[Adopted 2-15-1999 by Ord. No. 836[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. V, Sewer Rents, adopted 5-15-1995 by Ord. No. 801.
The Borough of Mount Oliver (hereinafter "borough") shall and does hereby exercise its option, according to the terms of Paragraph 26 of Ordinance No. 424, to pay the aggregate amount of all sewage service charges which would be payable by water users in the borough, and the borough hereby covenants and agrees that it will pay each quarterly statement by the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (hereinafter "ALCOSAN") out of current revenues of the borough and within 90 days after the date of billing of each quarterly statement.
The borough shall bill all customers of ALCOSAN within the borough in an amount set out below, which amount shall be at least equal to the amount which would be payable otherwise by sewer users within the borough to ALCOSAN for sewage treatment services contemplated by Ordinance No. 424.
There is hereby imposed a sewer rental and sewer service charge in the borough upon the owners and/or occupants of all properties within the borough served by the sanitary sewers of the borough, or private sewer systems which discharge ultimately into the sewage system of ALCOSAN, for the purpose of providing for the cost of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement of the system, expenses of administration, applicable debt service costs, charges by ALCOSAN and other related costs.
In order to apportion the sewer rental and sewer charges herein imposed equitably among the properties served by the borough sanitary sewers, or private sewer facilities discharging ultimately into the sewage system of ALCOSAN, the sewer rentals and sewer charges shall be based on water used on such property, subject to such appropriate adjustment as hereinafter provided and subject to such additional charges as are adopted for wastes other than sewage, based on the strength and characteristics of such wastes.
Where the entire source of water on the premises is metered, the rate shall be based on the quantity of water used as measured by the meter. In cases where the properties obtain water from wells or springs, the borough, at its option, shall require the owner or occupant, without expense to the borough, to provide a meter acceptable to the borough on the well or spring; or the borough shall make an estimate of the amount of water used from nonmetered sources and discharged into the sanitary sewers of the borough, or into private sewers discharging into the sewage system of ALCOSAN; or shall charge the flat rate established.
Where more than one family unit uses a single service line, the charge for all service to said building shall be apportioned between or among all family units, or each family unit shall pay the appropriate rate. For purposes of this section, a "family unit" shall mean an individual or two or more persons living together as a single household within a dwelling.
Where a residential use and a commercial use are conducted on the same premises, separate meters shall be installed for each such use; or the residential use shall be charged the appropriate rate, and the commercial use charged an amount based on usage according to the meter; or the charge for all service to said premises shall be apportioned between and among all occupants, as the borough may elect.
If any substantial portion of the water used regularly on any lot or parcel of ground does not enter the sewage system, the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel may secure a reduction of the amount of sewage service charges to be paid by him by installing, at his own expense and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed, a separate meter or other measuring device approved for measuring water so used, in which event the quantity of water so used shall thereafter be excluded in computing the sewage service charges to be paid by the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel. The charge, if any, for reading such water meter shall be added to the quarterly sewer rate. The owner must work with ALCOSAN to implement this section.
[Amended 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 873; 9-17-2007 by Ord. No. 897; 3-15-2010 by Ord. No. 918; 3-17-2014 by Ord. No. 939]
The rates for sewer service to sewered premises within the Borough shall be an amount equal to the sum of the following:
A. 
The sewer rate charge per 1,000 gallons imposed by ALCOSAN, presently at $5.05 per 1,000 gallons per month;
B. 
The line service charge per account imposed by ALCOSAN, presently at $10.61 per quarter;
C. 
The sewer rate charge per 1,000 gallons imposed by the Borough of Mount Oliver, presently at $7.12 per 1,000 gallons per month.
Commercial or industrial water users whose wastes have an unusually high concentration of suspended solids and/or biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and/or an unusually high chlorine demand shall be subject to the following surcharge rates:
A. 
Suspended solids:
F  = 2.0 + 1.0 [0.44 (SS - 275)]
                        275
Where:
F  = Factor to be applied to basic rate.
SS = Suspended solids of particular wastes in parts per million (ppm).
B. 
Biochemical oxygen demand:
F    = 2.0 + 1.0 [0.27 (BOD - 300)]
                        300
Where:
F    = Factor to be applied to basic rate.
BOD = Biochemical oxygen demand of particular wastes in parts per million (ppm).
C. 
Chlorine demand:
Rc = 0.0167 Pc (C-5)
Where:
Rc = Surcharge rate for chlorine demand in cents per thousand gallons of wastes.
Pc = Contract price of chlorine in cents per pound.
C  = Chlorine demand of particular wastes in parts per million (ppm).
The following charges shall be added to each water user's sewage bill, as calculated hereinbefore, for each garbage grinder:
A. 
Household grinder in private dwelling unit: $6.60 per quarter year.
B. 
Other grinder: $38 per quarter year per grinder of one horsepower capacity, proportionally increased or decreased per grinder of greater or lesser horsepower.
Bills for sewer rental and sewer service charges as imposed by this article shall be rendered quarterly by the borough or its agent authorized by resolution of Council on the basis of the most recent quarterly water meter reading or estimate. Such charges shall be due and payable within 30 days of the billing date.
[Amended 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 873; 3-15-2010 by Ord. No. 918]
Sewer rental and service charges imposed hereunder and not paid within 30 days of the billing date shall be subject to the rate of 1 1/2% per month upon any water and/or sewage charge, or fraction thereof, which is delinquent by more than 30 days, including costs of collection, until paid, and shall be a lien upon the real property to which said sewer rental or sewer service charge applied from the date said sewer rental or sewer service charge becomes due and payable. Said sewer rental or sewer service charge, if not paid within 30 days, may be collected as provided by law, including but not limited to the filing of a municipal lien or a civil action.
Funds received by the borough from collection of sewer rentals and sewer service charges herein provided for shall be deposited in a separate account designated "Borough of Mount Oliver Sewer Account" and used only for the following purposes:
A. 
Payment of the aggregate sewer service charges of ALCOSAN.
B. 
Defraying the cost of engineering, construction, extension, addition, operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, inspection and administration in connection with any part of the sanitary sewer system of the borough and private sewers discharging ultimately into the sewage system of ALCOSAN.
C. 
Payment of applicable debt service costs and charges for construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement or upkeep of any part of said sewer system.
D. 
Payment of any other costs related to the borough sewer system, private sewer systems discharging ultimately into the sewage system of ALCOSAN and ALCOSAN service charges.
The billing method provided for in this article shall commence with the beginning of the next quarter after all of the following conditions have been met:
A. 
ALCOSAN has approved the revision in billing and payment procedures.
B. 
The borough has paid all delinquent bills and charges of ALCOSAN rendered to users within the borough.
C. 
Written notice and advertisement of the revision and the billing and payment procedures.
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the maximum penalties permitted by law. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Partners or members of firms or associations and officers of corporations shall be individually liable for violations chargeable to a firm, association or corporation.
The Council of the Borough of Mount Oliver shall, at its discretion, review the rate schedule then in effect pursuant to this article to determine if such schedule is producing revenues required for the purposes set out in this article. If the rate schedule is found to be producing a shortfall or a material surplus of funds, it shall be adjusted by Council by resolution. Accordingly, without further action of Council, any increases in the sewer rate charge and/or line/service charge imposed by ALCOSAN shall automatically be added to the bill of the affected borough sewer user, effective as of the date on which such increase by ALCOSAN shall become effective.
The provisions of this article shall take effect for ALCOSAN billing round No. 158, which has a billing date of February 25, 1999.