(A) Any user who has failed to pay the bill for water and/or sewer service within 15 days after the due date thereof is hereby declared to be delinquent. Thereupon, the hearing officer, as hereinafter provided for, shall cause a written notice of delinquency to be served by first class mail upon the delinquent user setting forth the time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be set no less than 14 days nor more than 21 days thereafter. If no response is made by the hearing date, and the bill remains unpaid, the Superintendent shall immediately thereafter cut off water service to the building.
(B) If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, and the Village Clerk shall have notice of that fact, a copy of the notice described in division (A) shall be served on the owner at the same time and in the same manner as the notice is served on the user.
(C) At the time and place of the hearing, the hearing officer shall give the delinquent user an opportunity to be heard and to present any and all evidence, including testimony on the user’s behalf. The records of payment for the water and/or sewer service by the user, as provided and given to the hearing officer by the office of the Village Clerk, shall be prima facie evidence that the bill is due, unpaid, and delinquent. All witnesses, including the delinquent user, shall be sworn prior to giving any testimony.
(D) The hearing officer, within five days after such hearing, if the officer determines after such hearing that the user is, in fact, delinquent in payment of the bill for water and/or sewer services, and that the water service of the user should be discontinued, shut off, and terminated, shall so state the basis or reasons for such termination in a written order of termination, and shall serve a copy of such order upon the user within five days after the hearing. The order shall also state the date when the water service shall be shut off and terminated, the date to be no later than ten days after the hearing date.
(E) The hearing officer shall be any employee or officer of the village and shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the majority of the Village Board of Trustees. The hearing officer shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed and is qualified.
('79 Code, § 1102) (Ord. 1983-O-5, passed 4-19-83; Am. Ord. 2008-O-10, passed 5-6-08)