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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 32 AND TITLE 33 OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE ORDINANCES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER SEWER UTILITIES AND AMEND THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY OF NEWARK'S WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
Deferred to Special 6F-a 110515
Sponsors: Chaneyfield Jenkins/ Osborne
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WHEREAS, the portions of Title 32 and Title 33 pertaining to water and sewer connections was last updated in 19962006, requiring a need to update information regarding connection fees in order to respond to the housing and development growth within the City of Newark as well as ensuring all customers pay their fair share of the improvements consistent with N.J.S.A 40A:31-11; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities has determined that it is necessary to adjust connection fees for water and sewer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
[Note: Underlined text represents additions and strikethroughs represent deletions.]
Section 2-9 of Title 32, is amended and supplemented to include the
following new or modified provisions:
32:2-9. SEWER CONNECTION FEE.
a. The sewer connection fee shall be assessed based upon the size of the domestic use water meter. If an active, previously installed sewer connection is replaced by a connection of larger size and the water meter size is also increased, a sewer connection fee is charged only for the accompanying increase in water meter size by subtracting the connection fee for the size of the previously installed water meter from the connection fee for the size of the new, larger water meter. In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:14B-22.3, connection fees for public housing authorities and non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects shall be fifty pe...
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