[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 1]
Beginning the 1§ day of July 1955, there is hereby
imposed an annual sewer rental or charge for the use of the Borough
sewers, to be payable by the owners of all properties served by any
of the sewers of the Borough.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 2]
1.
In order to apportion such sewer rentals or charges equitably among
the several properties served by the Borough sewers, the annual rental
or charge shall, for every property served by the sewers, be fixed
according to the following schedule:
A.
For residential properties and all other properties not otherwise
specifically defined in this Part 1, 40% of the total face amount
charged to such property for water consumption upon such property
during the previous calendar year.
B.
For industrial properties, the basic minimum charge shall be $40
annually; except, however, that where the number of employees employed
on said property exceeds 50, there shall be added to the basic minimum
charge an additional sum of $0.20 per employee per quarter for each
employee over the minimum number of 50.
C.
On all properties where there is no consumption of water from the
Borough water system, and on all properties where only a portion of
the water consumed is obtained from the Borough water system, the
charges shall be the same as if the entire consumption upon said premises
was of water received from the municipal system. In such cases, the
same schedule to determine rates shall be applied to the particular
property as would be applied in determining rates for the municipal
water system; except, however, that if said property would not qualify
for the minimum basic charges applied by the municipal water system,
a charge shall be levied which shall be equal to the basic minimum
charge made by the municipal system; and provided, further, that the
basic minimum charge for industrial uses as hereinabove stated shall
apply for such users in any event.
2.
The sewer rentals imposed by this Part 1 shall be an annual charge,
but the Borough Council may adopt regulations to require payment of
said rentals semiannually or quarterly. Regulations may also be adopted
by the Borough Council from time to time governing the collection
and payment of said rentals, and it may impose penalties for delinquent
payment.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 3]
The Hughesville Home Water Company, its successors or assigns,
is hereby required, at least once annually, to provide the Borough
Secretary with a complete schedule of charges rendered for water consumed
or charged against all the properties in the Borough of Hughesville
to which it furnishes service, said schedule to be furnished within
30 days prior to the end of each calendar year. The said Hughesville
Home Water Company, or its successor, is hereby required to furnish
to the Borough Secretary a schedule of any charges in rates, charges
for new properties added or for connections made or changed, within
30 days of such changes or additions.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 4]
The owner or tenant in possession of any property connected
to the sewer system shall, upon receipt of written notice, be required
to furnish such reasonable and proper information as will enable the
Borough officers to determine the proper rental to be charged for
the use of the sewers by said property. Any property owner or tenant
who fails to reveal said information within a period of 30 days from
receipt of said written notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon summary conviction before any Magistrate, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $25, and costs of
prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than seven days.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 5]
Any sewer rentals or charges remaining unpaid shall be a lien
upon the property charged with the payment thereof from the first
day of July of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the sewer rental becomes due and payable. Such sewer rental or charge,
if not paid after 30 days' notice, may be collected as provided
by law, by an action of assumpsit, or by distress of personal property
on the premises, or by lien filed in the nature of a municipal lien.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 6]
From and after the 1§ day of July 1955, a property
owner making connection to the Borough sewer system shall pay the
sum of $50 for the privilege of tapping to or connecting with said
system.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 7]
All moneys collected by the Borough under the provisions of
this Part 1 shall be placed by the Treasurer in a special fund to
be known as the "Sewer Fund." The moneys in said Sewer Fund shall
be used for erecting, maintaining, repairing, extending and administering
the sewer system in the Borough of Hughesville and for no other purpose.
[Ord. 5-1955, 12/5/1955, § 9]
The provisions of this Part 1 shall be severable; and if any
of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the
remaining provisions of this Part 1. It is hereby declared as a legislative
intent that this Part 1 would have been adopted had such unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid provision not been included herein.
[Ord. 3-1959, 5/25/1959, § 1]
Present users of the combination storm and sanitary sewer lines
or line shall disconnect from the Borough-owned combination sewer
all sanitary sewer lines leading from their property or properties
beginning July 1, 1959, and to be completed on or before July 1, 1960.
[Ord. 3-1959, 5/25/1959, § 4]
All users of the present combination storm and sanitary sewers
shall disconnect all sanitary sewer lines running from their property
or properties into the combination sewer line owned by the Borough
of Hughesville, Pennsylvania, and install at their own expense a sanitary
method of sewerage disposal upon their own property, installed in
such a manner to comply with the health regulations of the Borough
of Hughesville.
[Ord. 3-1959, 5/25/1959, § 5]
Any unsanitary method of disposal of sanitary sewerage or human
excrement is hereby declared a nuisance and health hazard.
[Ord. 3-1959, 5/25/1959, § 6]
All sewage disposal methods shall be open to inspection by an
inspector designated by the Borough Council and/or the Health Officer
at the time of installation.
[Ord. 3-1959, 5/25/1959, § 7]
Any violation of the provisions of this Part 1, upon summary conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $100, plus costs of prosecution, and in default thereof to undergo imprisonment in the Lycoming County Prison for a period not to exceed 30 days. Failure to comply with the requirements of this Part 1, upon conviction, shall be considered a new and separate violation of this section of this Part 1, and rearrest may be made. In the event of violation, if the party or parties so violating this Part 1, upon notice duly received, refuse to remedy the situation which constitutes the violation, they may be also sentenced to pay the costs of having the violation remedied by employees of the Health Officer or employees of the Borough of Hughesville.
[Ord. 8-1975, 12/8/1975, Paragraph 1]
The Borough of Hughesville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, hereby
directs, authorizes and empowers the Committee[1] to do the following:
A.
Accept applications for, make the required inspections and issue,
deny and/or revoke permits pursuant to the requirements of the Act
aforesaid,[2] for and on behalf of this municipality.
[2]
Editor's Note: Refers to the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, Act 537, which, as stated in the
preamble to this Part 1, provided that no person shall install an
individual or community sewage system or construct any building in
which such system is to be installed without first obtaining a permit.
B.
Appoint a certified inspector or inspectors to make, on behalf of
this municipality, the required inspections within the said municipality
and to receive applications for and to issue in the name of said municipality
permits as provided for by said Act or to deny and/or revoke the same.
C.
To adopt and revise from time to time a permit fee schedule and to
collect the permit fees in accordance therewith on behalf of this
municipality, to be used to underwrite the cost of administration
of this program, this municipality further agreeing to assign annually
its rights to the Committee to all reimbursements, appropriations
or grants to which the municipality might be entitled under this program,
in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of Environmental
Resources or other state or federal agency.
D.
To collect a one-time assessment from this municipality as a condition
precedent to its becoming a voting member of said Committee, in accordance
with an assessment schedule established by the Committee and such
other assessments as may be approved by not less than 75% of the members
at any future time.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to the Lycoming Sanitary Committee.
[Ord. 8-1975, 12/8/1975, Paragraph 2]
The said municipality, in furtherance of the implementation
of this countywide program, hereby names, constitutes and appoints
James R. Hess, one of the elected officials of said municipality,
to serve as a member of the Committee, said appointment to continue
in full force and effect until such time as said municipality withdraws
from the program, until such time as said municipality appoints a
successor representative by official action at a regularly scheduled
meeting of the municipality, or until such person ceases to be an
elected official of said municipality.
[Ord. 8-1975, 12/8/1975, Paragraph 3]
The Borough of Hughesville hereby directs, authorizes and empowers
the Committee to establish an Appeal Board, including the appointment
of members thereto, to conduct hearings in the event of the denial
or revocation of any permit, in accordance with the provisions of
the Act, for and on behalf of this municipality.
