[Adopted 4-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-07]
[Amended 12-5-2006 by Ord. No. 06-07; 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 11-01]
A.
All property within the Borough of Bellevue with improvements located
on such property that utilize potable water for sanitary facilities
shall be subject to a sanitary user fee imposed by the Borough of
Bellevue. The amount of said fee shall be $2.50 per 1,000 gallons
of water used during any three-month billing period as evidenced by
the quarterly water meter readings taken by the West View Water Authority.
In addition to the foregoing sewer user fee, each quarterly invoice
shall also include an administrative services fee in the amount of
$2.
[Amended 12-30-2011 by Ord. No. 11-14]
B.
The Borough will establish and maintain a separate Sewer Use and
Reconstruction Fund into which all sewer user fees shall be deposited
and used for the exclusive purpose of providing for the maintenance,
repair and replacement of the Borough's sanitary sewer system.
The sanitary sewer surcharge fee established by this article
shall be for each residential, commercial or industrial unit served
by a metered water service line and the quantity of water used by
each such residential, commercial and industrial unit. Such surcharge
fee shall be billed to the person in whose name the water service
is contracted (whether he be the owner of the property or a tenant);
however, the property owner shall be responsible for the payment of
such surcharge fee if the billable party does not make such payment.
The Borough of Bellevue shall be required by this article to
establish a separate sewer improvement fund to utilize the sanitary
sewer surcharge fees to, directly or indirectly, provide the funds
necessary for the required engineering work, design, construction
and purchase of components for improvements, replacements, rehabilitation,
major repairs, additions and other associated major work projects
to the sanitary sewer system and storm sewer system. Such other major
work projects include, but are not limited to, smoke testing, dye
testing, the separation of storm flow from the sanitary sewer system,
manhole and inlet rehabilitation, reconstruction and installation,
the cleaning of sewer lines and components, investigating and identifying
the conditions of sewers and locating possible leaks, breaks and blockages
through the use of televising sewer lines, the purchase and installation
of sewer flow monitors, the required field work and engineering work
necessary to adequately provide maps of the sewer systems and identify
the hydraulic capacity of the systems, and any other sewer-system-related
work items as identified by the Town Council of the Borough of Bellevue.
[Amended 4-6-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03]
A.
The failure of any billable party (or ultimately the property owner)
to pay the identified sanitary sewer surcharge fee to the Borough
of Bellevue within 30 days of the billing date of such surcharge fee
will, at the option of Town Council, cause the amount due to be filed
as a municipal claim or lien, at the cost of the property owner, and
shall further cause the said amount due to incur interest at the rate
of 10% per annum (0.833% per month) from the date the municipal claim
or lien is filed; and further, there is hereby imposed, in addition
to said interest and court costs, reasonable attorneys' fees incurred
by the Borough of Bellevue in the preparation, filing and collection
of said delinquent sewer surcharge fees.
The failure of any billable party (or ultimately the property
owner) to pay the identified sanitary sewer surcharge fee to the Borough
within 90 days of the billing date may result in the Borough of Bellevue
having the potable water supply to the building terminated until such
sewer surcharge fee is paid to the Borough in total. Any and all fees
associated with the scheduled termination of water service to a location
shall be the responsibility of the billable party (or ultimately the
property owner) and shall be paid to the Borough of Bellevue prior
to the Borough halting such planned termination of water service.
Any and all fees associated with the planned and/or actual termination
of water service to a location shall be the responsibility of the
billable party (or ultimately the property owner) and shall be paid
to the Borough of Bellevue prior to the restoration of water service
to the location.
