(A) Bills.
(1) Said rates or charges for service shall be payable monthly or quarterly, depending on the classification of service for which bills are rendered. The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof, and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the village only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant, and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the village.
(2) Bills for service shall be sent out by the Village Clerk on the first day of the month or quarter succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
(3) All bills are due and payable ten days after being sent out. A penalty of 10% shall be added to all bills not paid by the tenth day after they have been rendered.
(B) Delinquent bills. If the charges for such services are not paid within 20 days after the rendition of the bill for such services, such services shall be discontinued without further notice and shall not be reinstated until all claims are settled.
(C) Lien notice of delinquency.
(1) Whenever a bill for service remains unpaid for 45 days for monthly service or for quarterly service, after it has been rendered, the Village Clerk shall file with the County Recorder of Deeds a statement of lien claim. 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.
(2) If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the Village Clerk has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his or her address is known to the Clerk, whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of 45 days for a monthly bill or a quarterly bill after it has been rendered. 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 division (C)(1) above.
(D) Foreclosure of lien. Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for non-payment 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 60 days in the case of a monthly bill or ten days in the case of a quarterly bill after it has been rendered.
(Ord. 456, passed 9-13-2002)