Sewer Connection Fees
Current Sewer Rates
A. Residential Uses
| Type of Property | Connection Fee |
|---|---|
| Residence: private, single-family | $2,600.00 |
| Residence with apartments: each additional apartment | $2,600.00 |
| Residence operating as house: additional | $2,600.00 |
| Apartment buildings, including Condominiums: per apartment | $2,600.00 |
| Dormitories, motels, hotels, etc.: per living unit | $2,600.00 |
B. Eating establishments and commercial and industrial uses.
(1) Connection fees for eating establishments and commercial and industrial uses shall be as follows:
| Type of Property | Connection Fee |
|---|---|
| Eating establishments without seating facilities | $2,600.00 |
| Eating establishments with seating facilities, including fast-food, soda fountain, lunchonette, diner, tavern, restaurant, etc. Seating capacity of 1 to 50 | $2,600.00 |
| For each additional 25 seats or fraction thereof | $1,000.00 |
| General commercial, industrial and other buildings and uses: Per occupant occupying less than 3,000 square feet of gross floor area | $2,600.00 |
| Per occupant occupying 3,000 square feet or more of gross floor area, per 3,000 square feet or fraction thereof | $ 750.00 |
(2) Provided, however, that the Sewer Department reserves the right to establish a higher fee should the commercial, industrial or other user incorporate a large quantity of water in its operation. In such cases, the higher fee shall be calculated by multiplying the number of equivalent domestic consumer units to be utilized by the user at three hundred (300) gallons of water per day times seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00).
Schedule of Annual Rates; Senior Citizens’ Reduction
A. Residential sewer connections shall be charged at an annual rate of $542.00 per domestic consumer unit, defined as follows:
| Type of Structure Units | Domestic Consumer |
|---|---|
| Single-family home | 1 |
Private dwelling with rented rooms or boardinghouse | 1 |
| Each room available for rent | 1/2 |
| Rental or condominium apartments, or mobile living, per living unit | 1 |
| Townhouses, up to 3 bedrooms | 1 |
| Residential Senior Citizen (age 55 and over), Affordable Housing Apartment Complex, | |
| Minimum 75 units per building | 3/4 per unit |
| Type of Structure | Commercial Consumer Units |
|---|---|
| Small rental stores | 1 |
| Individual offices | 1 |
| Service Stations | 1 |
| Church | 1 |
| Church with classrooms | 2 |
| Church with classrooms and gymnasium | 3 |
| Church with day-care | 1, plus 1/2 per classroom |
| Schools, per classroom | 1/2 |
| Laundromat or Self-Service Laundry: 1/2 per washer (small or large) | 1/2 |
| Motel or Hotel – per living unit | 1/2 |
D. Heavy commercial and industrial customers.
(1) Heavy commercial and industrial customers shall be billed based on water consumption as follows:
- (a) Up to 24,000 gallons per quarter: $135.50.
- (b) Per 1,000 gallons above 24,000: $4.50.
(2) Heavy commercial and industrial customers shall include industrial or manufacturing facilities, restaurants, diners, taverns, bars, nursing homes, car washes, large retail stores, large commercial buildings, fleet operations, animal shelters, large office buildings, maintenance facilities and swim clubs, but only wastewater from fixtures of said swim clubs.
E. Additional charges shall be billed quarterly for the following items:
| Item | Quarterly Charge |
|---|---|
| Garbage disposal | $19.00 |
| Floor drain | $76.00 |
F. Senior citizens (age 65 years or more) having an annual income not in excess of the limitations provided in N.J.S.A. 54:48.40 which provides for real estate by such senior citizens shall be charged at an annual rate of $326.00 per domestic consumer unit. Determination of eligibility for the reduced rate provided for herein shall be made in accordance with the standards in effect for provisions of N.J.S.A. 54:4-80.40 et seq.; as said section shall be amended from time to time, together with any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.