Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the remedy by enforcement of the lien for unpaid water bills and charges shall not be exclusive of any other legal remedy to collect the amount due and unpaid for water consumed or furnished to the person liable therefor. The water supply of the premises against which the water service charges remain unpaid may be cut off by the village and such service discontinued conditioned on the following terms and conditions:
A. The account or portion thereof remains unpaid for a period of four (4) months after the billing date; provided, however, if the owner or occupant liable for the account has voluntarily entered into an agreement with the village acknowledging liability and agreeing to pay unpaid water bills pursuant to a payment plan, then upon further default by such owner or occupant (whether the default consists of late payment or underpayment of the agreed installments in the payment plan or of the current water bill), the requirement that the account or portion thereof remain unpaid for a period of four (4) months after the billing date shall no longer apply as a condition to water cut-off, and the village may proceed immediately with the fifteen (15) days' written notice specified in subsection B below following such default.
B. The village gives to the owner or occupant of the premises at least fifteen (15) days' written notice of its intention to cut off and discontinue water service.
C. Before water service is renewed to the premises, the owner or occupant thereof shall pay in full the delinquent balance of all water services furnished to such premises up to the date of the renewed services, and in addition to such payment, pay to the village a service charge for restoring service as set forth from time to time in the fee schedule.
D. The water service shall be renewed to the said premises within twenty four (24) hours after such payment has been made.
(Ord. 23-01-01, 1-10-2023)