8-4-4: PAYMENT OF CHARGES:
   A.   Billings:
      1.   Payable Monthly: The rates or charges for combined water and sewer service as set forth in Section 8-1-9 of this Title shall be payable monthly. (1998 Code)
      2.   Liability For Payment: The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the Village only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the Village.
      3.   Mailing Date: Bills for sewer service shall be sent out by the Village on the tenth day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
      4.   Date Payable: All sewer bills are due and payable fifteen (15) days after being sent out.
   B.   Delinquent Bills: If the charges for such services are not paid within thirty (30) days after the rendition of the bill for such services, such services shall be discontinued without further notice and shall not be reinstated until all claims are settled, together with the payment made of ten dollars ($10.00) for reinstating such service.
   C.   Lien; Notice Of Delinquency:
      1.   Filing Of Lien: Whenever a bill for sewer 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 C2.
   D.   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. (Ord. 163, 4-14-1981; amd. 1998 Code)