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Local Law No. 1 - 2015
This local law shall be known as the “Amendment of the Sewer Rent Law” Law.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck
Section 1 – Purpose:
On December 3, 2014, the Town Board enacted Local Law No. 7-2014, establishing a Sewer Rent
Law in the Town of Mamaroneck. Upon further review, the Town Board determines that certain
amendments should be made to the law. This law contains those amendments.
Section 2 – Amendment of a section in the Mamaroneck Code:
The definition of SEWAGE appearing in section 174-2 of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck
hereby is repealed and the following substituted in its place:
SEWAGE means water-carried human or animal wastes, and any other waste, whether or not it
contains organic matter.
Section 3 – Amendment of a section in the Mamaroneck Code:
Section 174-3. D. of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck hereby is repealed and the following
substituted in its place:
D. Any system user who maintains that his/her/its sewer rent should be reduced for any
given year may make one application to the Town Board for a reduction in that year’s
sewer rent. Such application must be in writing, and be supported by evidence that proves
either
(i) that the system user’s water consumption was less than the water consumption
that was used to calculate the system’s user’s sewer rent for that year or
(ii) that the amount of the system user’s water consumption that actually was
discharged into the sanitary sewer system was less than the amount of water consumption
used to calculate the system user’s sewer rent.
Section 4 – Creation of a new section for the Mamaroneck Code:
Section 174-3. of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck hereby is amended to include the
following:
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E. If the Town Board reduces a sewer rent pursuant to section 174-3 D (ii), that system user’s
sewer rent shall be recalculated based upon the portion of that system user’s water
consumption that actually was discharged into the sanitary sewer system, and not 90% of
that system user’s water consumption.
Section 5 – Reaffirmation of Chapter 174 of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck:
Except as hereby amended, Chapter 174 of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck shall continue
in full force and effect.
Section 6 – Severability:
Should any provision of this Local Law be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such declaration of unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
other provisions of this Local Law, which may be implemented without the invalid or
unconstitutional provisions.
Section 7 – Effective Date:
This Local Law shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.
01-21-15-TOWN BOARD MEETING
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