(a) Ohio R.C. 743.04 will be strictly adhered to.
(b) All water rent payments are due in full on the 15th of each month.
(c) All unpaid balances outstanding after the 15th of the month shall incur a one-time penalty of Five Dollars ($5.00) added to the unpaid balance.
(d) A customer's water supply may be shut off from any premise for which the water rent remains unpaid for a period of thirteen (13) days after payment is due.
(e) A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) shut-off fee may be added to the account of any customer whose service is shut off. Once shut off, the customer's service will only be turned back on except upon full payment of the unpaid water bill, any and all penalties and shut-off fees, if those fees and penalties are imposed in conformity with the regulations of the Village Administrator.
(f) A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) turn-on fee may be added onto the bill of any customer who requests that their service be reconnected, if such a fee is imposed in conformity with the regulations of the Village Administrator.
(g) Any person requesting water and/or sewer service that has a prior outstanding balance at any address within the Village shall be required to pay the outstanding balance in full prior to again receiving water and sewer service.
(h) No deposit requirement for water services shall be required unless a customer becomes delinquent. In that case the Village Administrator regulations may require up to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) deposit plus payment for all prior services and costs associated with the shut-off prior to service being restored. (Ord. 2015-2. Passed 3-24-15.)
(i) In the case of leased lots, parcels of land or premises enjoying connection to the Village water system or the Village wastewater system, the landowner shall be liable for the payment of the water and wastewater service charges herein provided, including all services provided to tenants residing at the premises. The obligation of the landowner as set forth in this section shall not be assigned to another, and a condition of receiving water or wastewater service from the Village is that the landowner shall be solely responsible to the Village for water and wastewater charges for service provided to the landowners property. This section is intended to establish the obligation of the landowner to the Village only, and expressly does not address in any fashion the conditions under which a landowner may permit another to use the landowner's property. In the event a landowner currently has a leased premises pursuant to a written contract under which a tenant is obligated to pay water and/or sewer rents, the landowner may defer the date of imposition of the requirements set forth above by following the procedure set forth below:
(1) The landowner must provide a copy of the entire written lease agreement to the Village Administrator.
(2) The Village Administrator will review the lease to determine if the tenant is obligated to pay water and sewer rents.
(3) If the tenant is obligated to pay water and sewer rents under the written lease, the Village Administrator may defer the enforcement of the exclusive landowner obligations in this section against the landowner until the end of the term of the provided lease or for one year, whichever ends first. An extension of a lease granted after submition of a lease to the Village Administrator shall not qualify for additional deferral.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the deferral of enforcement, in the event the water and sewer rents are not paid, the landowner remains jointly and severally liable with the tenant to the Village for water and sewer service provided to the landowner's property.
(5) The Village Administrator is not under an affirmative obligation to inform landlords of the deferral of compliance under this section.
(Ord. 2020-6. Passed 4-28-20.)
(j) In the event service department employees are called to an address served by the Village water system or sanitary sewer system, and are requested by the landowner or other individual with apparent authority to do so, to enter the structure and shut off an internal main valve or other source of water flowing within the building, a shutoff fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) may be charged. The regulations of the Village Administrator shall govern when this fee will be imposed. This charge shall be in addition to any other charge for the account involved at the service address involved. This subsection (j) is expressly subject to subsection (a) hereof in that the collection process set forth in Ohio R.C. 743.04 applies to the shut off fee established herein; and the fee is also subject to subsection (i) in that the charges for the services provided are the responsibility of the owner of the structure and in the event of a rental property, from either the Lessor or the Lessee. (Ord. 2015-2. Passed 3-24-15.)