All sewer rents shall be due and payable at
the office of the Town Tax Collector.
Bills will be sent out to all property owners
by the Town Tax Collector, and the failure of any property owner to
receive a bill promptly shall not excuse nonpayment of the same, and
in the event that the property owner fails to receive a bill promptly,
he shall demand the same at the Town Tax Collector's office.
Bills will be rendered at the net amount and
will be due on the last business day of the calendar month when rendered.
[Amended 1-27-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992; 12-28-1992 by L.L. No. 12-1992]
If bills are not paid by the last business day
of the calendar month when rendered, a penalty of 10% shall be added
to each billing not paid, except that there shall not be assessed
a penalty on a penalty until October 31 when said bills shall be turned
over to Warren County for payment and assessed on taxes due the next
year.
Sewer use rents shall constitute a lien upon
the real property served by the sewer system or such part or parts
thereof for which sewer rents are hereby established. The lien shall
be prior to 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 Tax Collector shall annually, on or
before the first day of November, certify the amounts of all unpaid
sewer rents, including penalties, computed to the 31st day of October,
with a description of the real property affected thereby and shall
present such certificate to the Town Board which shall enter the same
or an abstract thereof in the minutes of the meeting. The Town Board
shall levy such amounts against the real property liable therefor
as part of the annual Town tax levy, setting forth such amounts in
separate columns in the annual tax roll. The sewer rent fund shall
be credited with the amount of all such unpaid sewer rents, including
penalties, and such amounts, when collected, shall be credited to
the general fund. The amounts so levied shall be collected and enforced
in the same manner and at the same time as other Town charges.
The authority for this Part 5 is the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York and Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.
