[Adopted 8-24-1971 by L.L. No. 2-1971; amended in its entirety 7-11-1989 by L.L. No.
2-1989]
Pursuant to the authority of Article 14-F of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York there are hereby established and imposed
sewer units for the users of the Village of Wolcott Sanitary Sewer
System.
Sewer rent shall constitute charges established and imposed
pursuant to this Part 2 and any subsequent amendments hereto for the
use of the sanitary sewer system operated by the Village of Wolcott,
New York.
The sewer system shall be deemed to include all sewer pipes
and other appurtenances which are used or useful in whole or in part
in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage,
industrial waste, and other wastes, and which are owned, operated
or maintained by the Village of Wolcott, New York, including sewage
pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance,
or a combination thereof, resulting from any process or industry,
manufacturing, trade or business, or from the development or recovery
of any natural resources.
Includes garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings,
bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids,
chemicals, and all other discarded matter in sewage or industrial
waste.
Includes all lateral sewers or all branch sewers, or all
interceptor sewers, or all trunk sewers, and any sewage treatment
and disposal works, each part with necessary appurtenances, including
sewage pumping stations, and also including all channels, streams,
or watercourses into which are introduced stormwater.
Includes all water-carried human or animal wastes or body
wastes, normal culinary, laundry, and washing wastes, and the like,
from residences, buildings, industrial establishments, or other places.
The admixture with sewage, as above defined, of industrial waste or
other waste, as hereafter defined, also shall be considered sewage
within the meaning of this Part 2.
[Amended 8-13-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
A.
The sewer rents established herein shall be imposed on the occupants
of all premises located within the corporate limits of the Village
of Wolcott, New York, and those outside users connected with, or required
to be connected with, and served by or required to be served by, the
sewer system. An occupant shall be deemed to be a person or persons
living together as a family unit in a house or separate apartment
in any building, and shall also include occupants of all trailers
or mobile homes whether located in a trailer park or not. The terms
"user" and "occupants" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to
be synonymous.
B.
In those buildings where there are two or more users, but only one
water meter for the entire structure, or in those trailer parks, mobile
home parks, or multiple dwellings where there are two or more users,
but only one meter for the entire park or building(s), the sewer rates
will be based on the total water consumption, divided by the number
of dwelling units. The owner of the mobile home park or multiple-dwelling
unit will be responsible for the total bill.
Sewer rents to be paid by the occupants of residential property
for the use of the sewer system shall be paid quarterly for sewer
rents, quarters commencing September 1, 1971, and shall be billed
quarterly thereafter on December 1, March 1, June 1, and September
1, in each year. Such rents shall include charges for the use of the
sewer system for the fourth, third and second months preceding the
billing date. Sewer rents by industrial and commercial users for the
use of the sewer system shall be paid September 1, 1971, for the months
of June, July and August 1971, and thereafter shall be billed on a
monthly basis beginning October 1, 1971, and of the first day of each
month thereafter. All sewer rents shall be due and payable on the
first day of each of the billing dates and shall be paid within 15
days after each such billing. In the event that payment is not made
within the fifteen-day period, then a penalty of 10% shall be added
to the said sewer rent. In the event that the payment is not paid
within 30 days, a fee of $10 will be added to the gross if the user
has only sewer use. If the user has both water and sewer use and payment
is not made within 30 days, a fee of $5 for sewer use will be added
to the gross, and $5 for water use will be added to the gross.
The revenues collected from said sewer rents shall be deposited
by the collector thereof in a special account entitled "Sewer Rent
Fund."
The sewer rent charge shall be in accord with a unit assessment
prepared by the Village Board of the Village of Wolcott. The unit
determination shall be made annually by the Board of Trustees, and
said determination shall be made by resolution and filed with the
Village Clerk not later than March 1 of each year.
[Amended 5-27-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992; 8-13-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 10-14-2003 by L.L. No. 4-2003]
A.
Effective March 1, 2009, the sewer rates charged by the Village of
Wolcott will be as follows:
[Amended 1-27-2009]
(1)
Residential.
|
Water Used Quarterly Per Unit
(gallons)
|
Sewer Rent
(per quarter)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Up to 15,000
|
$60 (flat fee)
| |
|
15,001 and over
|
$3 per thousand gallons
|
(2)
Commerical/industrial.
|
Water Used Quarterly Per Unit
(gallons)
|
Sewer Rent
(per quarter)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Up to 15,000
|
$75 (flat fee)
| |
|
15,001 and over
|
$3 per thousand gallons
|
(3)
Surcharges for BOD and COD loading by commercial customers per
EPA requirement.
(4)
Negotiated rates over 15,000 gallons for percentage of evaporation
for commercial customers.
C.
The minimum charge shall apply to all apartments which become unoccupied
subsequent to the passage of this Part 2 and have not been permanently
discontinued for use as apartments. The minimum charge shall also
apply to seasonal users of any residence. All discontinued sewer services
are subject to Village Board approval. An apartment shall not be deemed
to have become permanently discontinued for use as an apartment unless
the owner of the building shall, on a form supplied by the Village
Clerk, notify the Village Board of Trustees of the permanent discontinuance
of the apartment as an apartment or rental unit. If for any reason
whatsoever, within 12 months after leaving such notice with the Village
Board of Trustees, the owner should wish to reinstate the apartment
as rental property, no service shall be so reinstated until the minimum
charge for the period of discontinuance shall have been paid to the
Village Clerk.
D.
A building shall not be deemed to have become permanently discontinued
for use until the sewer lines have been properly capped off, inspected
by Village crews, and approved by the Board of Trustees.
Sewer rents, together with the amount of any penalty, which shall become due and owing as provided in this Part 2, shall constitute a lien upon the real property served by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof for which sewer rents shall have been established and imposed. Such rents and/or penalties due may be included in the Village tax levy accounted for and collected pursuant to Article II of the New York State Village Law, and such rents and/or penalties due may be collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F of the New York State General Municipal Law.
This Part 2 shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided in § 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. This effect shall be nunc pro tunc to November 8, 1988, for rates herein, as established in Resolution No. 14-88 of the Village of Wolcott.
