Users of water from the village water supply system shall pay therefor at the following rates.
(A) For ordinary residential properties, the rate shall be the current year’s Board approved rate. ORDINARY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES shall be defined as single-family homes or multifamily homes consisting of three or less units. Any residential property consisting of four units or more shall be billed at the commercial rate as indicated herein.
(B) For qualifying senior citizen property owners, the rate shall be the current year’s Board approved rate.
(C) For commercial and industrial properties:
(1) All other commercial and industrial properties shall be charged the current year’s Board approved rate.
(D) A late penalty of 10% of the amount of the bill will be charged on all bills paid after ten days from the date thereof.
(E) Service charges to a recipient whose installation is outside the limits of the village shall be the customary fee for usage in accordance with the rates set forth above, plus an additional charge of 20% of the computed rate so determined.
(F) The water supply may be shut off from any premises for which the water bill remains unpaid for 30 days after the date thereof, and if the water is again turned on and connected, there shall be a service fee charge in an amount as set forth in § 35.02 for the same, to be paid to the village in advance by the person requesting the reconnection.
(G) For all accounts existing prior to the enactment of this section as amended, the legal owner of the premises, the occupant thereof, and the users of the services shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises, and all future services shall be furnished to the premises by the village only upon the condition that the owner of the premises be solely responsible to the village for all charges relating to water service.
(H) In the event such charges for services are not paid within 30 days after the rendition of the bill for water services, such charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent and thereafter such delinquent charges shall constitute liens upon the real estate upon for which the services have been supplied. The village may file sworn statements showing such delinquencies in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county, which shall be deemed notice of the lien for payment of such service. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the village claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill; provided, however, the village may refrain from filing such statement of delinquencies if the village proposes to sue or shall have sued the owner, occupant, or user of real estate in a civil action to recover such delinquent charges.
(I) If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if the address is known, whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of 30 days after it has been rendered.
(J) The failure of the Village Clerk to record such lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned in the foregoing section.
(K) Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill in equity in the name of the village. The Village Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the village in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid for 30 days after it has been rendered.
(Prior Code, § 8-4-6) (Ord. 13-5, passed 11-11-2013; Ord. 20-02, passed 7-13-2020) Penalty, see § 51.99