[Adopted 4-15-1985 as L.L. No. 2-1985]
Pursuant to the authority of the Sewer Rent Law, being Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, and any and all amendments thereto, there are hereby established and imposed sewer rents as a means of producing revenue for Sewer District No. 1 of the Town of Riga and all extensions thereof, this Part 2 to be known as the "Sewer Rent Local Law."
The definitions contained in Part 1 of this chapter, Sewer Use Local Law, are incorporated herein by reference, and unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of other terms used herein shall be as follows:
A scale of annual charges established and imposed on a unit method
in the district on the basis of equivalent single house units, hereinafter
referred to as "units," for the use of the sewage works or any part or parts
thereof.
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or useful,
in whole or in part, in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal
of wastewater and which are owned, operated or maintained by the sewer district
in the town, including sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal
systems, if any.
The method of establishing "sewer units" in the district will be
the same method as used to establish "sewer units" in the Village of Churchville,
using unit calculations established by the Village of Churchville in March
1973, and as amended from time to time, excluding unimproved lots. The definitions
of improved and unimproved lots are as follows: An "improved lot" shall be
a lot with a building or structure on it which is actually hooked into the
sewer line and will not be assessed until hooked into the sewer line. The
definition of an "unimproved lot" shall be a lot with no building or structure
on it and not hooked into the sewer line. Any premises not within the above
classification shall be charged the number of units determined by the Town
Board. Such determination shall be made after a hearing to be held on not
less than five days' notice. Notice of the proposed change shall be mailed
to the owner at his address as shown on the latest town tax assessment roll.
Such charge shall be final 10 days after the Town Board mails, by registered
mail, to the owner a statement of its determination of the unit charge imposed
after said hearing, unless the owner shall file in the office of the Town
Clerk within such ten-day grace period a written notice of appeal containing
a sworn statement of the grounds of his appeal. The Town Board shall hear
such appeal within 30 days and amend, rescind, modify or affirm its prior
decision based upon the evidence presented by the applicant.
The water carrying human or animal wastes, ground garbage wastes
and permissible industrial wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments
or other places, together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water
as may be present.
Sewer rents are hereby established and imposed for the sewer system
in said sewer district, or extensions thereof as now existing, and hereafter
extended pursuant to law.
The Town Board shall annually fix and determine the amount of the sewer
rent to be charged for each sewer unit in said sewer district with the adoption
of the budget. The method used to determine the unit charge is to divide the
total amount of the proposed budget for operation and maintenance of the sewers
by the total number of sewer units in said sewer district and extensions thereof.
Dischargers of toxic wastes which cause increased operation, maintenance and
replacement costs shall pay for such costs. The costs of operation, maintenance
and replacement for all extraneous flow treatment will be distributed among
all users.
Such sewer rentals shall be paid on a quarterly basis, and the quarters
shall be as follows:
Revenues derived from sewer rents shall be credited to a specific fund
to be known as the "Sewer Rent Fund of Sewer District No. 1 including extensions."
Moneys in such fund shall be used only in the manner and for the purposes
specified and in the order required by the Sewer Rent Law of the State of
New York.
Pursuant to the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, the
Town Law of the State of New York and any and all amendments thereto, there
shall be established and imposed capital cost reduction charges as a means
of producing revenue for the reduction of debt service and other capital costs
incurred by Sewer District No. 1 of the Town of Riga.
The definitions contained in Part 1 of this chapter, Sewer Use Local Law, are incorporated herein by reference, and unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of other terms used herein shall be as follows:
A scale of annual charges established and imposed on a unit basis,
as defined annually by the Town Board, for the purpose of reducing the debt
service or payment of capital costs incurred by the Sewer District.
Those established for all parcels within the district by the Town Board
with due consideration being given all legal criteria, including but not limited
to the following:
The number of units for any given parcel will be established so as to
distribute the debt service and capital costs of the district in a fair and
equitable manner to reflect the benefit derived therefrom.
The Town Board shall annually fix and determine, after public hearing
upon due notice, the amount of the capital cost reduction charges to be charged
for each capital cost reduction unit in said Sewer District with the adoption
of the budget, in accordance with the Town Law.
Such capital cost reduction charges shall be levied and paid in accordance
with the Town Law.
