(A) The rates to be charged for sewage disposal services furnished by the system shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Council.
(B) All recurring charges of the system shall be rendered quarterly during each operating year at the same time as the water bill is rendered and shall represent charges for the quarterly period immediately preceding the date of rendering the bill. The bills shall become due and payable within 30 days from date thereof, and for all bills not paid when due a penalty of 10% of the amount of such bill shall be added thereto.
(C) If any charges are not paid on or before the due date then a penalty of 10% shall be added thereto. In the event that the charges for any such services furnished to any premises shall not be paid within 30 days after the due date thereof, then all services furnished by the water supply system may be discontinued as provided in this section. Service so disconnected shall not be restored until all sums then due and owning, including penalties, shall be paid, plus a shutoff charge of $25 and a turn-on charge of $25, respectively. If charges are not paid in full by the due date, prior to discontinuing water supply service, a written shut-off notice shall be mailed by the Village to the owner of the property at their address according to Village records and to the property to the attention of “Occupant.” The notice shall identify a date that is after the next regular Village Council meeting and at least ten days after the date of the notice, when water service may be discontinued if payment in full is not made, and shall include the date, time and location of that meeting, a description of the right to request a hearing at that meeting on the intended discontinuance of water service and instructions on how to file the required written request with the Village. If a hearing is timely requested, water service to a property shall not be discontinued until the hearing has been completed and the Village Council has made its decision.
(Am. Ord. 178, passed 8-26-02)
(D) Charges for services furnished by the system to any premises shall be a lien thereon as of the due date thereof, and on June 1 of each year the Village Clerk shall certify any such charges which have been delinquent six months or more, plus penalties and interest accrued thereon, to the Village Assessor who shall enter the same on the next tax roll against the premises to which such services shall have been rendered and against which said charges, with penalties and interest accrued thereon, shall be collected and said lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided in respect to taxes assessed upon such roll.
(E) The number of units to be assigned to any particular premises other than single residences for sewage disposal services shall be determined by the current Board of Public Works Oakland County Unit Assignment Resolution. No less than one unit shall be assigned to each premises, but for purposes of computing sewage disposal service charges, units in excess of one may be computed and assigned to the nearest tenth. Once any premises has been connected to the system and has been assigned one or more units, subsequent changes in the character of the use of said premises shall not abate the obligation to continue the payment of service charges in the amount hereinabove provided for the number of units assigned at the time of connection or for such lesser or greater number of units as the changed character of the use of the premises justifies, but in no event for less than one unit. If said subsequent changes in use increase the amount of sanitary sewage originating from the premises, the village may increase the number of units assigned the said premises.
(F) No free service shall be furnished by said system to any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or to any public agency or instrumentality.
(O.C. § 2.49)