[Adopted 3-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
Water supplied by the Village of Williamsville
through meters to customers inside the Village limits of Williamsville
and Sherman shall be at the rates set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.
Water supplied by the Village of Williamsville
through meters to customers outside the Williamsville and Sherman
Village limits shall be at the rates set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.
The rental to be paid to the Village of Williamsville
Water Department by the Village of Williamsville and the Village of
Sherman for fire hydrants located in such respective villages shall
be as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.
Public school districts shall be sent a single
bill, based upon a single meter, even though there, in fact, may be
more than one school building using water, so that, as to each billing
period, the public school district shall be billed by considering
the district's total usage of water as to all buildings as if it were
through a single meter.
Rates for water sold in bulk shall be as set
forth in Chapter 155, Fees.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by Ord. No. 2000-008; 3-1-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11]
A.
The charge to the customers within the Village limits
of Williamsville and Sherman payable to the Village for an initial
water connection (tap) shall be as follows:
[Amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-19[1]]
(1)
Residential rates shall be as set forth in Chapter
155, Fees. In addition to the fees, the customer shall also reimburse
the Village the costs of materials and labor associated with boring
or crossing any and all streets, alleys, sidewalks, driveways or easements.
The customer shall make said reimbursement payment to the Village
within 20 days from the date the customer is mailed an invoice for
the same. All meters over two inches will be installed by special
or individual ordinance.
(2)
Nonresidential (commercial) rates shall be as set
forth in Chapter 155, Fees. In addition to the fees, the customer
shall also reimburse the Village the costs of materials and labor
associated with boring or crossing any streets, alleys, sidewalks,
driveways or easements. The customer shall make said reimbursement
payment to the Village within 20 days from the date customer is mailed
an invoice for the same.
B.
If the customer's property has no curb stop, then
all additional costs, such as to repair any damages done to the street,
alley, sidewalk, driveways or easements, shall be borne by the customer.
C.
If the meter size is changed, or if the use of the
customer's property is changed so that a commercial or larger connection
would be payable as to the initial connection fee, then the difference
between such commercial or large connection fee and the fee that has
already been paid by the customer shall thereupon be due and payable
to the Village.
A.
The Village of Williamsville shall enforce its statutory
lien on real estate for which service is supplied to cover all charges
for water service and all charges for sewer service.
B.
Charges for water and sewer services billed to customers
of the Village (including for the above fire hydrant rental) shall
be due on or before 10 days following the billing. Such charges shall
be declared to be delinquent within the meaning of the Illinois Municipal
Code 30 days following said billing, after which date a penalty equal
to the sum of:
(1)
A flat 10% late charge, plus;
(2)
Ten percent of such bill per month, compounded monthly,
plus;
(3)
Actual collection charges, including, but not limited
to, court costs, attorneys fees and recording fees, shall be added
to such bill, provided that such penalty shall not exceed $500, and
such service may be disconnected without notice and shall not be reinstated
until all past bills and penalties are paid in full, together with
payment as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees, for reinstating such service
if water service had been disconnected and if the sewer had been plugged.[1]
C.
After a bill becomes delinquent, the Village Clerk
shall file sworn notice of such lien in the office of the Recorder
of Deeds of Sangamon County, Illinois, setting out:
A.
The Village shall have the right to disconnect the
water service and the sewer service, including the plugging of such
sewer, or either of them, as to any customer who fails to pay all
charges for such services when due, meaning payment within 10 days
following the billing as set forth under § 301-2 of this
article.
B.
Prior to the actual disconnections of such water or
sewer service, the customer shall have the opportunity for a hearing
as set forth herein. The Village Water Department or Village Clerk
or any Village employee designated by the Board of Trustees shall
mail or deliver to the customer a notice at least 10 days prior to
the proposed disconnection. This notice shall inform the customer
that such customer has the right to a hearing, upon demand. If the
customers desires a hearing, such customer shall then, within such
ten-day period, file a written demand for same at the Village Hall,
Water Department. If such a demand is filed, a hearing shall be scheduled
forthwith. The hearing officer shall be the President or any member
of the Board of Trustees of the Village. If the hearing officer determines
that the customer has failed to pay charges owed the Village when
due, then the customer's water or sewer service, or both, as the case
may be, may be disconnected by the Village.
Multiple-family dwellings and mobile home parks
shall be charged so that the aforesaid rates apply separately to each
dwelling unit and to each mobile home. Accordingly, the charge for
multiple-family dwellings and mobile home parks served by only one
meter or by a lesser number of meters than there are dwelling units
or mobile homes shall be determined by dividing the total gallons
used in a given month by the number of dwelling units in the apartment
building and mobile homes in a mobile home park and then by applying
to the quotient so obtained the aforesaid rates from § 301-1,
301-2 or 301-3, as the case may be. This latter figure shall then
be multiplied by the total number of dwelling units in the multiple-family
dwelling and mobile homes in a mobile home park to obtain the proper
charge for such dwelling and mobile home park established by this
article.
Separate water meters shall be required as to
each separate use on a given parcel of land, even though such parcel
may be owned or operated as a unit by the same person or persons.
For example, a motel, service station, and cafe, operated as a unit
would require three separate meters, and two houses located on a single
lot would require two separate meters.