A.
Rental rates and charges. Each and every property or premises within
the Township which is or shall be connected with any portion of the
sewer system of the Township shall, from and after the date of the
permit for the connection, be subject to sanitary sewer rental rates
and charges as set forth by the Township.
B.
Semiannual payment. Sewer rates shall be payable to the Division
of Revenue Collection in equal semiannual installments due on the
first day of March and the first day of October.
C.
Charges for additional services. The Township shall have the power
to fix any just and reasonable monthly or annual rate or charge in
addition to the above rates and charges for the disposal of large
volumes of water or trade waste, if this disposal shall be permitted.
D.
Rates and changes. The Township expressly reserves the right to change
by ordinance at any time any of the rates, charges or impositions
set forth in this section or hereafter fixed or established.
E.
Council to set interest rates. Each sewer rate or charge shall, from
the time it shall become due and payable and during the period within
which it shall remain unpaid, draw or bear interest thereon at a rate
established by the Council.
F.
Lien. Each sewer rate or charge shall, from the time it shall become
due and payable and during the period within which it shall remain
unpaid, be and remain a lien upon and against the property or premises;
each sewer rate or charge shall, after the same shall have become
due and remain unpaid, be collected, together with interest thereon,
in the same manner as is or shall be provided by law for the collection
of taxes upon or against real estate.
G.
Disconnection. In addition to, and exclusive of, any other remedy
provided in this section, if any sewer rate shall become due and remain
unpaid, the facilities of the Wastewater Utility or any portion thereof
may be disconnected from the property or premises upon or against
which the rate or charge shall have been imposed, and when any disconnection
shall have been made, the facilities of the Wastewater Utility or
a portion thereof shall not be reconnected to any property or premises
until the amount of the delinquent rate or charge, with interest thereon,
together with the charges for the disconnection and reconnection,
shall have been paid.
H.
Tabulation of fees.
(2)
Commercial. Each separate office, store or similar place of business
with separate restrooms is to be considered a separate commercial
unit: $195 per year per unit plus $6.55 per 1,000 gallons of metered
water used, based upon metered water consumption, with a minimum annual
fee of $390 per unit.
[Amended 6-4-2020 by Ord. No. 20-028]
(Reserved)
