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1. Quarterly Payments. All bills for water service or charges shall be rendered in calendar quarters on the first days of January, April, July and October, respectively, in each year, or on such other dates as the Township shall specify, and shall cover a quarterly billing period consisting of the immediately succeeding three complete calendar months. [Ord. 88]
2. Pro-rata Charge for Fractional Periods. Whenever water service to any Consumer Unit, or unit of construction, as applicable, shall begin after the first day or shall terminate before the last day of any billing period, the water rates, rents and charges for such period shall be prorated equitably for that portion of the billing period during which service was provided by the Township.
3. Recipient. Each bill for water service shall be made out in the name of the consumer.
4. Rebate for Unoccupied Property. No allowance or rebate will be made for unoccupied property unless and until: (1) the Consumer shall have notified the Township of such vacancy in writing; and (2) such vacancy shall continue for at least thirty days. In any such event, service shall be restored only upon the execution of a new application therefor.
5. All billing and payment shall be in accordance with the red flag policies of Chapter 1, Part 12. [Ord. 507]
(Ord. 68, § 3 1/10/79; as amended by Ord. 88, § 2, 6/11/80; and by Ord. 507, 10/20/2010, § 3)
1. Thirty to Sixty Days After Bills are Due and Payable. All bills for water service furnished to consumers shall be due and payable upon the appropriate billing date and the appropriate amount computed in accordance with this Part shall constitute the net bill. If bills for such water service shall not be paid within thirty days after such bill becomes due and payable, such bills shall be deemed delinquent and a penalty of fifteen percentum shall be added to such delinquent bills and collected as a part thereof. [Ord. 88]
2. Delinquency in Excess of Sixty Days. Such action may be taken whenever any bill for water service furnished to a consumer shall remain unpaid for a period in excess of sixty (60) days after the date thereof and five days after mailing a delinquency notice to the consumer at his latest recorded address of the books of the Township, which notice shall inform the consumer of the delinquency and the penalty and shall declare the intention of the Township to shut off and discontinue the water service. The water service will not be restored until the bill, including penalties, together with a turn-off and turn-on charge has been paid.
(Ord. 68, § 3, 1/10/79; as amended by Ord. 116, 4/14/82)
1. Lien Against Property Served by the Water System. Water rates, rents and charges imposed by this Part, to the extent permitted by law, shall be a lien on the property connected to and served by the water system; and any such water rates, rents and charges which shall be delinquent, to the extent permitted by law, shall be filed as a lien against the property so connected to and served by the water system, which lien shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Courts - Civil Division of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims. The lien shall include costs of preparation of the lien of $80 and preparation of the satisfaction of $25 and any court costs for the filing of and satisfaction of the lien and the cost of collecting such delinquent amounts including reasonable attorney's fees at the rate of $150 per hour. Interest shall accrue on the delinquent rental and penalty at the rate of 10% per annum. [Ord. 449]
2. Authorization of Township Officers. Proper officers of the Township are authorized and directed to do all things and to take all legal action necessary to enforce collection of water rates, rents and charges established and imposed and otherwise to carry out provisions of this Part.
(Ord. 68, § 11, 1/10/79; as amended by Ord. 357, 3/19/1997, § 2; and by Ord. 449, 5/5/2004, § 1)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 1B shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall be fined not less than $300 and/or be imprisoned up to 90 days or both. Each day on which a violation shall occur shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Township may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, court reporter's fees, and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this Part 1B or the orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder.
(Ord. 256, 1/14/1991)
C. Water Meters.
1. Except for those consumers being charged for water service on a flat rate basis, as provided in § 26-125, and, except upon special written permission granted by the Township, each consumer unit shall be required to have installed a water meter to measure the quantity of water consumed. Each such meter shall be furnished and installed by the Township or by the owner in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the Township. Upon installation all meters shall become and thereafter remain the property of the Township.
2. Each consumer unit shall be connected separately and independently with the water system through a water lateral. Grouping of more than one consumer unit on one water lateral shall not be permitted, except for multiple consumer unit groups, or under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause shown, and then only after special permission of the Township, in writing, shall have been secured and subject to such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the Township.
(Ord. 68, § 5, 1/10/79; as amended by Ord. 633, 10/6/21)
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