SEWER ASSESSMENT BILLS
For property owners in those areas where service lines have been extended, a sewer assessment may be levied.  Sewer assessment bill are sent annually based on the original assessment.  If you currently are paying on a sewer assessment, please contact our office at (860) 276-6233 for information about your account's due date and balance due.

SEWER ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS: 
Generally, sewer assessments are based on the property's frontage x the current assessment rate.  The current assessment rate (effective 1/24/05) is $76.98/linear foot.  For example:  a property with frontage of 100 feet will be assessed for $7,698.00 (100 ft x $76.98).

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
Certain circumstances require adjustments to the frontage calculation.  They are as follows:

Deferred Assessments - Although all, or a portion, of your property has been assessed, no charge or agreement will be made on the deferred portion until such a time as the land itself is made sewerable.

Exempt Assessments - All, or a portion, of your property will not be assessed because sewerage producing buildings cannot be constructed on the property.

Corner Lot - If your property is a corner lot, you will be assessed the frontage length at the thirty (30) foot setback line in accordance with the Sewer Act.

Over-sized Lot - If your property is a single building lot that cannot be subdivided in a Residential Zone and your frontage is more than 1 1/2 (one and one-half) times the zone frontage, your property will be exempt for any frontage over the 1 1/2 footage amount.

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