[Added 11-24-2003; amended 12-8-2003]
The owner of all premises using the City of Peekskill sewer system or any part thereof shall be required to pay sewer rents for the payment of the costs of operation, maintenance and repairs of the City of Peekskill sewer system.
The sewer system for which the sewer rents are established and imposed is the entire sewer system within the City of Peekskill as defined in § 451 of the General Municipal Law as it does now or as it may from time to time exist.
[Amended 2-27-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
All sewer rent rates, charges, fees and penalties, shall be established by the Common Council by resolution, shall be based upon the consumption of water on the premises connected with and served by the sewer system and shall be set forth in the Consolidated Fee Schedule maintained by the office of the City Clerk.
Sewer rents shall be payable quarterly and shall cover a three-month period.
Sewer rent bills can be obtained at the Office of the City Comptroller after the first five days following each period. The City Comptroller may send out bills as an accommodation to the consumer, but delivery of such bills to the proper party is not guaranteed. If the consumer does not receive a bill on or before the fifth day following the period, he or she should call the Office of the Comptroller of the City of Peekskill.
Sewer rent bills shall be issued quarterly on a rotating basis.
All bills for sewer rents are due and payable at the Office of the City Comptroller on the first day of the month following the quarter for which sewer rents are assessed. All amounts due for sewer rents will be received without penalty during the first month following the quarter charged. After the first month following the quarter charged, a penalty at a rate of 7 1/2% during the second month and 1 1/2% per month during each additional month or part thereof that the bill remains unpaid will be added to the bill, In accordance with the provisions of the General City Law, all bills unpaid by December 31, which are due for that calendar year, shall be sent to the City Comptroller for collection. In accordance with General Municipal Law § 452 sewer rents shall constitute a lien upon the real property served by the sewer system. 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. Delinquent accounts, including sewer rents and penalties shall be collected in a manner provided in General Municipal Law § 452(4).
All revenues derived from sewer rents, including penalties, shall be credited by the Comptroller to a special fund to be known as the "Sewer Rent Fund." Monies in such fund shall be used in accordance with § 453 of the General Municipal Law.