The Township hereby establishes a separate and distinct sewer
district to be known as the Route 18 Area Sewer District which is
defined and described in the plan and specifications of HMT and Associates,
Inc., Consulting Engineers, dated June 18, 2007.
The following schedule of sewage service rates for the Route
18 Area Sewer District be, and hereby is, adopted by the Township;
provided, however, that no charges shall be made and billed until
complete sewage and collection service is being rendered:
A. Operation and maintenance: $6.25/1,000 gallons;
B. Sewage treatment per thousand gallons used: $3.48/1,000 gallons;
C. Chartiers Township tap fee: $1,750/EDU;
D. Washington East Washington Joint Sewer Authority: $1,135;
E. Debt service: $35/month/EDU.
The sewage service rates imposed by §
272-255 hereof shall become effective as soon as substantial operation of the Route 18 Sewer District Area Sewer System begins or upon any connection or requirement to connect to the sewer system.
Bills for said sewer service shall be rendered by and in the
manner and in the form prescribed by the Township or its designated
agent. All bills for sewer service shall be rendered to the owner
of the premises to which sewer service is furnished, and such owner
shall in all cases be liable for payment of such bills.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township, or its designated
agent, shall have charge and management of the Route 18 Area Sewer
District and shall issue such rules and regulation governing the use,
operation and maintenance of said sewer system as it shall deem necessary,
and which may be those governing the other sewer systems in the Township.
The Township, or its designated agent, shall collect and receive
all sewer rates and charges prescribed by this article. All such money
shall be deposited to the credit of a special fund designated the
"Chartiers Township Route 18 Sewer System Fund," which shall at all
times be a separate and distinct fund of the Township.
Sewer charges imposed pursuant to this article shall be due
and payable immediately upon receipt by the owner or the tenant. The
net bill is due and payable within 20 days following the date of billing.
The penalty for late payment of said bills shall be 10% if the sewer
charge is not paid within 20 days following the date of the billing,
plus costs and legal interest.
A copy of the rules and regulations governing the imposition
of charges and the use of the Route 18 Area Sewer District shall be
filed with the Township Manager and made available for inspection
by the public.
In accordance with Township Ordinances and the Second Class
Township Code, connection to said sanitary sewer must be within 60
days of receipt of a notice to connect from Chartiers Township.
All adjoining and adjacent property owners to the sewer lines
constructed for the Route 18 Area Sewer District are required to connect
with and use said sanitary sewer system.
All adjoining and adjacent property owners are subject to the
charges, costs and fees set forth herein upon connection to the sewer
system or within 60 days of notice to connect whether such required
connection is completed.
If any owner of property adjoining or adjacent to or whose principal
building is within 150 feet from the sanitary sewer fails to connect
for a period of 60 days after notice to do so has been served by the
Board of Supervisors, either by personal service or by registered
mail, the Board of Supervisors or its agents may enter the property
and construct the connection and assess the costs against the property
as provided by law.
The Township of Chartiers, through its duly qualified officers,
reserves the right to amend this article in part or in whole in accordance
with the law whenever it may deem necessary.