(A) The fees charged for wastewater service as provided for by this chapter are hereby recognized to constitute a lien on the premises receiving the service. This lien shall become effective immediately upon providing wastewater service to the premises but shall be not enforceable for more than three years after it becomes effective. Whenever any such fine or charge against any property shall be delinquent for three months, the village officials in charge of the collection thereof may certify to the tax assessing officer of the village the fact of the delinquency, whereupon the charge shall be entered upon the next roll as a charge against the premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general village taxes against the premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced. Nothing in this section, however, shall be deemed to prevent the village from suing in a court of law to collect the amount due it for wastewater service charges as provided in division (C) below. In addition to the other remedies provided in this section, the village shall have the right to shut off and discontinue the supply of water service to any premises for the nonpayment of wastewater service fees or charges when due in accordance with the procedure established in division (B) below.
(B) If a fee or charge for wastewater service prescribed by this chapter is not paid within 30 days after the billing thereof, and after the customer has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard as provided for in § 51.52(G), all water service may be shut off and discontinued to the customer owing or liable for the charge. Water service shut off pursuant to this section shall not be restored until all sums due and owing have been paid in full, including a collection fee of $10 and appropriate security deposits as prescribed by resolution of the Village Council.
(C) At its option, the village may, in addition to the remedies above, in its corporate name, bring suit in any court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of any wastewater service fee or charge which, 30 days after the billing thereof, has not been paid. The production of the meter record or costs record and/or invoice for fees shall be prima facie evidence of the liability to pay the amount therein shown to be due.
(Prior Code, § 542.16)