A sewer tax to cover construction cost will
be levied and collected with the regular Village tax in June of each
year. The total amount to be raised annually will be the principal
amount of the bonds maturing that year, plus accrued interest. The
Board of Trustees shall annually determine the amount to be raised
by tax levy.
Real estate exemptions (veterans, churches,
schools, etc.) do not apply to benefit taxes. These exemptions apply
only to general taxation, not to taxes for improvements which benefit
the property.
All properties connected to the system will
be charged sewer rent charges from the date when the system is in
operation, and all other properties required to be connected to the
system according to the state-approved sewer ordinance will be charged
from the date when the system is in operation if connected to the
system or, if not so connected, from the date required to be connected
to the system according to the Sewer Ordinance, regardless of whether
actually connected or not.
The units applicable for sewer tax to cover
construction costs shall be established from time to time, but no
more often then annually, by the Village Board as follows:
Classification
|
Number of Units
|
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Single-family dwelling
|
1
|
Multiple-family dwelling
|
1 per unit
|
Boarding/rooming house
|
2
|
Mobile home on one lot or in a trailer park
|
1
|
Gasoline/convenience store
|
6
|
Car wash facility, per stall
|
1
|
Restaurant
|
6
|
Health/dance/exercise business
|
1
|
Office/business
|
1 per unit
|
Home occupations
|
1
|
Church
|
2
|
Dentist office, per chair
|
1/2
|
Doctor's office, per examining room
|
1/2
|
Lot used for the storage vehicles
|
1
|
Lot on which gas/fuel tanks located
|
1
|
Agricultural/farm supply store
|
3
|
Laundromat, per machine
|
1/2
|
Supermarket
|
6
|
Meeting hall
|
11
|
Barber/beauty salon
|
1/2
|
Hospital, per bed
|
3/4
|
Correctional facility, per cell, plus
|
3/4
|
|
Public building units, per 5 employees
|
1
|
Motel/hotel
|
1/4 per bed
|
School, per 20 students/faculty
|
1
|
Public building, 5 employees per unit
|
1
|
Department/drugstore
|
4
|
Sewer rentals not paid on or before the due
date shall bear an additional charge of 10%. Sewer tax not paid on
the due date shall bear the same penalty as for the Village tax.
The additional charges and fees associated with
the operation of the pretreatment program shall be assessed the user,
including costs specified in the Sewer Use Rules and Standards Manual.
The charge for treatment and disposal of trucked
or hauled waste which has been introduced into the POTW shall be as
established by the Village Board. The manner of determining the volume
dumped shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The Village may institute an equitable procedure
for recovering the costs of any capital improvements of those parts
of the POTW which collect, pump, treat, and dispose of industrial
wastewaters from those persons discharging such wastewaters into the
POTW.
Provisions of Article
XI of this chapter relating to the collection of penalties shall apply to the collection of sewer service charges and abnormal sewage service surcharges, unless where otherwise provided by application of the Sewer Rent Law by the Village.
The POTW shall be operated on the basis of a
fiscal year commencing on the first day of June and ending on the
31st day of May.
Revenues derived from user charges and associated
penalties, and development charges, shall be credited to a special
fund. Monies in this fund shall be used exclusively for the following
functions:
A. For the payment of the operation and maintenance costs,
including repair and replacement, of the Village POTW;
B. For the discovery and correction of inflow and infiltration;
C. For the payment of interest on and the amortization
of or payment of indebtedness which has been or shall be incurred
for the construction or extension of the Village POTW; and
D. For the extension, enlargement, replacement of, and/or
additions to the Village POTW, including any necessary appurtenances.