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Town of Cohasset, MA
Norfolk County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Cohasset as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewer Commissioners — See Ch. 30, § 30-29.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 223.
[Adopted 5-21-2014 (Art. XVI of the 1988 General Bylaws)]
For the purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:
ACT
An Act Authorizing the Town of Cohasset to Construct and Operate a System or Systems of Sewerage and Sewage Disposal, as set forth by Chapter 65 of the Acts of 1962, as amended by Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1964, Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1975 and Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2013, as the same may be amended from time to time.
DISTRICT MAP
The map titled "Sewer District Map," prepared by Coughlin Environmental Services, LLC, and dated April 2014, as the same may be amended from time to time, showing each Sewer District.
SEWER DISTRICT
The Central Cohasset Sewer District, the North Cohasset Sewer District and any other properties, areas and ways that may be established as, or part of, a designated Sewer District pursuant to the Act, as any of the same may be amended from time to time.
A. 
The Central Cohasset Sewer District shall be as set forth on the District Map, as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the Act.
B. 
The North Cohasset Sewer District shall be as set forth on the District Map, as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the Act.
Each Sewer District shall have the following maximum capacities for sewage, wastewater and other waste and shall be further subject to the limitations of the existing wastewater collection, treatment and disposal system components, as the Sewer Districts may be amended from time to time pursuant to the Act:
A. 
Central Cohasset Sewer District: 450,000 gallons per day (average daily flow as defined by the Town's NPDES permit).
B. 
North Cohasset Sewer District: 80,000 gallons per day (average daily flow as defined by the intermunicipal agreements between Cohasset, Hingham and Hull).
[Amended 4-30-2018 ATM by Art. 18]
The Sewer Commission may, by vote at a regular meeting of such Commission, prescribe, fix, impose and collect charges, fees, assessments and the like pursuant to the Act. Consistent with the provisions of § 30-29E of the Town of Cohasset General Bylaws, only annual usage fees based upon the volume of water used shall be approved by the vote of Town Meeting.