A. Monthly Statements: Bills for water service shall be rendered monthly using the schedule in section 8-1-9 of this chapter and shall be delinquent on the fifteenth day after their rendition. (Ord. 19A, 10-15-1947; amd. 1998 Code)
B. Late Charges: All unpaid charges for water, sewer and solid waste service shall accrue a ten percent (10%) late penalty charge if not paid on or before the twenty sixth day of the month in which the bill is rendered. (Ord. 235, 4-9-2002)
C. Discontinuance Of Service: Water service to any user of the Village water supply may be shut off at any time after the water bill remains unpaid for thirty (30) days, upon seven (7) days' written notice to the user. Notice may be delivered personally or by mail.
D. Shutoff/Turn-On Fees: The user shall be charged a fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for shutoff of the water supply and another fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for turning on the water supply.
E. Owner Responsibility: The owner of the real estate to which Village water service is supplied shall be required to pay any water user charges for service supplied to the real estate owned by him in the event that the user does not pay the bill. This responsibility shall be on the landowner whether he is a landlord renting to a tenant, or whether he is a contract seller of the real estate. (Ord. 189, 1-12-1988; amd. 1998 Code)
F. Lien; Notice Of Delinquency:
1. Filing Of Lien: Whenever a bill for water service remains unpaid for thirty (30) days for monthly service it has been rendered, the Village shall file with the County Recorder of Deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the Village claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
2. User Not Owner; Notice To Owner: If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the Village has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his address be known to the Clerk whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of thirty (30) days for a monthly bill after it has been rendered.
3. Right To Foreclosure: The failure of the Village to record such lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned in the foregoing subsection F2.
G. Foreclosure Of Lien: Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill-in-equity in the name of the Village. The Village Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the Village in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid forty five (45) days in the case of a monthly bill after it has been rendered. (1998 Code)