(A) The Township shall charge fees for sewer connection and service as established annually by ordinance of the Township Committee. Sewer connection fees shall be due and payable as and when such sewer connection(s) is applied for. Sewer service fees shall be billed annually by the Township and shall be due and payable by March 1 of each calendar year for the ensuing calendar year.
(B) The owner of a property which is abandoned or becomes unoccupied for a continuous period of one year, may apply to the Township for cancellation of the sewer account for such property and for any refund of current year sewer charges only as follows:
(1) The owner must notify the Township Tax Collector in writing that the property has been unoccupied for a continuous period of one year. Such notice must include the original date of termination of occupancy and must include written proof that water service (excluding fire) has been terminated at the property for a continuous period of one year.
(2) Upon receipt of such notice and the required proof, the Tax Collector will cancel the sewer bill for the current year forward and will refund any payments made for the current tax year, if any. No refund for any payments for prior tax years will be given.
(3) If the property later is to be occupied, the property owner must pay a new sewer connection charge for each domestic consumer unit applicable to the property.
(Am. Ord. 907-99, passed 1-25-99; Am. Ord. 05-2000, passed 2-14-00; Am. Ord. 34-00, passed 11-27-00; Am. Ord. 1-02, passed 1-28-02; Am. Ord. 41-04, passed 1-26-04)
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