The Village Board has determined that in order to promote the
health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community, it is
in the best interest of the citizens that the Village operates and
maintains a streetlighting system and has further determined that
the operation and maintenance of such utility benefits each and every
improved property within the Village. The Village Board has therefore
determined that it is fair, appropriate and reasonable that the costs
of such operation and maintenance be paid on a fair and reasonable
basis by all of improved lots in the Village so benefitted and the
cost should be charged and collected from all such benefitted lots,
except for those exempted herein, through the imposition of charges
as provided in this chapter. In promulgating the regulations contained
in this chapter, the Village is acting pursuant to authority granted
by Wisconsin Statutes, including, but not limited to, § 66.0627.
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
IMPROVED LOT
Each tax parcel of land that has located thereon improvements,
such as a building, garage, shed, storage facility, or any other type
of structure providing housing, storage, or any type of commercial,
industrial, or institutional use.
NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT(S) OR NRU(S)
Is a unit used in the calculation for determining the streetlight
utility service base charge for nonresidential and some multifamily
residential lots. One nonresidential unit is assigned to each industrial,
commercial, or institutional structure, which is directly invoiced
by the Village for public electric service, on each improved lot.
One nonresidential unit is assigned to each multifamily building consisting
of three or more dwelling units, where the property owner, and not
each dwelling unit, is directly invoiced by the Village for public
electric service.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT(S) OR RU(S)
Is a unit used in the calculation for determining the streetlight
utility service base charge for certain residential lots. One residential
unit is assigned to each dwelling unit in either a single-family,
a two-family, or a multifamily building with three or more dwelling
units that are each directly invoiced by the Village for public electric
service, such that the number of residential units for any improved
lot shall equal the number of such dwelling units located on that
improved lot.
Streetlight utility service charges shall be billed on the regular
monthly utility invoice to the recipient designated by the owner of
the tax parcel or the lessee to which the bill relates, provided that
such mailing shall not relieve the owner of rental property from liability
for the streetlight utility service charges in the event payment is
not made. The owner of any tax parcel, which is occupied by tenants,
shall have the right to examine the appropriate records of the utility
to determine whether such rates and charges have been paid by such
tenants, provided that such examination shall be made at the office
at which the records are kept during normal business hours.