Where water service is supplied through one meter to an apartment house or group of house trailers or to any building having more than one unit (each trailer, store, apartment, office, shop, manufacturing establishment or other similar use being hereby designated as a "unit"), each such unit shall be subject to the same charge as would be applied if separate connections had been made to each such unit. In those instances in which separate connections and separate metering do not exist, the minimum rate applicable shall be determined by multiplying the quarterly minimum charge for a five-eighths-inch meter by the total number of units contained in the building or located on the lot so serviced, except where one of such units is a manufacturing establishment, in which event the minimum rate applicable shall be determined by multiplying the quarterly minimum charge, as determined by the actual size of the meter in use, by the total number of units contained in such building or located on such lot. All excess gallons shall be at the rate herein and above stated.
Rates for properties served by the Borough sewer system lying outside the Borough limits shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations which may from time to time be adopted by the Council.
[Amended 3-5-1984 by Ord. No. 4-84; 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 1-93]
A. 
All sewer rentals shall be due and payable on the first day of January, April, July and October, which shall be based on the usage for the calendar quarter. For all meter bills unpaid 30 days after the same are due and payable, there shall be an added penalty of 1.25%. For each thirty-day period in which said bill or portion thereof continues to be unpaid, and additional 1.25% shall be added. If said bill remains unpaid for a period of 60 days, the proper action may be taken by the Borough of Boyertown to terminate said service. During the period of termination, an additional 1.25% shall be added following the passage of each calendar month. Prior to the restoration of sanitary sewage service, the delinquent rate payer shall pay to the Borough of Boyertown the full amount in arrears, a reconnection fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council and a deposit as determined by the Borough Council to be held in escrow for a period of eight years to assure prompt future payments. If, after the term of eight years or in the event of the sale of property, 30 days after the transfer of title the account has no amount in arrears, the deposit will be refunded. Where the owner of a leased premises requests that the Borough send meter bills to the tenant or occupant of the leased premises as permitted under § 156-33 of the Code, and sanitary sewage service is terminated under this § 156-32 for nonpayment of meter bills, the tenant or occupant as the delinquent ratepayer shall be responsible to pay the Borough the full amount in arrears, the reconnection fee and the deposit prior to restoration of sanitary sewage service.
[Amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 02-05]
B. 
Voluntary terminations. Any rate payer may, at his request, have a duly authorized representative of the Borough of Boyertown terminate his service as long as the service of any other dwelling unit is not affected. Such resident may have his service reconnected by said Borough personnel upon request to the Borough of Boyertown, with the payment of a reconnection fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council and the payment of any amount in arrears.
C. 
Fines. Any person, except as herein otherwise provided, violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $600 to be collected by summary conviction before the Mayor or any District Justice.
[Amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 02-05]
All charges for sewage under the terms of this chapter shall be a lien against the premises served and may be filed as such and collected in accordance with the provisions of 1923, P.L. 207, as amended, relating to municipal claims and tax liens.[1] At the request of the owner of any leased premises for which sanitary sewage service is supplied, the Borough shall send all meter bills to the tenant or occupant of the leased premises, and the tenant or occupant shall be responsible for payment of all meter bills; provided, however, that all charges for sanitary sewage service shall also remain a charge against the owner of and a lien against the leased premises. In the event the Borough terminates sanitary sewage service to a leased premises as provided under § 156-32 of the Code, the Borough shall send all written notices of termination to the tenant or occupant and to the owner of the leased premises. In the event the tenant or occupant vacates the leased premises while charges for sanitary sewage service are past due, but not delinquent, then the owner of the leased premises shall be responsible for payment of the vacating tenant's or occupant's unpaid meter bills before the Borough will honor the owner's request to send meter bills to a new tenant or occupant of the same leased premises.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 7101 et seq.
[Added 12-29-1987 by Ord. No. 21-87; amended 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 1-93]
The charge for a certification of a water and/or sewer bill shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.