A. Past Due Bills: The village shall not consider a customer's bill for village water and sewer service, when paid in person, past due unless the payment is made after the due date printed on the bill. When a customer mails a payment in the full amount of a bill for such service, the village may rely upon the postmark of the payment to determine whether a bill is past due. The payment shall be considered past due if the payment is postmarked after the due date printed on the bill. If the postmark is illegible or absent, the customer's payment shall be deemed timely made if the payment is received by the village not more than two (2) business days after the due date printed on the bill.
B. Late Payment Charges: A customer shall be liable for and pay the village a late payment charge in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) on any amount for village water and sewer service which is past due pursuant to subsection 7-4-8A of this chapter.
C. Liens:
1. Lien On Premises: All water charges are liens upon real estate for which the water is used or supplied whenever the charges become delinquent.
2. Notice Of Lien: Whenever a bill for water service remains unpaid thirty (30) days after it has been rendered, the village clerk shall send a notice to the customer and owner of the real estate for which the water is supplied that unless the bill is paid, a lien shall be recorded against the real estate. If the bill remains unpaid for an additional thirty (30) days, the village clerk may file with the recorder of deeds of Cook County, a claim of lien. This claim shall contain the legal description of the location 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 for water served subsequent to the period covered by the unpaid bill or bills and all costs incurred by the village in connection with such claim.
If the customer of water whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the real estate being served, and the village clerk has notice of this, a copy of the lien shall be mailed to the owner of the premises, if the address be known to the village clerk, when the lien is filed. (Ord. O-56-01, 12-17-2001; amd. Ord. O-19-21, 7-12-2021)