[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow 4-26-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The title of this chapter is "Sewer Rents and Sewer Consumption Fees."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish sewer rates in the Village of Sleepy Hollow pursuant to Chapter 14-F of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.
The owner of all premises using the sewer system of the Village of Sleepy Hollow or any part thereof shall be required to pay sewer rents and sewer consumption fees for the payment of the costs of the operation, maintenance, repairs and debt service of the Village of Sleepy Hollow sewer system.
The sewer system for which the sewer rents and sewer consumption fees are established and imposed is the entire sewer system within the Village of Sleepy Hollow as defined in § 451 of the General Municipal Law as it does from time to time exist.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
All sewer consumption charges and fees shall be established by the Board of Trustees by resolution, and shall be based upon the consumption of water on the premises connected with and served by the sewer system. All sewer rent rates and charges also established by the Mayor and Board of Trustees by resolution shall be based upon the assessed value of the premises connected with and served by the sewer system.
Sewer rents shall be billed and payable annually. Sewer consumption fees shall be billed and payable quarterly, covering a three-month period.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
The Mayor and Board of Trustees shall have the power to fix rates and charges by resolution for all sewer consumption and sewer rents and may revise these rates and charges, from time to time, as the Mayor and Board of Trustees shall deem necessary and proper.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section No. 8, Annual and quarterly payments, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013.
A. 
Bills for all sewer consumption fees contemplated by this chapter shall be prepared on or about the 30th day following each quarterly period, commencing with the first day of the Village fiscal year 2004-2005, and continuing thereafter, and shall be mailed to the owner of the premises or property as the same appears upon the last completed assessment roll of the Village of Sleepy Hollow New York. If more than one person shall appear as the owner of the premises or property, the bill may be mailed to any one of such persons.
B. 
Sewer rents will be placed on the property owner's tax bill and payable in the same manner and with the same penalties as Village taxes.
Bills for sewer consumption fees shall be payable in the face amount without penalty within 30 days following the date as indicated upon the bill provided to the consumer. Sewer rents shall be paid in the same manner and the same time period as Village taxes.
[Amended 6-13-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
There shall be charged a penalty on any past-due sewer fee or usage rate of 10% following the 30 days from the date of the billing, with each month thereafter charged at a rate of 1%.
Such unpaid sewer consumption fees, together with the amount of the penalty as herein prescribed and due by reason of nonpayment of such sewer consumption fees, shall be a lien upon the real property upon which or in connection with which the sewer consumption fees are used, and if not paid by February of the fiscal year in which accrued, the amount thereof, together with the penalty as herein prescribed, shall be included in the next annual tax levy and shall be levied upon the real property. Unpaid sewer rents shall also constitute a lien upon the real property upon which or in connection with which the sewer rents are used and shall be due and collected and become a lien, in the same manner as Village taxes.
All revenues derived from sewer rents and sewer consumption fees, including penalties, shall be credited by the Village Treasurer to a special fund to be known as the "Sewer Fund." All rents, fees and penalties deposited, together with the interest thereon, shall be used in accordance with General Municipal Law § 453 and all other applicable laws of the State of New York.