[1967 Code § 76-1; Ord. No. 279-11 § 1; Ord. No. 409-2018]
The purpose of this article is to confirm the creation of a
Municipal Public Sewer Utility in the Township and to provide for
the collection of sewer use charges which shall be paid into the Municipal
Public Sewer Utility of the Township. The charges shall, as nearly
as may be practical, defray the actual costs of the operation of the
sewer plant and such other costs as the Township Committee may decide
to include, but not limited to a reserve for uncollected sewer fees,
a reserve for future/planned debt related to the waste water plant
or capital improvements associated with the wastewater system not
incurred with debt.
[1967 Code § 76-2; Ord. No. 279-11 § 2]
As used in this article:
Shall mean where limited water use is available, the billing
will be calculated using a monthly reading as the average times nine
months to establish a yearly sewer fee.
Shall mean any unit of a building adapted for separate occupancy
other than a residential unit, and includes, without limitation thereto,
each store, office, school or other commercial, industrial or public
establishment.
Shall mean any building owned by the Township, or any agency
of the Township, other than the Board of Education of the Township.
Shall mean any dwelling or apartment, each apartment to be
treated as one unit. Any suite of a dwelling adapted for separate
occupancy shall constitute a "residential unit." A suite shall be
deemed to be adapted for separate occupancy if it has private housekeeping
facilities, even if it does not have a private entrance. An "Accessory
Apartment" created pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Chapter
shall not be considered a separate residential unit in the context
of this chapter.
Shall mean the sanitary sewerage system owned and operated
by the Township.
[1967 Code § 76-3]
There is hereby established a sewer service charge for the use
of the sanitary sewer, to be imposed annually upon the owners of property
connected to said sanitary sewer as hereafter provided. The moneys
so collected shall be paid into the general revenue of the Township.
[1967 Code § 76-4]
The sewer service charge, with respect to any property, shall
be computed by applying the rate of charge hereafter specified to
each residential unit and to each nonresidential unit on the property
which is connected to the sanitary sewer during any part of the year
to which the charge relates, subject to proration, as provided for
below, if any residential unit or nonresidential unit is not connected
to the sanitary sewer for the entire year.
[1967 Code § 76-5; Ord. No. 9-79; Ord. No. 19-82; Ord. No. 24-83; Ord. No.
43-86; Ord. No. 16-87; Ord. No. 15-88; Ord. No. 34-88; Ord. No. 31-90; Ord. No. 4-92 § 1; Ord. No. 27-92 § 3; Ord. No. 25-93 § 1; Ord.
No. 28-94 § 1; Ord. No.
33-95 § 1; Ord. No. 4-98 § 1; Ord. No. 55-00 § 1; Ord. No. 78-01 § 1; Ord. No. 106-02 § 1; Ord. No. 120-02 § 1; Ord. No. 131-03 § 1; Ord. No. 144-04 § 1; Ord. No. 159-04 § 1; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 189-06 § 1; Ord. No. 201-07 § 1; Ord. No. 225-08 § 1; Ord. No. 242-09 § 1; Ord. No. 261-10 § 1; Ord. No. 279-11 §§ 3; 4; Ord. No. 303-12; Ord. No.
355-2015; Ord. No. 384-16; Ord. No. 399-17; Ord. No. 418-2018; Ord.
No. 435-2019; amended 5-27-2020 by Ord. No. 458-20]
The following sewer service and usage fees are hereby established
effective January 1, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect
until revised by ordinance duly adopted by the Township Committee:
a.
All residential sewer users shall be charged a service fee of $0
per year per unit.
b.
All commercial and industrial sewer users shall be charged a service
fee of $0 per year per unit.
c.
Residential sewer users that are metered shall be charged a sewer
usage fee at the rate of $18.27 per thousand gallons.
1.
The gallons used shall be the total water metered (actual usage)
for the six winter months preceding the billing year. By example,
in the billing year of 2020, the gallons are determined from the six
months January through March and October through December 2019. The
months excluded are: April through September 2019.
2.
Water consumption figures for each user will be obtained from the
water company servicing the premises or by the Township Sewer Department
if the meter is not serviced by the water company.
3.
If the meter is not read or incorrectly read for one or more months
of the usage period as determined by the Sewer Utility Collector,
the amount charged for those months shall be equal to the approximate
average monthly usage among other billable months during the same
period.
d.
Commercial and industrial sewer users that are metered shall be charged
a sewer usage fee at the rate of $18.27 per thousand gallons.
1.
The gallons used shall be the total water metered (actual usage)
for the six winter months preceding the billing year. By example,
in the billing year of 2020, the gallons are determined from the six
months January through March and October through December 2019. The
months excluded are: April through September 2019.
2.
Water consumption figures for each user will be obtained from the
water company servicing the premises or by the Township Sewer Department
if the meter is not serviced by the water company.
3.
If the meter is not read or incorrectly read for one or more months
of the usage period as determined by the Sewer Utility Collector,
the amount charged for those months shall be equal to the approximate
average monthly usage among other billable months during the same
period.
e.
Sewer users that are not metered shall be charged a usage fees follows.
Residential units: $575 per unit; commercial or industrial units:
$1,200 per unit.
g.
The Township Committee may require a water meter to be installed
by any sewer user utilizing a well or other private water system at
the property owner's expense.
h.
Each user who is a resident of this Township and who was 65 years
of age or older during the prior calendar year shall be entitled annually,
upon submission of a claim on proper forms, to a deduction of $40
from his or her sewer use charge as established hereinabove.
[1967 Code § 76-6; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 279-11 § 4; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
In the case of a building in single ownership having several stores, offices or residential units or a combination of stores, offices and residential units except for "accessory apartments," served by a common water meter, the annual charges paid shall be a service charge (Section 22-23) for each individual store, office and residential unit plus the per thousand gallon charge (Section 22-23) for the water use recorded by the common meter.
[1967 Code § 76-7; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 303-12; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
The sewer service charge established and fixed herein shall be an annual charge for each calendar year. The charge for each residential unit and the basic charge for each nonresidential unit shall be payable in one payment before the due date as specified in section 22-24.4
[1967 Code § 76-8; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
In the case of any unit, residential or business, or any other
type of unit which is not connected to the sanitary sewer system during
the entire year, the charge shall be prorated on a calendar year basis,
and the unit shall be charged a sewer use charge for the entire month
during which the connection is made. For the purpose of construing
this article, the date of issuance of an occupancy permit on new construction
of buildings shall be considered as the date of connection.
[1967 Code § 76-9; Ord. No. 26-94 § 5; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 303-12; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
a.
The Sewer Utility Collector shall bill the owners of sewered property
for the sewer service charge annually. Sewer use charges shall be
due 30 days after sewer bills are mailed. In the event that the annual
sewer charges are not paid as provided herein, the following provision
of this article shall apply.
b.
The charges hereby imposed shall be payable to the Sewer Utility
Collector and shall draw the same interest from the time they become
due as taxes upon real estate and shall be a lien upon the premises
connected to the sanitary sewer until paid, and the Township shall
have the same remedies for collection thereof, with interest, costs
and penalties, as it has by law for the collection of taxes on real
estate.
[1967 Code § 76-10; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
There shall be no sewer service charge levied or collected from
the Board of Education, volunteer fire companies, first aid squads,
Senior Center.
[1967 Code § 76-11; Ord. No. 182-05 § 1; Ord. No. 384-2016; Ord. No. 399-2017]
Nothing herein shall preclude the Township from requiring developers
of property to install sewer lines at their own expense or from providing
for construction of sewer lines by local improvement assessments.
