(a) No Free Service. No free water service shall be furnished to any person connecting to a public water system.
(b) Applicable Fees. For all water service within the Village furnished to any user, the user shall be responsible for payment of any Commerce Township tap fees, as well as any Village, county, state or other local fees.
(c) Billing Procedures. The Village's water fees shall be billed as follows:
(1) The water charges, charges for water connection permits, schedule of water service installation rates, sewer charges, and other associated fees shall be in the amounts set forth in Schedule B of this chapter.
(2) If charges for services furnished to any premises shall not be paid within ninety (90) days after the due date then all services furnished by the system may be discontinued to the premises. Services discontinued because of non payment shall not be restored until all sums then due are paid plus a shut-off charge and a turn-on charge, as set forth in Schedule B of this chapter.
(3) Charges for services furnished by the Department shall be a lien upon the premises to which service is made. On the first day of March each year the manager shall certify all charges which have been delinquent six (6) months or more, to the Village Treasurer who shall enter the charges upon the next tax roll. Collection of the lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided by law in respect to taxes assessed upon the roll.
(4) No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Village until all fees required by this chapter have been paid.
(d) Lateral Benefit Charges. No premises shall be connected to a public water main or water lateral without the payment of a lateral benefit charge as provided for in Schedule B of this chapter, said payment to be made prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the premises. For premises already possessing a certificate of occupancy, all pertinent connection fees must be paid prior to any tap in.
(e) Non-Refundable. Tap fees, capital charges, lateral benefit charges and debt service charges which have been paid are not refundable.
(f) Fiscal year. The water systems shall be operated on the basis of the Village's fiscal year.
(g) Capital charges. All charges paid to the Village of Wolverine Lake for connection to the water system of the Village shall be deposited in the Village Water and Sewer Fund.
(Ord. 146. Passed 6-8-05; Ord. 146 A-2. Passed 12-14-05.)