a. As used in this section:
1. The term "metered premises" shall mean premises, or any part thereof, (a) to which water is supplied by the municipal water supply system or by a private water company, and (b) at which the quantity of water supplied is measured by a water meter.
2. The term "unmetered premises" shall mean premises, or any part thereof, (a) to which water is supplied by the municipal water supply system or by a private water company, and (b) at which the quantity of water supplied is not measured by a water meter.
b. The sewer rents charged against metered premises in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated pursuant to such section, including the minimum rents for the use of the sewer system, charged pursuant to such section and rules, and the sewer rents charged against any premises in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs four and five of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code and rules duly promulgated pursuant to such section, including the minimum rents for the use of the sewer system, charged pursuant to such section and rules shall become due and shall become a charge or lien on the premises when the amount thereof shall have been fixed by the commissioner of environmental protection, and an entry thereof shall have been made against such premises with the date of such entry, in the book in which sewer rents are to be entered. The sewer surcharges charged against any premises pursuant to section 24-523 of the code shall become due and shall become a charge or lien on the premises when the amount thereof shall have been fixed by the commissioner of environmental protection and an entry thereof shall have been made against such premises in the book in which sewer surcharges are to be entered. A notice thereof, stating the amount due and the nature of the rent, surcharge or charge shall be mailed, within five days after such entry, to the last known address of the person whose name appears upon the records in the office of the department of finance as being the owner, occupant or agent or, where no name appears, to the premises addressed to either the owner or the occupant. If such rent, surcharge or charge shall have been entered on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or before the thirtieth day following the date of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of payment. The rents or charges for the use of the sewer system charged during any specified period of time pursuant to the provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the rules promulgated thereunder shall be computed, in accordance with the provisions of such section and the rules duly promulgated thereunder, on the basis of water rents or charges computed for the same period.
c. Sewer rents charged against unmetered premises in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code and the rules and regulations duly promulgated pursuant to such section, for the use of the sewer system during the one-year period commencing on the first day of July of each year, shall be due and payable and shall become a charge or lien on the premises on the first day of January following such first day of July, if entered, except that commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four such sewer rents shall be due and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June in each year, if entered, and shall become a charge or lien on the premises on such date. If any of such rents or charges which became due and payable on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not have been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee within thirty days after such first day of January, or, commencing on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four, on or before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum from the date when such charges became due and payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of such rents or charges which shall become due and payable on or after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-seven are not paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date when such rents or charges became due and payable to the date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered at any time subsequent thereto, they shall be due and payable and shall become a charge or lien on the premises when entered and notice thereof shall be mailed within five days after such entry, to the last known address of the person whose name appears upon the records in the department of finance as the owner or the occupant or if no name appears, to the premises addressed to either the owner or occupant. If any of such rents or charges which were entered on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of payment. The sewer rents charged against unmetered premises for the use of the sewer system during the one-year period commencing on the first day of July of each year shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated thereunder, upon the basis of water rents or charges computed for the same period.
d. Whenever an increase in the amount of the sewer rent charged against unmetered premises shall have been made or a charge shall have been made for sewer services for any building completed subsequent to the first day of July in each year, the amount of such increase of the charge or new charge for such new building shall not be due or become a lien or charge against the premises until the amounts thereof shall have been entered with the date of such entries, respectively, in the books in which sewer rents charged against such premises are to be entered.
(Am. L.L. 2015/030, 4/20/2015, eff. 4/20/2015; Am. L.L. 2023/036, 3/14/2023, eff. 3/14/2023)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.