The owner(s) of existing houses, buildings, or other properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes
situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way
in which a public sewer has been installed shall be required to connect
to the Town sewer and shall be required to pay to the Town a connection
charge, provided that said building or its existing individual on-site
sanitary disposal system is within 200 feet of said public sewer.
In cases where the building is beyond 200 feet of said public sewer,
the owner(s) shall pay to the Town a connection charge when, and if,
such structure or its individual on site sanitary disposal system
is connected to the public sewer system. The amounts of the connection
charges shall be established by the Town Council from time to time.
Each user connected to the sewerage system shall pay a sewer user charge (sewer rental charge), unless the property owner has received a waiver per Article IV, § 158-11B, of this chapter. The sewer user charge shall be as established by the Town Council from time to time to cover the annual operating, maintenance and capital expenses of the municipal sewerage system. The normal sewer user charges shall be based on water use wherever possible. If records of metered use are not available or do not properly reflect the quantity of waste discharged, the sewer user charge shall be based upon estimated water use or an actual measurement of the volume of waste discharged into the sewerage system. Sewer surcharges shall be levied by the Public Works Department/Wastewater Division. The surcharge shall be based on total monthly flow and a flow-weighted monthly average for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) to users whose waste characteristics are above normal strength [biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) 250 mg/l; total suspended solids (TSS) 300 mg/l], unless a special agreement as stated in Article VII, § 158-47, has been approved and granted by the Town.
