(a) All water meters shall be read by the 20th day of the month. The Village Water Department shall calculate and prepare the water bills, and ensure that all water bills are mailed to Village water customers on or before the last business day of each month.
(b) (1) Any water bill not paid by the fifteenth (15th) of the month following the regular billing cycle shall be considered delinquent, and a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the outstanding balance shall be assessed thereon after the fifteenth (15th) day of that month.
(2) For water charges that remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days following the regular billing cycle, the Village shall cease providing both water and sewer service to said land parcel by disconnecting those services. Said action shall be duly documented by the Village in their records, and a notice of said action shall be sent to the registered owner of said property by regular U.S. Mail, accompanied by a certificate of mailing at least five (5) days prior to the disconnect.
(3) Upon receipt of all past due water and sewer charges along with payment of $50.00 for re-connection fee, water and sewer service(s) shall be resumed to the property within seventy-two (72) hours.
(c) Property owners shall be held responsible for all water and sewer bills. Any unpaid water and sewer charges shall be a lien on said property and shall be subject to certification of delinquent payments to the Wood County Auditor for special assessment on the tax duplicate in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code. Any sanitary sewer charges which are certified delinquent to the Wood County Auditor shall be subject to a 10% surcharge.
(Ord. 12-9-645. Passed 12-16-09.)