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Township of Ross, PA
Allegheny County
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Zoning Map New Laws (14) Index Notes (5)
[Ord. No. 2446, 5/18/2020[1]; as amended by Ord. No. 2460, 12/7/2020; by Ord. No. 2478, 12/6/2021; and by Ord. No. 2490, 12/5/2022]
1. 
Sewage Treatment and Conveyance. There is hereby imposed and established charges for the use of the ALCOSAN sewage treatment works and facilities and for the Ross Township operation and maintenance of the sewer conveyance system. The rate of such charges shall be based on the quantity of water used as shown by water consumption readings. All users of the sewer system situate within the territorial limits of the Township of Ross shall be charged as follows:
A. 
ALCOSAN service charge: $7.30 per bill.
B. 
Ross Township service charge: $1.50 per bill.
C. 
ALCOSAN user fee: $10.41 per 1,000 gallons of water.
D. 
Ross Township user fee: $4.50 per 1,000 gallons of water.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Part 2, Rates and Charges for Use of Service, adopted by Ord. 1842, 7/11/1994, as amended.
[Ord. No. 2446, 5/18/2020]
Charges for said sanitary sewage service shall be billed monthly, and all bills shall be rendered as of the first day of the month following the month for which charges are made and shall be due and payable at the net amount within 30 days of the due date of the statement.
[Ord. No. 2446, 5/18/2020]
In the event the charges for said sanitary sewage service remain unpaid for a period of 30 days from the date of said statement for such service or until the next monthly bill is issued, and the failure to make said payment is a result of exceptional circumstances as determined by the Board of Commissioners after presented thereto, such charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent, after which an interest of 8% per annum or 0.66% per month of the amount of said statement shall be added.
[Ord. No. 2446, 5/18/2020]
The rates and charges herein established shall be imposed upon and collected from the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel of land in the Township of Ross serviced by a sanitary sewer owned, maintained or operated by the Township of Ross from which sewage, waste or water enter the Township's sewer system. The Township of Ross hereby imposes said sewage service charges upon and demands payment thereof from the owner of such premises, and in the event payment is not timely made, and the failure to make said payment is a result of exceptional circumstances as determined by the Board of Commissioners after presented thereto, the Township shall and will file a lien therefor against the premises served for the amount due plus such penalty and interest as permissible by law calculated from the date the lien is filed in the office of the Department of Court Records of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.