The owner of any private way or land in which
a main drain or common sewer is laid out and constructed at his expense,
shall not be assessed for such land for such main drain or common
sewer except for the cost of connecting it with the main drains and
common sewers already established, and except for the use of such
already established main drains and common sewers as provided in this
chapter.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
The owner of any land benefited by the laying
out and construction of a particular drain or sewer from a main drain
or common sewer to any portion of his land shall be assessed for the
actual cost of such particular drain or sewer and the Department of
Public Works may require that an applicant for a connection of his
land with a main drain or common sewer shall pay in advance an amount
equal to the estimated assessment therefor, which shall be applied
to the payment for the assessment, and the remainder, if any, shall
be repaid to the applicant.
[Last amended 3-2-1989]
A.
Every person, corporation, or entity who discharges
wastewater into a sanitary sewer system of the City of Northampton
shall be charged for use of said sewer at the then-current annual
rate.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
B.
If a bill for sewer usage is not paid in full by the
30th day from the date the bill is mailed, an interest penalty of
14% per annum shall be assessed on any unpaid balance. Interest shall
accrue from the date of mailing of the bill.
C.
At any time after interest begins to accrue on an
unpaid account, the Collector may serve on the party assessed a statement
of the amount due, including interest, with a demand for payment.
A charge as set forth in Chapter 174, Fees, shall be made for such
demand. If the amount due remains unpaid 14 days after mailing of
said demand, the Collector shall commit the amount to the Board of
Assessors for inclusion on the next annual property tax bill.
[Amended 2-1-2007]
[Amended 12-4-2014]
A.
Three quarters of the cost of laying out and constructing
any main drain or common sewer shall be assessed against the owner
of the land abutting on the land or way in which the main drain or
common sewer is laid out and constructed as hereinafter provided;
provided, however, that no assessment in respect to any land which
by reason of its grade or level or any other cause cannot be drained
into such main drain or common sewer shall be made until such incapacity
is removed; and provided, further, that if land assessed abuts upon
more than one way, assessments shall be assessed upon the frontage
upon one such way and upon so much of the frontage upon such other
way as is not exempted by the Department of Public Works, and the
Department may exempt from assessments so much of the frontage upon
such other way as it considers just and equitable.
B.
The assessments provided for in Subsection A shall be assessed at a fixed uniform rate based upon the estimated average cost of all the main drains and common sewers in the City as determined from time to time by the Department of Public Works and shall be assessed against the owner of the land abutting upon the land or way in which such main drain or common sewer is laid out and constructed according to the frontage of the land assessed upon such land or way, and according to the area of the land assessed within a fixed depth of 120 feet from such land or way.
C.
The Department of Public Works may extend the time
for the payment of assessments for main drains and common sewers upon
land which is not built upon at the time of such assessment until
it is built upon or for a fixed time, but interest at the rate of
4% per annum shall be paid annually upon the assessment from the time
it was made, and the assessment shall be paid within three months
after such land is built upon or at the expiration of such fixed time.
D.
The owners of land or parts thereof not liable to
assessment for construction or use of the main drains and common sewers
of the City may use such main drains or common sewer for the disposal
of their sewage from such land only on payment of such reasonable
amount as the Department of Public Works shall determine.
[Amended 2-4-1988; 12-4-2014]
The Department of Public Works shall determine
all fees and assessments for laying out, construction of and connection
to main drains and common sewers.
[Amended 2-4-1988; 12-4-2014]
Sewer use fees and sewer assessments shall be
collected by separate billings sent out by the Department of Public
Works.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 256-7, Procedure for making
assessments, was repealed 12-4-2014.
[Added 3-4-1993]
A.
Every private septage hauler who disposes of septage
at the wastewater treatment facility shall be charged for said disposal
at a rate set by the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
B.
Bills for septage disposal shall be mailed monthly.
If a bill is not paid in full by the 30th day after it is mailed,
an interest penalty of 14% per annum shall be assessed on any unpaid
balance. Interest shall accrue from the date of mailing of the bill.
C.
At any time after interest has begun to accrue on
an unpaid account, the Collector may serve on the party assessed a
statement of the amount due, including interest, with a demand for
payment. A charge as set forth in Chapter 174, Fees, shall be made
on the account for each demand sent.
[Amended 2-1-2007]
D.
The Department of Public Works may, at its discretion,
refuse to allow any hauler with an unpaid septage account which has
begun to accrue interest to dispose of septage at the wastewater treatment
plant or may require such hauler to pay immediately at the time of
disposal. The Department or other appropriate City official may take
any other appropriate action permitted by local ordinance or state
statute in connection with an unpaid, overdue account.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
