FEE RESOLUTION
NO. 2015-3
OF THE EVANS CITY WATER
AND SEWER AUTHORITY
A
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE EVANS CITY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, BUTLER
COUNTY, PA ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
CANNOT OCCUR WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PROOF OF COMPLIANCE THAT STORMWATER COLLECTION
SYSTEMS ARE NOT EMPTYING INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WHEREAS,
the Evans City Water and Sewer Authority ("ECWSA") has responsibility
for treating the waste water in its sewer system; and
WHEREAS,
the ECWSA does not want to increase its labor and costs by treating stormwater
that has entered the sewer system; and
NOW
THEREFORE, let it be resolved and enacted that residences and businesses that
are served by the ECWSA are not permitted to connect any stormwater collection
systems to the sewer system or otherwise allow stormwater from their property
to enter the sewer system; and let it be further
RESOLVED,
that prior to the sale of improved property owned by any residents or
businesses served by the ECWSA, the seller must either 1) receive confirmation
by an authorized representative of the ECWSA that no stormwater is connected to
or entering the sewer system or 2) must have entered into an escrow agreement,
approved by the ECWSA, in which the necessary remedial work to comply with this
resolution is described by a licensed or approved plumber and security is
deposited in an escrow account to guarantee that the work is performed; and let
it be further
RESOLVED,
that the ECWSA has the right to inspect and, if deemed necessary by the ECWSA,
to perform a dye test, to determine if stormwater is entering the sewer system
at an improved property that is scheduled for sale and that the seller shall be
charged the following fees (unless otherwise agreed to by the ECWSA):
·
inspection only $75.00
·
dye test only $150.00
·
inspection and dye test $200.00
RESOLVED
AND ENACTED this _______ day of _________________, 2015.
ATTEST: EVANS
CITY WATER AND
SEWER
AUTHORITY
_____________________________ ________________________________
Secretary Timothy
E. Schoeffel, Chairman
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