Water rents shall become due and payable to the Board of Water
Commissioners quarterly in each year, on March 1, June 1, September
1 and December 1, by the owner of real property served by such water
system or water mains.
All unpaid charges for water rents remaining unpaid as of May
1 in each calendar year shall become a lien upon the real property
upon which or in connection with which the water is used, including
penalties assessed as provided in this Article, shall be included
in the annual tax levy and shall be levied upon the real property
in default. Water rents, together with the amount of any penalty prescribed
by the Board of Water Commissioners and due for nonpayment of such
rents within the time prescribed by the Board of Water Commissioners,
shall, as provided in § 11-1118 of the Village Law, be a
lien on the real property upon which or in connection with which the
water is used, and such lien shall be prior and superior to every
other lien or claim, except the lien of an existing tax. The Board
of Water Commissioners shall certify to the Village Clerk the amounts
of all such unpaid water rents, including penalties, computed to the
first day of the month following the month in which the fiscal year
commences, with a description of the real property affected thereby.
The Village Clerk shall present such certificate to the Board of Trustees
and shall enter the same or an abstract thereof in the minutes of
the meeting. The Board of Trustees shall include such amounts in the
annual tax levy and shall levy the same upon the real property in
default. The Water Fund shall be credited with the amount of the unpaid
rent, including penalties, and the amount so levied, when collected,
shall be paid into the general fund of the Village.
Contractors, builders or other persons desiring to use the Village water during construction operations shall request the owner of the property to make application for such service in accordance with the provisions of §
328-4 of these regulations. The contractor, builder or other person about to engage in the construction operations must make proper arrangements with the owner of the property for the payment of all water consumed in the operations, but the owner of the property will be liable to the Village for all charges resulting from the water used during the course of construction. The owner will be held responsible for any and all damage to the meter by frost or other action of the elements, as well as from any other cause or means. No Village water shall be used for construction purposes unless measured by a meter purchased from the Village. A street opening permit must be first obtained before the application for the use of Village water shall be granted.
The charge for a reading (special reading) made at any other
time than at the time of the regular quarterly reading for the purpose
of property transfer, tenant changes, etc., or to check on a regular
reading shall be as set forth by resolution of the Village Board of
Trustees in the Master Fee Schedule as same may be amended from time
to time.