(a) All charges for connection, permits, etc., shall be payable upon application.
(b) Charges, as defined in Section 921.08 shall be billed monthly and payment shall be due in cash or check on or before the tenth of each month.
(c) Charges for Industrial Cost Recovery shall be made on or before January 10 following the end of the year.
(d) Payments shall be made at the water office or such other places as may be designated by the Fiscal Officer. The Village Administrator is hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the sewer rental charges levied pursuant to this chapter through conveniently located branches of such institutions as have been designated as depositories for public funds of the Village and to enter into agreement with such depositories for such purpose.
(Ord. 88-34. Passed 12-20-88.)
(e) All sewer service charges, including material and supplies shall be prepared by the Village Administrator; shall be billed monthly by such Administrator; and shall be payable in cash or check to the Village on or before the tenth day of each month. When a sewer account is delinquent, unless prior special arrangements have been made with the Village Administrator relative to payment of bills, the customer shall be notified that the water services will be discontinued if payment is not made in full by the twentieth day of delinquency. The water service shall not be continued until all charges including a five percent (5%) delinquent fee is paid in full. The five percent (5%) delinquent fee will not be charged on final bills. (Ord. 94-3. Passed 3-15-94.)
(f) In the case of leased lots, parcels of land or premises connected with the sanitary sewer system, the lessor and lessee shall both be liable for the payment of the sewer rental charges herein provided and the Village may proceed to collect such charges from either the lessor or the lessee in a manner consistent with Village policy or it may certify delinquent charges to the Auditor of Hardin County as provided in subsection (g) hereof.
(g) Each charge or rental levied by or pursuant to this chapter is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the waste-water system of the Village; and if same is not paid as hereinbefore provided, it shall be forwarded to the Village Assessor, who shall be authorized to assess the same against the property on the next Village tax roll, with interest and penalties allowed by law, and it shall be collected as other taxes on the property are collected. The Village shall also have the right in event of nonpayment as aforesaid, to proceed to collect such delinquent charges in a manner consistent with Village policy or in a suit at law. (Ord. 88-34. Passed 12-20-88.)