If any person shall turn on or use water without having a license therefor, or who after the water is turned on, shall fail to pay the water rates as in this chapter provided, or in any amendment with respect thereto, or, if using a meter, shall fail to pay for such services as in this chapter provided, or in any amendment with respect thereto 31 days after the mailing of assessment and demand for the payment thereof to the last known address of the person occupying, or the owner of, any premises, house, building or lot to which such water was furnished, the Board of Trustees may order the prosecution of such person or offender in the Municipal Court of the town, and upon conviction thereof, such person or offender shall be fined as hereinafter set forth in § 51.999. Whether or not the Town Board orders the prosecution of the offender as herein provided, the Maintenance Supervisor shall nevertheless shut off water to said premises, house, building or lot to which such water was furnished until such fine and all costs, penalties and dues or charges for water shall have been paid, and until he or she has collected the sum of $100, or such greater amount as determined by the Board of Trustees from time to time by an appropriate resolution for his or her services in turning on the water, which money he or she shall at once pay over to the Town Clerk. No charge, however, will be imposed in instances of necessary repairs or preservation of property.
(Ord. 2006-2, passed 8-24-2006) Penalty, see § 51.999