Bills for water services shall be payable in the face amount
without penalty within 30 days following the billing date as indicated
upon the bill mailed to the consumer.
[Amended 7-21-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
Penalties shall accrue against water rentals as follows: There
shall be a penalty on past-due water rentals at a rate of 15% following
the 30 days from the date of billing and at the rate of an additional
5% per month for each additional 30 days or part thereof of delinquency.
Such unpaid water rentals, together with the amount of penalty
as herein prescribed and due by reason of nonpayment of such rentals,
shall be a lien on the real property upon which or in connection with
which the water is used, and, if not paid by April 1 of the fiscal
year in which accrued, the amount thereof, together with the penalty
as herein prescribed, shall be included in the next annual tax levy
and shall be levied upon the real property in default, as provided
in § 11-1118 of the Village Law of the State of New York.
Summer accounts that are recorded with the Village of Monticello
as seasonal must be turned off by November 1 of each year and cannot
be turned on until May 1.