in which there now is or shall hereafter be a sewer
shall, at their own expense, within three months after the effective
date of this article, or within three months after the construction
of any new sewer, make connection with such sewer in the manner prescribed
by this article or in accordance with the regulations of the Authority,
or its agent or assignee, for the purpose of discharge into such sewer
such drainage or waste matter as is specified in this article or as
may from time to time be specified by the regulations of the Authority,
or its agent or assignee.
From and after the effective date of this article,
it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or to permit to be
discharged into any sewer any roof or surface water or the flow from
any groundwater collection system or any matter determined by the
regulations of the Authority to be dangerous or harmful to or the
discharge of which into a sewer would adversely affect the sewerage
system or the functioning thereof, or the process of sewage treatment
and disposal, or to discharge or to permit to be discharged into any
sewer any industrial or process waste which is not preliminarily treated
in the manner from time to time prescribed by the regulations of the
Authority in order to make it reasonably harmless to the sewerage
system and to the processes of sewage treatment and disposal.
[Amended 6-9-1982 by Ord. No. 120; 5-23-1984 by Ord. No. 137; 5-28-1986 by Ord. No. 161; 7-13-1988 by Ord. No. 170; 2-28-1990 by Ord. No. 181; 3-11-1992 by Ord. No. 205]
On and after March 1, 1992, all users shall
pay annual sewer rentals for the sewerage service furnished by the
Authority, based on the following schedules of rates and in accordance
with the classifications and other provisions below set forth and
with the regulations of the Authority:
A. Basis for determination of amount of sewerage service.
Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the amount of sewerage service
furnished to each user shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of
water supplied to such user by the Water Company, and the consumption
of sewerage service, expressed in terms of gallons per month or gallons
per quarter, shall, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, be equal
to the consumption of water as metered by the Water Company.
B. Rates for users.
(1) Sewer rentals shall be computed by multiplying the usage in 1,000 gallons as determined in Subsection
A above by the rates that apply in Schedule I, by the rates that apply in Schedule II, by the rates in Schedule III, and by the rates that apply in Schedule IV and then adding the products of these four calculations for the total bill.
(2) Sewer rentals shall be due at these monthly or quarterly
rates from all users who discharge sewage containing no process or
industrial wastes or other matter more concentrated than domestic
sewage as determined in the regulations of the Washington-East Washington
Joint Authority.
Schedule I
Debt Service Rate
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Per Month
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Per Quarter
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Minimum charge
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$7.62
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$16.64
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Usage Block
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Per Thousand Gallons
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First 5,000 gallons per month or 15,000 gallons
per quarter or any part thereof
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$1.80
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Next 5,000 gallons per month or 15,000 gallons
per quarter or any part thereof
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$1.17
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All usage in excess of 15,000 gallons per month
or 45,000 gallons per quarter or any part thereof
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$0.74
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Schedule II
Operation and Maintenance Rate
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Per Thousand Gallons
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For usage of 1,000 gallons per month or quarter
or any usage in excess of 1,000 gallons per month or quarter
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$1.16
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Schedule III
Pump or Lift Station Rate
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Per Thousand Gallons
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For customers whose sewage must be pumped through
the use of a pump or lift station into the normal gravity sewage collection
system of the Authority, per thousand gallons' usage
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$0.43
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Schedule IV
Grinder Pump Rate
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Per Thousand Gallons
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For customers in districts that are to be charged
for the user of sewer grinder pumps, per thousand gallons' usage
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$1.41
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C. Adjustment of sewer rental for wastes stronger than sanitary sewage. For users discharging wastes having a higher concentration of settleable solids and organic matter than domestic sewage, as determined by the regulations of the Authority, the rates set forth in Subsection
B shall be adjusted for concentration in accordance with the regulations of the Authority.
D. Users using private water supplies. For users using water, all or part of which is from a source other than the Water Company, there shall be a sewer rental separate from, and in addition to, any sewer rental based upon the consumption of water from the Water Company. Such separate and additional sewer rental shall be measured by the quantity of water from the private sources which is discharged into the sewerage system and shall be at the same rate as is set forth in Subsection
B. Each such user shall, at his own expense, install a meter or meters to measure the quantity of water received from sources other than the Water Company which are discharged into the sewerage system. No meter shall be installed or used for such purpose without approval of the Authority. If such user fails to install an approved meter or measuring device, the Authority shall determine the amount of the waste discharged to the sewerage system and shall impose charges based upon such determination.
E. Water not discharged into the sewerage system. Whenever
a user uses water from the Water Company, but such water is not discharged
into the sewerage system, the quantity of such water shall be excluded
in determining the sewer rental payable by such user. The quantity
of such water shall be measured by a device or devices approved by
the Authority and installed by the user and without cost to the Authority;
provided, however, that, in reference to industrial and commercial
users, where in the Authority's opinion it is impractical to install
a measuring device continuously to determine the quantity of such
water, the Authority may determine said quantity in such manner as
it may prescribe.
F. Observation facilities. Where required by the Authority,
any user other than a domestic user shall install a suitable manhole
to facilitate observation, sampling and measuring of wastes. Such
manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Authority.
The manhole shall be installed by the user at his expense and shall
be maintained by him in a safe condition at all times.
G. Inspection. The Authority or its authorized agent
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of
inspection, observation, measurements, sampling and testing in accordance
with the regulations of the Authority.
H. Notice of change in character of waste. Any user who
discharges industrial or process wastes into any sewer and who shall
change his methods of operation so as to alter the type of waste previously
discharged shall notify the Authority 10 days previous to such change,
in order that the Authority may have the opportunity to sample the
wastes and determine whether or not such wastes will be injurious
to the sewerage system.
I. User charge system: operations and maintenance. In
accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Title 40, EPA 35.935-13, the user charge set forth
in Schedule II, Operation and Maintenance Rate, is subject to annual
review and revision as necessary.
The Washington-East Washington Joint Authority
is hereby empowered and appointed, for and on behalf and as agent
of the Township, its agent or assignee to collect the sewer rentals
and penalties hereby imposed, either from the owners of the properties
receiving sewerage service or from the users of water upon said properties,
or from both the owners and the water users; and to enforce the payment
of such sewer rentals and penalties in any manner now or hereafter
authorized by law.
The owners of properties served by sewerage
system and the users of water in or on said properties shall be jointly
and severally liable for the payment of the sewer rentals and penalties
hereby imposed.
The sewer rentals and penalties hereby imposed
shall be a lien on the property served, and all delinquent bills therefor
shall be entered as a lien against such property; and such lien shall
be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of Washington County, Pennsylvania,
and collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection
of municipal claims.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $25 and/or
shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 25 days. Each day's
violation of such provision shall be deemed to be a separate offense.