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Town of Boonton, NJ
Morris County
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A. 
The service charges are calculated based on the projected flow for each category listed, and said charges shall be billed at the rate provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule.
[Amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
TABLE A
Type of Establishment
Measurement Unit
Gallons Per Day
Residential dwellings (single-family home, duplex units, townhouses, condominiums, apartments)
1-bedroom unit
Per dwelling
150
2-bedroom unit
Per dwelling
225
3-bedroom unit or larger
Per dwelling
300
Transit dwelling units
Hotels
Per bedroom
75
Lodging houses and tourist homes
Per bedroom
60
Motels and tourist cabins
Per bedroom
60
Boarding houses (max. permitted occupancy)
Per boarder
50
Camps
Campground/mobile rec. vehicle/tent
Per site
100
Parked mobile trailer site
Per site
200
Children's camps
Per bed
50
Labor camps
Per bed
40
Day camps--no meals
Per person
15
Restaurants (including washrooms and turnover)
Average restaurant
Per seat
35
Bar/cocktail lounges
Per seat
20
Fast-food restaurant
Per seat
15
24-hour service restaurant
Per seat
50
Curb service/drive-in restaurant
Per car space
50
Clubs
Residential
Per member
75
Nonresidential
Per member
35
Racquet club
Per court per hour
80
Bathhouse with shower
Per person
25
Bathhouse without shower
Per person
10
Institutions (includes staff)
Hospitals
Per bed
175
Other institutions
Per bed
125
Schools (includes staff)
No shower or cafeteria
Per student
10
With cafeteria
Per student
15
With cafeteria and showers
Per student
20
With cafeteria, showers and laboratories
Per student
25
Boarding
Per Student
75
Automobile service stations
Service station
Per filling position
125
Service bays
Per bay
50
Mini-market
Per square foot
0.100
Miscellaneous
Office buildings (gross area)
Per square foot
0.100
Stores and shopping centers (gross area)
Per square foot
0.100
Factories/warehouses (add process wastewater)
Per employee
25
With showers (add process wastewater)
Per employee
40
Laundromats
Per machine
580
Bowling alleys
Per alley
200
Picnic parks (restrooms only)
Per person
10
Picnic parks with showers
Per person
15
Fairgrounds (based upon average attendance)
Per person
5
Assembly halls
Per seat
3
Airports (based on passenger use)
Per passenger
3
Churches (worship area only)
Per seat
3
Theater (indoor)
Per seat
3
Dinner theater
Per seat
20
Catering/banquet hall
Per person
20
Sports stadium
Per seat
3
Visitor center
Per visitor
5
B. 
Flow for facilities that have combined uses shall be determined by the summation of all appropriate projected flow values for each use.
C. 
The Boonton Sewer Department recognizes that the table in Subsection A above may not cover all establishments and facilities, and in particular facilities that require an industrial treatment works approval. In the event that a facility is not covered, the applicant shall propose the projected flow based upon operation of similar facilities or best professional judgment. The Department reserves the right to accept, modify or deny the proposed flow values.
D. 
Residential sewer rates.
[Added 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010[1]]
(1) 
Per assigned service unit: rate provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule.
[Amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(2) 
Assign sewer service units to existing industrial customers based on fact-based estimates of the facility's metered water consumption, including private wells and other non-Town utility water sources and the amount of water used in the manufacturing process that does not enter the sewer, which is subtracted from the estimated water consumption. These estimates must be certified by a professional engineer registered in the State of New Jersey. Alternatively, the Town may, at any time and at its sole discretion, set the number of assigned service units to an existing industrial customer at 66.7% of the customer's highest annual water consumption during the last five years.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also stated that it, and the revised rates, would be effective and applicable for all water and sewer services rendered after 1-1-2010.
E. 
Commercial/industrial sewer rates.
[Added 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010[2]; amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010]
(1) 
Per assigned service unit: rate provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(2) 
Service unit rates are minimum charges regardless of water consumption.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that it, and the revised rates, would be effective and applicable for all water and sewer services rendered after 1-1-2010.
F. 
Sewer rate for customers using private wells or other water systems. A sewer customer that uses water from sources other than the Town, including private wells or other water systems that is used inside the building, may enter the sewer system, or is interconnected with the water from the Town, must meter, at the owner's expense, each of the non-Town water sources in accordance with the Town's requirements with meters specified by or supplied by the Town for a fee. The meters shall be read by the Town for the purpose of charging sewer charges. If the customer uses metered water from another public water utility, the readings of that utility's meter may be used.
[Added 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010[3]]
[3]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that it, and the revised rates, would be effective and applicable for all water and sewer services rendered after 1-1-2010.
G. 
Classification of sewer customers. Industrial customers are defined as commercial establishments with 20% or more of their water used in a manufacturing process.
[Added 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010]
A. 
Charges shall only be made to those owners of dwellings and buildings that are connected to sanitary sewers.
B. 
The charges set forth herein shall be due and payable as of the effective date of Ordinance No. 4-91.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: February 19, 1991.
In cases where the character of sewage or industrial waste discharged from any building or premises is such that it imposes an additional burden upon the sewerage system above that imposed by the average sewerage entering the sewerage system, such additional cost necessitated thereby shall be an additional charge over the rates hereinabove set forth.
A. 
The charges established herein shall be assessed against the property owners.
B. 
Quarterly bills shall be sent out on a monthly basis. The bills are payable within 15 days after the billing date or shall become a lien against the property.
C. 
Owners of property to which water service is discontinued and the water meter removed, shall be exempt from assessment of quarterly charges until such time as the water meter is reinstalled.