(a) All users shall be billed monthly. Billing for any particular month shall be made within ten days after receipt of the billing information from Del-Co Water Company, Inc. Payments are due within thirty days of the billing date. Any payment not received within thirty days of the billing date shall be considered delinquent.
(Ord. 26-2016. Passed 11-28-16.)
(b) Bills shall be mailed to the owner of the property as indicated on the application at the mailing address of the owner unless the owner shall, in writing, request the bill be sent to a different mailing address of the owner. Except as provided below, bills shall not be sent to a lessee of the property. In the case where the land is separately owned from the building, the bill shall be sent to the mailing address of the owner of the building. The property owner shall be responsible for all sewer related charges incurred at the property including but not limited to all monthly bills, late fees, penalties, collection fees, disconnection and reconnection charges and interest charges on assessments.
(c) Checks and money orders shall be made payable to the Village of Shawnee Hills.
(Ord. 12-2001. Passed 9-10-01.)
(d) Payments sent by mail and postmarked by the due date and received at the Village Office by 4:00 p.m. of the first business day following the due date shall not be assessed a late penalty. If the due date falls on a Sunday or Holiday, the payment must be postmarked no later than the following business day and received at the Village office by 4:00 p.m. on the second day following the Sunday or Holiday.
(Ord. 12-2009. Passed 6-22-09.)
(e) A late payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge will be added to each delinquent bill. When any bill is more than sixty (60) days in default, sewer service to such premise may be discontinued until such bill is paid. The full amount due plus any reconnection fee must be paid in order for service to be resumed.
(Ord. 7-2005. Passed 8-22-05.)
(f) Penalties for a late payment will not exceed more than 10% of the yearly user charge per year. However, if a bill remains unpaid for more than one (1) year (365 days) an additional charge of 1.5% per month on any outstanding amount will be assessed until the bill is current.
(g) If a bank should return a check for insufficient funds, the account will be subject to an insufficient funds charge equivalent to the bank charge plus $5.00. If a person has two checks returned for insufficient funds within a calendar year, the Village may require all future payments to be made in cash or money order. Upon the claim of a person that the return of a check for insufficient funds was a bank error, the Village may waive an insufficient funds charge and/or accept payment by check if the bank supplies adequate documentation of its error.
(Ord. 12-2001. Passed 9-10-01.)
(h) Generally, a user should contact the Village Administrator is he/she fails to receive a bill by the 20th day of the month. Upon a claim that a bill was not received:
(1) If the Village records demonstrate the bill was mailed to the last reported address, the user shall be responsible for timely payment of the bill.
(2) If the Village records demonstrate the bill was not mailed to the last reported address, the Village Administrator may either:
A. Issue a new bill due ten (10) days from the date of mailing, or
B. Add the unpaid charges to the following month's bill without penalty.
(Ord. 26-2016. Passed 11-28-16.)
(i) In utilizing the U.S. Postal Service for delivery of their payment of a sewer service charge, users assume responsibility for any failure of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the payment to the Board or Administrator. Accordingly, the Board or Administrator shall not waive payment penalties for any person claiming that the U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver a payment.
(Ord. 12-2001. Passed 9-10-01.)
(j) EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (j) hereof was repealed by Ordinance 26- 2016.
(k) Billing for new service shall begin upon the owner and/or builder receiving occupancy permit.
(Ord. 26-2016. Passed 11-28-16.)
(l) EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (l) hereof was repealed by Ordinance 26- 2016.
(m) Any unpaid billings, together with accrued penalties, may be annually certified to the County Auditor, pursuant to Ohio R. C. 735.29, who shall place such delinquencies upon real property tax duplicate for the property receiving sewage service. Such delinquencies shall be a lien upon the property from the date the delinquency is placed upon the real property tax duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes. Failure to pay delinquencies certified may result in a foreclosure on the property by the County Prosecutor. This part shall be in addition to any and all other collection remedies provided by law including an action in Small Claims Court.
(Ord. 12-2009. Passed 6-22-09.)