Town of Groton, MA
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2023-04-29
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Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
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Chapter 397 Four Corners Sewer District
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Part 2 Usage Fee Regulations
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Article IV Purpose
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter (2022)
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 5 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 13 Finance Committee
- Ch 16 Finances
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Housing Authority
- Ch 27 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 32 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Park Commission
- Ch 48 Personnel
- Ch 52 Planning Board
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Regional School District
- Ch 71 Revolving Funds
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Town Meetings
- Ch 84 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Water
- Ch 91 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 93 Water Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Beano
- Ch 116 Boats
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay
- Ch 127 Discharge of Water Onto a Public Way
- Ch 128 Dogs
- Ch 134 Earth Removal
- Ch 137 Farming
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 145 Forest Lands
- Ch 153 Historic Districts and Commission
- Ch 154 Illicit Discharges to Municipal Separate Storm Drain System
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 175 Retail Sales, Hours of
- Ch 180 Roads and Ways
- Ch 181 Litter and Snow in Public Ways
- Ch 184 Scenic Roads
- Ch 190 Sewers
- Ch 196 Signs
- Ch 198 Stormwater Management — Low-Impact Development
- Ch 199 Polystyrene Container Restriction for Food Service Establishments
- Ch 200 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 201 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 210 Water Supply
- Ch 215 Wetlands
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 222 Avenue of Flags
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Driveways
- Ch 239 Earth Removal
- Ch 242 Flags, Display of
- Ch 244 Garage and Yard Sales
- Ch 245 Standards of Conduct Policy
- Ch 246 Highway Department
- Ch 247 Road Acceptance Policy
- Ch 248 Road Openings
- Ch 249 Salaries and Wages
- Ch 251 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 257 Smoking
- Ch 258 Street Naming and Building Numbering
- Ch 261 Town Buildings, Use of
- Ch 264 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Ch 268 Vacancies
- Ch 273 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 276 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 277 Energy-Producing Facilities
- Ch 278 Fees
- Ch 279 Floor Drains
- Ch 280 Fuel and Chemicals, Underground Storage of
- Ch 286 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 295 Milk
- Ch 299 Outdoor Wood Burning
- Ch 307 Solid Waste
- Ch 315 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Regulations
- Ch 319 Swimming Pools
- Ch 322 Tobacco Regulations
- Ch 323 Transfer Station
- Ch 325 Water Supply
- Ch 330 Wells
- Ch 332 Wood Waste, Disposal of
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 338 Board of Appeals
- Ch 344 Conservation Commission
- Ch 352 Earth Removal Stormwater Advisory Committee
- Ch 360 Historic District Commission
- Ch 381 Planning Board
- Ch 396 Groton Center Sewer District
- Ch 397 Four Corners Sewer District
- Ch 397 Pt 2 Art IV Purpose
- § 397-6 Revenue generation; establishment; responsibility for payment.
- Ch 407 Water Department
- Appendix
- Ch A415 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
The purpose of the Four Corners Sewer District Usage Fee Regulation
is to provide a means for the Town of Groton, acting through the Sewer
Commission, to raise sufficient revenues to pay the expenses associated
with the administration, operation, construction, maintenance, and
repair of the Four Corners Sewer System, including collecting sewers,
interceptor sewers, pumping stations, force mains and system appurtenances
to serve the Four Corners Sewer System in the Town of Groton; the
cost of land and easements, the cost of initial and additional capacity
in the Town of Ayer's facilities when it becomes necessary, the
Town of Ayer connection charge and for the treatment and disposal
of its wastewater at the Town of Ayer's wastewater treatment
plant.
B.
The Sewer Commission shall establish just and equitable annual usage
fees based upon water usage for the use of the Four Corners Sewer
System. The Commission shall review and adjust the fees on an annual
basis; however, the Sewer Commission shall have the right to calculate
and bill owners on a per-wastewater basis. In doing so, the Sewer
Commission will measure the volume of wastewater flowing from connected
property to the public sewer, convert it to "water" units (as hereafter
defined), and bill by the same method as if billed on a water usage
basis. When the usage fee is to be billed upon a wastewater usage
basis, the Commission may use estimates of the volume of wastewater
flowing from the connected property during the billing period. The
estimate shall be based upon periodic measurements of the flow for
a duration which, in the judgment of the Groton Sewer Commission,
are sufficient to provide a reasonably accurate estimate of the actual
flow for a billing period.
C.
Usage fees for the use of the Four Corners Sewer shall be paid by
every owner of improved property connected to the public sewer.
