The following rates, rules and regulations shall form part of the contract with all users of sewer services of the City of Vineland and shall be subscribed to by all persons applying for such services.
All service connections must be made by a registered, licensed plumber, be inspected by one of the City plumbing inspectors and be properly reported to the Water-Sewer Utility, as provided in an ordinance or ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted by the Board of Health or the City Council of the City of Vineland. All changes of sewer services, connections or fixtures must also be inspected by one of the City plumbing inspectors and reported as provided in an ordinance or ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted by the Board of Health or the City Council of the City of Vineland.
For all users of sewer services who have City water service, charges for sewer service will be made in accordance with scheduled rates for such times as the water is supplied. Where water has been turned off for any cause, the sewer charge ceases from that date; provided, however, that in no case will an abatement of an advance-billed sewer charge be taken into consideration for a shorter period than one month nor for part of a month. When water is again turned on, sewer charges will commence from the date, no extra charge being made.
The Superintendent or any authorized employee of the Water-Sewer Utility or any person or persons delegated by the City Council for that purpose may, at all reasonable hours, enter the premises of any users of sewer services for the purpose of examining the pipes and fixtures and also to check the number of fixtures connected.
[Amended 12-11-1973 by Ord. No. 916]
Sewer rent shall be paid quarterly in advance, the bills being rendered on the first business day of the month following quarterly reading for metered water service. The City will look to the property supplied, in whomsoever the ownership may be, for all delinquent accounts for sewer services.
A. 
The following rates shall be charged and paid for sewer service.
B. 
Schedule of sewer rates. Sewer rates shall be as follows:
[Amended 5-26-1970 by Ord. No. 748]
(1) 
Class A. Residences: $13 per annum.
(2) 
Class B. Stores and commercial establishments: $16 per annum.
(3) 
Class C. Stores and offices; stores and one apartment (stores combined with more than one apartment will take apartment houses, Class D rate): $20 per annum.
(4) 
Class D. Hotels, apartment houses, churches, lodge buildings, theaters and public buildings not otherwise classified; service charge of $8 per annum; fixture charge of $2 each per annum, in addition to service charge.
(5) 
Class E. Factories, commercial laundries and industrial establishments.
(a) 
Where the establishment receives full water supply from the City Water-Sewer Utility, the following charge for sewer service will be made for each quarterly period: 50% of the total amount of water charges, exclusive of water meter service charge, for the preceding quarterly billing. There shall be a minimum charge of $6.50 per quarterly period.
(b) 
Where the establishment maintains private water supply, the charge for sewer service will be made in accordance with one of the following optional rates, the Water-Sewer Utility reserving the right to determine, the best interest of the Utility's sewerage system being considered, which optional rate shall apply. If private source or sources of supply supplement City water supply, separate billings will be made for sewer service, one billing based upon the regular charge for City water service and the other billing in accordance with one of the following optional rates:
[1] 
Option 1. Customer shall install, at his own expense, a meter or meters approved by the Water-Sewer Utility to measure the quantity of water received from such private source or sources and subsequently discharged into the City sewers, the recorded flow from such source or sources to be used as the basis for the charge for sewer service as follows: 50% of the equivalent charge which would be made by the Water-Sewer Utility for the quantity of water received from private source or sources, based on the established schedule of rates in effect for metered water service. There shall be a minimum charge of $6.50 per quarterly period.
[2] 
Option 2.
[a] 
The customer shall install, at his own expense, a suitable device for continuously recording and totalizing the flow discharged by it into the sewerage system, said device or devices and the installation thereof to be approved by the Water-Sewer Utility, the recorded quantity of flow into the sewerage system to be charged for in accordance with the following schedule of rates, the advance billing for the quarterly period to be based upon the recorded flow for the prior three months.
Cubic Feet Per Quarter
Per 1,000 Cubic Feet
First 10,000
$1.25
Next 10,000
$0.85
Next 10,000
$0.75
Next 20,000
$0.65
Next 50,000
$0.55
Next 100,000
$0.45
Over 200,000
$0.40
[3] 
There shall be a minimum charge of $6.50 per quarterly period.
[4] 
Option 3. Where no device is installed by the customer for the measuring of water received from private source or sources or discharged into the City sewers, a charge for sewer service shall be made on the basis of the number of employees at the rate of $2.50 per employee per annum, the maximum number of employees at any one time during the three-month period prior to the period for which advance sewer charge billing is made, as certified by the customer to the Utility from established records, to be used as the basis for said sewer service charge; provided, however, that the minimum charge on such billing basis shall be $35 per quarterly period.
(6) 
Class F. Commercial garages and automobile laundries: annual charge for service, exclusive of wash drains, $16; extra charge for wash drains, $13 per annum.
(7) 
Class G. Public schools and parochial schools: annual charge, per classroom, $13.
(8) 
Class H. Institutions: Special rates will be made and approved by the City Council of the City of Vineland.
(9) 
Class I. Air-conditioning equipment: *annual charge in addition to regular sewer charge:
(a) 
Three horsepower (tons): $35.
(b) 
Two horsepower to 2.99 horsepower (tons): $20.
(c) 
Under two horsepower (tons): $13.
* NOTE: Annual charge for one year billed on the second quarterly bill rendered during the year. No refunds, credits or rebates will be allowed for units disconnected during the year following the date of the bill. A pro rata charge shall be made on equipment installed between billing dates.
(10) 
Class J. Disposal of cesspool effluent and sludge.
[Amended 12-11-1973 by Ord. No. 916; 6-10-1980 by Ord. No. 1220]
(a) 
The dumping of cesspool effluent and sludge in specially prepared areas at the sewage disposal plant will be permitted for only licensed cesspool cleaners operating within the limits of the City of Vineland. Dumping will be permitted only at times specified by and in accordance with regulations established by the Superintendent of the Water-Sewer Utility. Fees for said disposal service shall be in accordance with the following schedule, according to truck tank size, and shall be payable in the manner and in accordance with regulations established by the Superintendent of the Water-Sewer Utility and the City Comptroller.
(b) 
During regularly scheduled hours of availability to the manhole of the sewer utility located in the sanitary landfill, the licensed cesspool cleaners shall be charged the following rates (Regularly scheduled hours of the sanitary landfill are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.):
[1] 
Tank size of up to 1,500 gallons: $7 per load.
[2] 
Tank size of over 1,500 gallons and up to 2,000 gallons: $10 per load.
[3] 
Any larger-sized tank will be charged on a basis of $0.005 per gallon.
The City of Vineland Water-Sewer Utility reserves the right to classify all users of sewer service in accordance with the above schedule. Where a property may come under more than one classification, the Utility shall determine which rate shall apply.
[Added 7-14-1992 by Ord. No. 92-49]
A. 
The New Jersey Administrative Code section entitled "Water Supply Allocation Permits" provides the procedure for Class 3 Water Utility purveyors to interconnect pursuant to water supply allocation needs.
B. 
The City of Vineland Water Utility desires to interconnect with the Buena Borough Municipal Utility Authority, which interconnection is the second municipal interconnection for the City of Vineland, the Borough of Newfield being the first.
C. 
The City Council of the City of Vineland hereby ordains and authorizes execution of said written agreement in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:19-6.9.