[Amended 6-19-2002 by L.L. No. 5-2002; 12-6-2006 by L.L. No.
2-2006; 3-21-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
Water rates are chargeable in accordance with
a schedule of types of use and fees imposed and established by resolution
of the Village Board.
A.
Each consumer will, unless it is otherwise provided,
receive a bill for water semiannually, the same to be due and payable
upon presentation. Each of these bills shall include the charge for
water consumed as well as any other charges which the consumer may
have incurred.
B.
The responsibility for payment of all bills rests
upon the owner of the premises, and he shall be liable for all charges
when due and payable.
C.
Failure to receive a bill does not entitle any consumer
to avoid penalty as hereinafter prescribed. The Village does not guarantee
the billing or the delivery of the bill to any consumer.
D.
Water rents shall be billed and collected by the Village
Clerk/Treasurer for such periods of use and by methods of installment
billing as the Village Board shall, from time to time, administratively
direct by resolution. All water rates and rents to areas comparable
outside said Village shall be double the water rates charged for service
within said Village. The billing of water charges is as follows: Whereas
water use is three months or more, the full six-month charge will
be in effect. Whereas less than three months of water is used, the
charge will be prorated.
[Amended 1-19-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
E.
Consumer responsibilities.
(1)
Consumers shall be responsible for notifying the Clerk-Treasurer
about modifications to their premises with respect to water usage,
including but not limited to swimming pools and building conversions.
Upon verification by a Village official, the billing will be adjusted
as of the next billing period.
F.
Multidwelling units shall be billed for the individual
number of living units, without regard to occupancy status.
A.
In the event that any previous water bill has not
been paid in full, a penalty of 10% of the amount of the unpaid bill
shall be added to the current water consumption bill. Said penalty
of 10% shall go into effect the second business day of the month following
the date of the bill.
[Amended 12-16-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
B.
Unpaid bills for water service charges or other charges
incurred by the consumer are a lien upon the property. The Village
may enforce the collection of unpaid bills by cutting off the supply
of water after penalties start to accrue on the unpaid bills by enforcing
the collection of such bills or by any other means as provided by
law, including the adding of such unpaid bills to the tax bills of
the owner of the real property being serviced.
A.
Water may be turned off for nonpayment according to
the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Where there is one water service servicing a building
housing two or more families, the Village, by its duly constituted
agent, may, upon twenty-four-hour notice to the owner, agent or occupant
of the premises affected, discontinue the supply of water, and such
supply shall not be made available until all the rules and regulations
are complied with and until all unpaid charges and rents shall be
paid. The foregoing shall also include the charge for turning off
the water.
C.
Service of any notice authorized or directed by or
on behalf of the Village may be made upon the owner or consumer personally,
by leaving the same at the premises where water is supplied or by
sending the same, by mail, to such party at the last address furnished
to the Village.
Should it be desired by the consumer to discontinue
the use of water, the Village shall be notified, in writing, as to
the desired time and place at which the service is to be discontinued.
The Board shall require the Superintendent of Public Works or his
representative to shut off the service at the curb box. When it is
desired to resume service, similar notification shall be given to
the Village, and, upon payment of all indebtedness, the Superintendent
of Public Works or his representative will turn on or off the water
at the curb box. The charge made for turning on or off the water shall
be as stipulated in the latest adopted fee schedule.
Rebates of rentals for the nonusage of water
will not be allowed unless the Village Clerk-Treasurer is notified,
in writing, at the time and on the date when the water will be shut
off and turned on at the curb box. No rebate is allowed for any period
less than three months.
When bills are desired by large commercial or
industrial users, for other than regular semiannual periods, a bill
based on monthly or quarterly periods will be given after the receipt
of a written request and approval by the Village Board of Trustees.
In addition to the charges and other remedies
provided by this chapter, any person committing an offense against
this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding
$250 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both
such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against
the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the
offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
