Pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-F of
the General Municipal Law, the Town Board, acting for and on behalf
of the Fishers Island Sewer District (FISD), does hereby establish
a scale of annual charged to be called "sewer rents" for the use of
the sewer system within the FISD.
Sewer rents shall constitute a lien upon the
real property served by the sewer system or such part or parts thereof
for which sewer rents shall have been established or imposed. The
lien shall be prior and superior to every other lien or claim except
the lien of an existing tax, assessment or other lawful charge imposed
by or for the state or a political subdivision or district thereof.
The Town Board, on behalf of the sewer district,
may bring and maintain an action as upon contract for sewer rents
in arrears, including penalties and interest, or to foreclose liens
for such sewer rents. As an alternative to the maintenance of any
such action, the Town Board may annually cause a statement to be prepared
setting forth the amount of each lien for sewer rents in arrears,
the real property affected thereby and the name of the person in whose
name such real property is assessed. Such statement shall be presented
to the board or body empowered to levy Town taxes on or before a date
to be specified by such board or body. Such board or body shall levy
the amounts contained in such statement against the real property
liable at the same time and in the same manner as Town taxes, and
such amounts shall be set forth in a separate column in the annual
tax rolls. The amounts so levied shall be collected and enforced in
the same manner and at the same time as may be provided by law for
the collection and enforcement of Town taxes.