[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Skaneateles
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-24-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
The Village is the owner-operator of an electrical utility system and
sells and provides electricity to consumers in the Village. The purpose of
this article is to authorize and provide that delinquent charges owed to the
Village for electric service, including rents, charges, fees, penalties, and
interest, shall become a lien on the real property upon which or in connection
with which electric power is supplied.
The authority for this article is Municipal Home Rule Law § 10,
Subdivision 1(ii)(a)(9a).
A.Â
Unpaid charges for electric service provided by the Village
to any real property in the Village shall be, in addition to any other person
who may be liable, the responsibility of the owner of such real property.
B.Â
Electric service provided to real property in the name
of one or more tenants shall not relieve or excuse the owner of such real
property from responsibility for payment of electric charges, including any
interest, fees, or penalties.
A.Â
Electric charges, including rents, fees, penalties, and
interest, shall be a lien on the real property to which such electric service
is provided.
B.Â
Where such electric charges have not been paid within
the time required by the Village Board or by the Village Light Department,
the amount of delinquent charges unpaid as of the 15th day of May, or upon
such other date the Board of Trustees may choose, including rents, fees, interest,
and penalties, shall be certified by the Director of Public Works to the Village
Clerk/Treasurer. The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall present such certificate
to the Board of Trustees and shall enter such certificate or an abstract thereof
in the minutes of the meeting of the Trustees.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
This article shall be operative for all billing periods for electric
service which commence after its effective date.
