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Borough of Spotswood, NJ
Middlesex County
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New Laws (7) Index Notes (4)
A. 
The owner of any house, apartment building, mobile home, factory, commercial property, industrial plant or lot within the Borough shall, beginning October 1, 1998, and thereafter, be liable to the Borough for payment of sewer rental or charge for the use of the sanitary sewers in the Borough, by such owner or by the occupants of any house, mobile home, apartment building, commercial property, factory, industrial plant or lot, together with penalties fixed by this chapter.
[Amended 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-554; 1-22-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-038; 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08]
B. 
The rental for usage of any sanitary sewer as hereinafter fixed and all other costs and expenses and penalties shall be and remain a lien upon the house, mobile home, apartment building, commercial property, factory, industrial plant or lot until fully paid and satisfied, and shall be collected in the same manner as delinquent taxes.
[Amended 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-554; 1-22-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-038; 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08]
C. 
Extraneous flows. Any flows or strengths which are not chargeable to a particular use, whether by reason of the user being exempted from charges, or by reason of the flow entering the system by infiltration or inflow, shall be charged to all uses, proportionately, on the basis of flow.
D. 
Objections to estimates. Any user objecting to any estimate of flow or strength made hereunder shall have the option, at his/her own cost and expense, of installing metering equipment on discharge lines to record actual flow and strength readings. The metering equipment use, its installation and the location of the installation shall all be subject to review and approval by the Borough Council or its designated representative.
E. 
Notice. Each user shall be notified, at least annually, with a regular bill of the rate and charges for wastewater treatment representing operation and maintenance costs of the Middlesex County Sewerage Authority.
F. 
Toxic pollutants. Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs.
G. 
Sampling and testing. The cost of all wastewater sampling, testing and use of Borough personnel incurred as a result of sampling and testing shall be borne by the individual user either requesting reevaluation of wastewater characteristics or where such testing and sampling is required under other sections of this section.
H. 
Right of entry. The Borough or its designated representative shall have the right to enter upon any premises to perform work in conjunction with implementing the requirements of this section.
I. 
Sampling equipment and location. Where it is deemed necessary by the Borough, or required by provisions of this section, any user shall, at his/her own cost and expense, provide an adequate sampling location and/or metering equipment on its discharge lines to record actual flow and wastewater characteristics. The metering equipment used, its installation and the location of the installation shall all be subject to review and approval by the Borough or its designated representative.
J. 
Exemptions. All Borough owner and/or operated buildings, including, but not limited to, the Borough Hall, public library, volunteer fire and first aid squads, shall be exempt from all charges and rates established herein.
K. 
Additional requirements. All sanitary sewer users shall meet all of the additional requirements of Article II of this chapter.
L. 
Review of schedule of charges. At least once a year, the Borough shall review and revise, as necessary, sewer use and sewer use charges and shall establish a schedule of charges by user class, type of use, flow, biological oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), chlorine demand (CD) and such other criteria as the Borough shall deem appropriate.
[Amended 3-6-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-578; 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-554, 10-18-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-588; 1-22-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-038; 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-20; 12-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-09]
A. 
"Residential user" is defined so as to include all structures, buildings, mobile homes, apartment buildings or garden apartments which are designed or used primarily as the residence or sleeping place of the owner or occupant thereof.
B. 
The amount of rental fee or charges paid by any single-family or mobile home residential user within the Borough of Spotswood for the use of sanitary sewers shall be billed at the flat rate of $335.60 per dwelling unit, per year, payable quarterly, plus $4.10 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption in the prior winter quarter, payable each quarter.
C. 
All apartment dwellings, garden apartments or multifamily dwellings within the Borough of Spotswood shall pay a flat fee of $335.60 per year for each dwelling unit serviced for the use of the sanitary sewer, which shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The service charge per dwelling unit shall be based on the total number of units, whether occupied or not. Apartment dwellings, garden apartments or multifamily dwellings shall be billed at the $335.60 per dwelling unit, plus $4.10 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption in the prior winter quarter.
D. 
For any new single-family or mobile home, the rate shall be $83.90 per quarter, plus $4.10 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption per quarter until a winter rate is established. The same rate shall prevail for resale. Upon determination of a rate for the appropriate winter quarter for a new or resold single-family or mobile home, in accordance with Borough billing procedure, the user shall receive a credit, if applicable, for any excess charge which may have been billed above the rate for a winter quarter, which credit shall be retroactive to the last day of the prior winter quarter.
E. 
On multifamily residential units, the rate shall be $83.90 per quarter, plus $4.10 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption per quarter for each residential unit.
[Amended 3-6-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-578; 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-554; 1-22-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-038; 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-20; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-20; 12-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-09]
The amount of rental fee for charges to be paid by a commercial user within the Borough of Spotswood for use of sanitary sewers shall be based on a flat rate of $792.80 per year, payable quarterly, plus $9.10 per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption. Commercial users shall include all stores, offices, restaurants and service stations where the primary use at the service location is commercial. Service locations with multiple uses such as a store and an apartment will also be billed at the commercial rate.
[Amended 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-554; 1-22-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-038; 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 05-2009; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-20; 12-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-09]
The amount of rental fee for charges to be paid by an industrial user within the Borough of Spotswood for the use of sanitary sewers shall be based upon metered water usage in the amount of $10.30 per 1,000 gallons of metered consumption. Industrial users shall include all manufacturing, research, processing, producing or fabricating operations carried on within enclosed buildings whose metered water consumption exceeds 25,000 gallons per day on an average annual basis.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-20]
A. 
Application. Where a tapping for a sewer tie-in to any sewer main is required, application therefor shall be made either by the property owner or his/her properly authorized representative. The sum as set forth in § 91-8 of Chapter 91, Fees, shall be charged. Where a residence in any street in the Borough existed prior to the passage of this chapter and such street is subject to a previous ordinance establishing and authorizing the installation of a sewer system on the street and charges thereof, the residence shall pay the rates for any sewer tie-in based upon the rate schedule then in existence at the time of the passage of the ordinance promulgating the installation of the sewer.
B. 
Inspection. At the time a permit is granted for tapping a main, an inspection of the connection shall be made and approved by the authorized Borough representative before the work is covered up. The inspection fee shall be $50. If a sewer main is tapped without a permit, and if the work is covered up before inspection and approval as above provided, an additional charge of $50 shall be made and collected from the person or persons who did the work, and the trench shall be uncovered by the party doing the work and shall not again be backfilled until inspected and approved.