[HISTORY: Adopted by the Collier Township Municipal Authority
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-13-2008 by Res. No. 11-13-08-01]
A.
The Collier Township Municipal Authority ("Authority") will, under
certain limited circumstances, allow the installation of credit meters
designed to determine the amount of water that has bypassed the sanitary
sewer system and allow for a credit for properly bypassed water.
B.
The Authority has a sewage processing agreement with ALCOSAN, and
ALCOSAN requires that any credit meter or auxiliary meter service
be approved by ALCOSAN. ALCOSAN has a clearly established application
procedure and installation format procedure, for credit meters, a
copy of which is attached hereto.[1] ALCOSAN has been reading the credit meters and has currently
established an annual fee for the reading of the meter, and ALCOSAN
has requested that the Authority assume the responsibility for the
reading of the meters and providing the credit information to ALCOSAN
for credit.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of ALCOSAN's procedure is available
in the Authority offices.
C.
The Authority is agreeable to reading the auxiliary meters (credit
meters) and providing the information to ALCOSAN on an annual basis.
ALCOSAN requires that there be an annual submission of credit meter
readings to ALCOSAN, by November 15 of each calendar year. ALCOSAN
has agreed to discontinue its annual fee for the processing of each
meter account should the Authority assume this responsibility.
The Authority believes that it is in the best interests of the
Authority to assume the responsibility for the annual credit meter
reading and submission of the same and, to that extent, establishes
the following procedure.
All applications for the installation of a credit meter or auxiliary
meter service must be first submitted to the Authority, and it will
be forwarded to ALCOSAN for approval and the initial reading and inspection.
Copies of each application must include the required attachments at
the time they are submitted to the Authority.
A.
The customer is responsible for the payment of any and all charges
established by ALCOSAN for the processing of the application for auxiliary
meter service and/or the inspection of the installation of the auxiliary
meter.
B.
The property owner shall be responsible, on an annual basis, for
reading of the auxiliary meter and submitting to the Authority, in
writing, on a form provided by the Authority, the actual credit meter
reading.
C.
Each property owner must, on or before October 31 of each year, submit
in writing to the Authority, and on the form provided by the Authority,
the credit meter reading in order to be eligible for consideration
of a credit for the current calendar year.
D.
The failure of the property owner to submit, in writing on the Authority
form, the meter readings on or before the above-listed date (October
31) shall be treated as full and complete waiver of any credit due
or owing the property owner for that current year and any prior years.
This self-reading procedure places the entire responsibility for the
timely submission of the written credit application on the property
owner, and any failure of the property owner to timely deliver the
credit request form shall constitute a complete waiver of any refund
that the property owner may be able to claim.
The Authority reserves the right to inspect and read the credit
meter as often as the Authority believes that a physical reading of
the meter is necessary.
The property owner agrees that, by the installation of the credit
meter and the request for credit, the Authority, its agents, servants
and employees, or designated representatives have the unconditional
and absolute right to enter onto and go upon the property of the customer
for the purposes of reading the credit meter, which must be accessible
from the outside of the property.
A.
The Authority establishes an annual charge as set forth in Chapter 45, Rates and Charges, as a service fee for the record keeping and processing of credit forms and credit applications for each credit meter installed within the service area of the Authority.
B.
The annual fee shall be deducted from any credit amount established
by the credit meter reading. Should the credit meter reading not be
in excess of the annual charge, the property owner shall be responsible
for the balance, which shall be invoiced on an annual basis.
A property owner may, at any time, discontinue the credit meter
by notifying the Authority, in writing, that the credit meter application
is being discontinued.
Should the property owner discontinue the utilization of the credit meter, any request for reinstating a credit meter for the property address where the credit meter has been withdrawn must be returned to the Authority by the close of business on March 31 and shall be subject to approval by the Authority and shall be subject to a charge as set forth in Chapter 45, Rates and Charges, for an actual reading of the meter and administrative costs. No credit meter will be reactivated if the Authority determines that the owner or prior owner inaccurately submitted credit readings to the Authority unless and until the applicant refunds the full amount of any improper credit refunded to the owner or prior owner.
The sale or transfer of the property, after the discontinuance
of the credit meter, shall not guarantee the new purchaser the opportunity
of having installed, or putting in place, a residential, commercial,
or industrial sewage meter.
The Authority will physically read the credit meter prior to
the issuance of any no-lien letter for the sale or transfer of the
property in question. The property owner shall be responsible for
any excess credit made to the property owner and which was based on
the property owner's self reading of the meter.
