Public Notice

 

Minimum Sewer Bill

On October 20, 2005 the Provincetown Water & Sewer Board held a public hearing and voted to adopt a minimum sewer bill of $75 for residential customers and $150 for commercial customers.

 

 

Amendments to Water & Sewer Regulations to Allow for Sewer Banking

On October 20, 2005 the Provincetown Water & Sewer Board held a public hearing and voted to amend the Water & Sewer Regulations as follows:

 

1.         Add the following definitions to Section 3: Definitions:

 

Receiving Property: a parcel of real property allowed by the Water and Sewer Board, pursuant to its discretion under the second and third sentences of Section 3 of Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2000, and criteria set out in these regulations, to be connected to the municipal sewer or to increase its Title 5 Wastewater Flow above the Title 5 Wastewater Flow allocated by the Water and Sewer Board for that property as of July 18, 2002, due to reconstruction, enlargement, alteration or renovation of an existing structure or expansion, change or alteration of an existing use, whereupon the Water and Sewer Board shall allocate to the property a new or increased Title 5 Wastewater Flow.

 

Sending Property: a parcel of real property connected to the municipal sewer which as to which the Water and Sewer Board determines that Title 5 Wastewater Flow is reduced, due to demolition, reconstruction, reduction, alteration or renovation of an existing structure or reduction, change or alteration of an existing use and as to which the owner has relinquished, in writing, the Title 5 Wastewater Flow previously allocated to the property.  

 

Title 5:  Title 5 of the State Environmental Code published at 310 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 15.000 et seq.

 

Title 5 Wastewater Flow:  the sewage flow assigned to each parcel of real property by the Water and Sewer Board relying on technical input from the Board of Health as to the design flow for that property calculated in accordance with 310 CMR 15.203.

 

2.                   Amend Section 4, subsection D by changing the phrase “changes in the assigned Title 5 wastewater flow” to “changes in the Title 5 Wastewater Flow assigned at the time of Betterment assessment.”

 

3.                   Amend Section 6, Future Connections, by amending subsection B. 2., last sentence, so that it reads as follows:

 

“If there is such sufficient capacity, the Water and Sewer Board will give priority to properties in the following order:

 

(a)                 properties identified by the Board of Health as having priority for connection based on public health factors;

(b)                 properties designated a Receiving Property based upon the following criteria:

 

(i)                   [the property has an economic development permit awarded by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to Section 5-15 of the General Bylaws of the Town and has a Growth Management Allocation Permit under Article 6 of the Zoning Bylaws of the Town];

(ii)                 [the property has an affordable housing permit or a community housing permit issued by the Provincetown Local Housing Partnership and has a Growth Management Allocation Permit under Article 6 of the Zoning Bylaws of the Town];

(iii)                the property has entered into a covenant with the Water and Sewer Board whereby the Title 5 Wastewater Flow allocated to that property is reduced, which covenant may be amended or released by the Water and Sewer Board, upon approval of said amendment or release by the Board of Selectmen of the Town, if the Water and Sewer Board and the Selectmen determine that amendment or release is in the best interest of the Town.

 

For properties having the same priority based on such factors, priority will be given in the order of application.”

 

4.         Amend Section 10, Sewer Usage Fees, subsection B, by deleting item 1 “are newly connected to the sewer system pursuant to Section 3 of Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2000; or” and substituting therefor:

 

            “are designated as a Receiving Property; or”

 

5.                   Amend Section 10, Sewer Usage Fees, by adding new subsection D as follows:

 

“The Water and Sewer Board may, pursuant to its discretion in setting sewer use charges under G.L. c.83, §16, grant a credit against future sewer use charges to a Sending Property in proportion that the reduction in Title 5 Wastewater Flow bears to the Title 5 Wastewater Flow on which the Sending Property’s Betterment was based, said credit to be apportioned over the remaining period of Betterment apportionment.”
 

6.                   Amend Section 10, Sewer Usage Fees, by adding new subsection E as follows:

 

“The Water and Sewer Board may, pursuant to its discretion in setting sewer use charges under G.L. c.83, §16, grant credit against future sewer use charges if, without an obligation to do so, a user pays the entire unpaid balance of the Betterment assessed to a property by April 1, 2006, such credit to be equal to five percent (5%) of said balance.

 

 

 

Jonathan Sinaiko, Chairman

Water and Sewer Board

 

Posted: Town Hall, http://www.provincetown-ma.gov  October 21, 2005 8:45 am dj

Published: Provincetown Banner: October 27, 2005