7.1.3 DETERMINATION OF USE CHARGES – BILLING DATES
Effective December 1, 2013, Use Charges shall be assessed as of the first day of
December and June of each year upon the record owner of property. Such charges shall be billed
in arrears and payable in advance for the next succeeding January 1 through June 30 in the case
of the December assessment and for the next succeeding July 1 through December 31 in the case
of the June assessment. Use Charges shall be delinquent as of the first day of the month next
succeeding the assessment/billing date.
If the property is not connected to the sewer system for the previous entire billing period,
the Use Charge shall be prorated on a daily basis for the actual number of days the property was
connected for that billing period. If the property (or an individual billed unit thereof) becomes
vacant during the previous billing period, then the “unit” fees applicable to that property (or its
individual billed unit thereof) shall be reduced from its current usage charge to a charge based on
one “unit”.
In assessing Use Charges, one “unit” shall be deemed to have a discharge of 125 gallons
per day and units shall be determined as follows:
Service Type Number of Unit Charges
1. Single Family Dwelling ……………………………………………………… 1.0
2. Multi-Family Dwelling (e.g., apartment complex,
duplex, condominium complex, rooming or boarding
house, hotel, motel, trailer park, school dormitory)
a) For each single family housekeeping unit
with kitchen and sanitary facilities …………..……………………………. 1.0
b) For each room not included in (a)
with sanitary facilities ………………………………….….………………. 0.5
c) For each room not included in (a) without
sanitary facilities .………………..………………………..……….. 0.25
3. Commercial establishments (e.g. stores,
offices, shopping centers):
a) Up to four (4) persons working or employed therein ………………………. 1.0
b) For each additional person over four (4) working or employed therein .… 0.25
c) For each office with separate sanitary facilities (to be
separately considered from office under 3a and 3 b above) ……….…..…. 1.0
d) For each store with public sanitary facilities (to be
considered in addition to 3a and 3b above):
per public toilet fixture …………………………………..…………… 1.0
per public urinal …………………..……………………………………… 0.5
per public sink ………………………………………………..………….. 0.25
e) For each store or supermarket with fixtures for meat or fish
preparation (to be considered in addition to 3a and 3b above) …… 1.25
4. Trailer parks, for each trailer stall ………………………………………….. 1.0
5. Schools (See Note B)
a) Per 100 students and personnel or fraction thereof ……………..……………… 3.5
b) Additional for showers per 100 students and personnel ……..………………. 1.5
c) Additional for cafeterias with kitchen facilities
per 100 students and personnel ……………………………………. 1.5
6. Churches, public buildings (other than schools),
libraries, post offices, fire houses ….……………………………….……….. 1.0
7. Service station and/or garage (without automatic or
semi-automatic car washing facilities ..……….………………….………….. 2.0
8. Theaters, for each 100 person capacity or fraction thereof …………..…………… 1.5
9. Restaurants, luncheonettes, diners, catering
establishments and social or commercial dining
facilities (without separate bar) per 10 seats
a) For up to an 8-hour daily period ……………………………………. 2.0
b) For each additional hour ………………………………………..………….. .1
10. Laundromats, per 3 clothes washing machines (See Note D) …… 1.5
11. Hospitals, per 10 beds (See Note D) …………………………………………. 5.5
12. Car washing facilities, per bay ……………………………………………….. 3.0
13. Taverns, or separate bar in restaurant, for 8 hour daily period …..…………….. 3.0
14. Industrial Establishments
a) Up to four (4) persons working or employed therein ……………… 1.0
b) Additional for each person over four working or employed
therein, per person …………………………………..………………..….. 0.25
c) Additional for domestically equivalent process
wastes per 100,000 gallons annually or part thereof,
discharged to public sanitary sewers (See Note D & E) …..……… 0.25
d) Additional for strong process wastes ………………………………… See Note F
15. Physical fitness or sports training facilities, gyms and clubs:
a) Up to four (4) persons working or employed therein (See Note A) ……….. 1.0
b) For each additional person over four (4) working or employed therein .… 0.25
c) Per 100 patrons (daily average) or fraction thereof (See Note I) …………… 3.5
d) Additional for showers per 100 patrons (daily average) or fraction thereof 1.5
e) Addition per 3 clothes washing machines or fraction thereof ….…. 1.5
f) Additional for cafeterias with kitchen facilities per 100 patrons
(daily average) or fraction thereof ……………………………….. 1.5
g) Swimming pool and/or hot tub backwash .………………………………….. 1.0
16. Pet Groomers:
a) Up to four (4) persons working or employed therein ………………………… 1.0
b) For each additional person over four (4) working or employed therein .… 0.25
c) For each grooming station …………………………………………………… 0.75
d) For each washing machine ………………………………………………….. 0.25
17. Personal Care (Nail Salons, Hair Salons, Wax Salons, Tanning Salons, Spas):
a) Up to four (4) persons working or employed therein ………………………… 1.0
b) For each additional person over four (4) working or employed therein .… 0.25
c) For each Manicure Chair …………………………………………………… 0.10
d) For each Pedicure Chair …………………………………………………….. 0.25
e) For each Waxing Room …………………………………………………….. 0.10
f) For each Hair Cutting Chair ………………………………………………… 0.25
g) For each Massage Table/Room ……………………………………………. 0.10
h) For each Tanning Bed/Room ……………………………………………… 0.10
g) For each Unspecified Room ……………………………………………….. 0.10
18. Bowling Alleys
a) For each Bowling Lane ………………………………………………………0.40
19. Golf Driving Ranges
a) For each Hitting Bay …………………………………………………………0.20
20. Grocery Stores
a) Per square footage……………………………………………..….S.F. x 0.1 / 125
NOTES AND SPECIAL CHARGES
A. Employees working 20 hours or less per week shall be counted as one-half
person for purposes of determining the number of unit charges.
B. The number of unit charges computed for schools shall be multiplied by 0.50
for schools operating 15 hours or less per week.
C. If water conservation devices are installed by a commercial user, and their
effectiveness is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Authority, a reduction in
charges up to 20% may be granted.
D. Charges will be separately established for users expected to have an average daily
discharge of 25,000 gallons or more per day (“major sewer users”). Any
commercial or industrial use having an average daily discharge of 25,000 gallons
or more per day may be charged on the basis of one unit per 100,000 gallons
discharged annually (or part thereof). Meter facilities for such users shall be
installed at the expense of the Owner.
E. “Domestically equivalent process waste” is one that possesses the following
characteristics: 1) BOD of 250 mg/l, or less, and suspended solid concentrations
of 250 mg/1 or less; and 2) otherwise meets the general standards described in
Section 6.0 and Section 6.1 of these Regulations.
F. “Strong process waste” is any waste that is not “domestically equivalent process
waste” as defined in “E” above. Charges for such waste, if accepted by the
Authority, will be established on the characteristics, quality and concentration of
such wastes compared with that of “domestically equivalent process wastes”.
G. Charges will be separately established by the Authority for uses or types of uses
not listed above. The Authority shall separately establish the number of unit
charges applicable to such use.
H. Charges will be separately established by the Authority for users that create
special expense to the Authority.
I. To determine the daily average number of patrons in the absence of specific
information, it shall be assumed that each patron uses the facility an average of
biweekly, or one-half times per week. Thus if there are 550 registered patrons but
only 200 active patrons, the daily average is calculated 550 ÷ 2= 275 ÷ 7 = 39.2.

2.0 SEWER CONNECTION PERMIT: STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION – LAPSE
OF PERMIT
Upon issuance of a Sewer Connection Permit and the payment by the Applicant to the
Authority of a non-refundable Sewer Application Fee in accordance with Section 7.2 et seq. of
these Regulations, the Applicant is authorized to construct the building sewer in accordance with
the sewer plan, as filed, and subject to the requirements set forth in the Town Ordinances and
Regulations governing sewer use. The Application Fee (See Section 7.2.2) shall be paid to the
Authority prior to the issuance of the Sewer Connection Permit, customarily upon application for
such permit. NOTE: This fee is in addition to the $750.00 cash bond.
The Sewer Connection Permit shall automatically lapse two (2) years after the date of
issuance unless a written extension not to exceed a maximum of one (1) year is granted by the
Authority prior to the expiration of said two (2) year period. Within such time, the permittee
must either a) substantially complete construction of the building sewer as approved, as
determined by the Authority, or b) complete the connection to the sewer line and obtain an
inspection and approval of the connection by the Authority. No discharge to the sewer system
shall be permitted until a Sewer Discharge Permit is issued by the Authority and only after the
filing of “as-built” drawings and all work, including the actual connection to the sewer line, has
been inspected and approved by the Authority.
Once a Sewer Connection Permit has lapsed, a new Sewer Connection Permit application
(subject to the requirements of Section 1.2 Treatment Capacity Management) will be required
before further authorization to construct and connect the building sewer will be granted. All
work on the construction of the building sewer shall immediately cease whenever the Sewer
Connection Permit under which it is being performed has lapsed.