1. The penalties provided herein shall be cumulative to any remedies provided to the Borough in any other Sections of this Part.
2. Payments of sewer rental fee (user fee) and trash collection fee (trash fee) are due upon the user’s receipt of the statement. Receipt shall be presumed on the third day after the Borough’s date of issuance.
3. In the event that payment is not received by the Borough prior to the end of the calendar month in which the statement is used, a penalty, as established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council shall be added to the user’s account. This penalty shall be calculated as follows: [Ord. 2012-03]
A. The user’s balance at month’s end multiplied by .00833 equals the penalty. For example, $30 (balance at the end of the first month) times .00833 equals $0.2499. This amount is added to the $30 for a new balance of $30.25. The .00833 penalty is not subject to compounding. The new balance due will be carried over to the following month on the user’s account and shall be due immediately.
4. The penalty will be assessed each month, as described above, on original amounts remaining unpaid (not including any penalty amounts) until the account is fully paid; provided, however, that the total accrued penalty hereunder, together with the total accrued penalty under the General Trash Collection Ordinance [Chapter 20, Part 1], shall not exceed (A) $500 per dwelling unit with respect to residential accounts, and (B) $3,000 per account with respect to commercial, industrial and school accounts.
(Ord. 91-4, 10/8/1991, §3.09; as amended by Ord. 92-2, 10/6/1992, §2; by Ord. 07-02, 2/6/2007, §3; and by Ord. 2012-03, 12/4/2012)