(A) Rates or charges for service for the combined system shall be payable monthly or quarterly depending on the classification of service for which bills are rendered.
(B) 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. Irrespective of any change in ownership of premises, each parcel of real estate for which application for building sewer and water service has been filed and accepted by the village shall be liable for the payment of the monthly or quarterly charge for service.
(C) Bills for the combined system 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.
(D) All bills for service are due and payable 20 days after being sent out. A penalty of 10% shall be added to all bills not paid by the twentieth day after they have been rendered.
(E) A deposit of $100 shall be paid by any person or property owner seeking to have water service turned on after May 15, 2008, including any person seeking to re-establish water service where he or she has failed to pay his or her water bill and had service cut off. At the time of a final reading, any remaining unpaid balance then due for water service will be deducted and the remainder turned over to the property owner or tenant who posted the deposit. If the deposit is insufficient to cover the remaining unpaid balance then due, the deposit shall be applied to the balance, but the owner or occupant of the property shall remain liable for the remaining unpaid balance due and shall be subject to collection procedures set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
(F) Final readings shall be done as close as practical to the date of any closing of the sale of any property or the move-out of any tenant. When a final reading is done, water service shall be cut off and the new owner, landlord or new tenant shall be required to contact the village to re-establish service, and in all such events, a new deposit shall be paid prior to water being turned on again. It shall be the duty of landlords owning rental properties connected to the water system to advise the Village Clerk promptly whenever any tenant moves out of a building connected to the village water system. If a landlord shall fail to promptly so advise the Clerk, he or she shall be guilty of violating this chapter and shall be fined pursuant to § 50.999(A). For the purposes of this division (F), PROMPTLY means at least one week prior to the move-out, or, in the event the tenant moves out without prior notice, within a week of the landlord learning that the tenant had left the premises, and in any event prior to a new tenant moving in.
('79 Code, § 1102) (Ord. 1983-O-5, passed 4-19-83; Am. Ord. 2008-O-10, passed 5-6-08)