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(A) Owners of premises within the district in which water is used or who thereafter improve the same by the erection of a dwelling thereon shall pay, at the time a connection permit or construction permit is issued, a connection or readiness to serve fee as may from time to time be established by resolution of the Township Board.
(B) Fees shall be computed on the basis of unit factors.
(1) Each single-family residence connected directly to a public water main installed at public expense, other than by special assessment against the benefitted property, shall pay a connection fee as shall be from time to time established by resolution of the Township Board.
(2) Where the premises are connected directly to a water main, which water main has been installed at the expense of the owner or by special assessment, or at the expense of the subdivider or developer from whom the owner purchased and not at the expense of the township or county, and where the water main and necessary easement for maintenance, service and replacement by dedication to and accepted by the township or the other government agency as directed by the township, then the connection fee shall be in accordance with a rate schedule which shall be from time to time established by resolution of the Township Board.
(3) Where a connection to the public water main shall be a single connection serving more than 1 unit as herein defined (including the connections as apartment or multi-family units, trailer parks, commercial establishments, or other) the connection fee shall be in accordance with a rate schedule as shall from time to time be established by the Township Board.
(Ord. 18, passed 10-1-1979; Am. Ord. 161, passed 10-16-2007
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The number of units to be assigned to any particular premises used for any purpose or purposes shall be determined on the basis of the Table of Unit Factors, attached to Ordinance 18. If the circumstances justify, more than 1 unit may be assigned to a single-family dwelling. No less than 1 unit shall be assigned to each premises but units in excess of 1 may be computed and assigned to the nearest tenth. If subsequent changes in use or a premises increase or decrease, the unit classification, the number of units assigned to the premises may be increased or decreased. No change in subsequent use of any premises shall result in a decrease of unit assignment to less than 1.
(Ord. 18, passed 10-1-1979)
(A) Charges for water supply services to each premises within the township connected with the water supply system shall be in accordance with the water use schedule as shall be from time to time established by Township Board.
(B) No free services shall be furnished by the system to the township or to any person, firm, or corporation, public or private, or to any public agency or instrumentality. The township shall pay for all water used by it at the foregoing rates, except for fire hydrants. Charges for services furnished by the system to any premises shall be monthly.
(C) Bills shall be rendered monthly. The first such charges for each premises shall be due and payable on the first day of the first full month after the date the premises are connected to the system, or on the first day of the first full month after the effective date of the resolution, and successive charges shall be due and payable on the first day of each month thereafter. Charges shall be billed at least 15 days before their due date.
(Ord. 18, passed 10-1-1979; Am. Ord. 110, passed 4-20-1998; Am. Ord. 133, passed 5-15-2001; Am. Ord. 136, passed 4-16-2002; Am. Res. 03-05, passed 5-20-2003; Am. Ord. 161, passed 10-16-2007
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When it becomes necessary for the township to discontinue utility service to a customer for nonpayment of bills, service will be reinstated only after all bills for service then due have been paid, along with a turn-on charge as shall from time to time be established by resolution of the Township Board.
(Ord. 18, passed 10-1-1979; Am. Res. 03-06, passed 5-20-2003; Am. Ord. 161, passed 10-16-2007)
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 Township Treasurer shall certify the charges which have been delinquent 90 days or more, plus penalties and interest accrued, to the Supervisor who shall enter the same upon the next tax roll against the premises to which the services shall have been rendered and the charges, with penalties and interest accrued thereon, shall be collected and the lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided in respect to taxes assessed upon the roll. In addition to the lien, the township may order the county to discontinue further service to the premises and may, at the option of the township, direct the county to refuse recommencement of service until all past bills have been paid plus a reasonable deposit for its future.
(Ord. 18, passed 10-1-1979)
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