[Adopted 1-6-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
The purpose of this article is to establish
rules and regulations for the use of water supplied to residents and
nonresidents of the Village of Newark Valley and to establish water
rents and to enforce the collection of the same.
The amount of the unit charges shall be adopted
by the Village Board annually or at other times as such is made necessary
by increased costs billed to the Village or increased costs of operation
incurred by the Village of Newark Valley to perform the services set
forth in this article. Hereafter, determination of unit charges shall
be made by resolution and filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer at
the same time and in the same manner as other charges.
Water rents shall be levied on March 1, June
1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing with the September
1, 2006, levy, and shall be paid within 30 days thereafter.
All users will be responsible for the cost of
materials and labor for installation of service from the curb to the
building to which water is supplied.
A.
All water consumers shall provide adequate space in
their heated structures for Village water meters to prevent freezing.
If adequate or heated space is not available, the water meter shall
be housed in an underground vault constructed to Village specifications.
B.
Consumers may construct the required vault themselves,
or, upon request, the Village shall do it; in the latter event, materials
and labor will be charged at Village cost.
C.
The Supervisor of Public Works must approve all consumer-constructed
vaults before service is connected.
D.
On any property where more than one mobile home or
trailer is located or is to become located or installed, water service
will be directed into one main meter installed in a vault or heated
structure, and such single meter shall monitor service to all such
mobile homes or trailers. This provision shall apply to water service
provided to premises within and without the Village of Newark Valley.[1]
Service fees for additional water supplied for
filling swimming pools, tanks and other containers not considered
as typical for the rates established by the Board shall be set by
the Board by a separate fee schedule. The volume of water so supplied
shall be determined by the container dimensions and the pool volume
and shall be filled directly from a fire hydrant under the supervision
of the Supervisor of Public Works. The fee determined shall be paid
to the Village before the water is delivered to the user.
A.
All bills for water rents and materials and service
charges shall be due within 30 days of their levy or issuance.
C.
Any service charges unpaid at the time of the quarterly
billing of water rents shall be added to such quarterly bill.
[Amended 4-11-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
D.
Water rents unpaid after 90 days shall become a lien
upon the real property and shall be added, together with any other
unpaid charges and penalties, to the next annual tax levy as prescribed
by Article 2 of the Village Law.
E.
In lieu of the rights that the Village has set forth in the foregoing Subsection D, the Village may opt to sue the person liable for such water rents or any and all service charges unpaid after 90 days in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Added 9-11-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
F.
In addition to any and all of the foregoing rights of the Village,
it shall have the right to terminate service after a ninety-day delinquency.
[Added 12-8-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
(1)
Prior to terminating service, a three-day notice of its intent to
do the same shall be posted on the premises.
(2)
All delinquencies must be paid in full either to avoid shutoff or
to reconnect, as the case may be, unless the Board of Trustees determines
otherwise for a particular user.
(3)
The user shall be responsible for all reconnection charges.
