[Adopted as Ch. 13, Subchapter I, of the 2003 Municipal Code]
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 Blanchardville Sewer Utility and the Blanchardville Water Utility
only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and
user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefore to
said Utilities.
A.
Authority. All water and sewer service charges unpaid and in arrears
on October 1 of each year shall be collected in accordance with the
procedure hereinafter provided, pursuant to the authority granted
in §§ 66.0809 and 66.0821, Wis. Stats, respectively.
B.
Procedure.
(1)
On October 15 of each year, the Clerk-Treasurer shall mail a notice
of arrearages by first class mail to the occupant and to the owner
of the premises receiving such utility service.
(2)
In the event any such utility bill is not paid by November 1 thereafter,
the Clerk-Treasurer shall add a penalty of 10%.
(3)
In the event any such utility bill is not paid on or before November
15 thereafter, the Clerk-Treasurer, on November 16, shall place the
amount of such arrearages, together with penalty, on the tax roll
as a tax against the lot or parcel of real estate for which water
and sewer services were provided.
No additional water or sewer service shall be extended outside
the Village limits.
A.
Application for. The owners of property which is not served by Village
sewer or water may apply to the Village Board for sewer or water main
extensions. The Village Board shall determine the feasibility of such
proposed extensions.
B.
Construction. The Village shall construct all sewer and water main
extensions.
C.
Cost of construction.
(1)
If the property benefited by such extension is exclusively that of
the requesting property owner or owners, the extension may be financed
as follows:
(a)
The property owner or owners shall pay the Village 100% of the
estimated cost of the project prior to construction and final settlement
shall be made immediately after construction is completed; or
(b)
The Village shall levy a special assessment for such extension
and provide for installment payments, together with interest.
(2)
If it is necessary to traverse other land, the requesting property owners may finance the cost of the benefit to their property, as provided in Subsection C(1) above, and the Village shall levy a special assessment upon other benefiting properties. However, if the Village Board determines that the special assessment upon such other land should be deferred, the requesting property owners shall pay to the Village the estimated amount of such deferred assessments prior to construction. The Village shall reimburse such payment when said deferred special assessments are activated.
A.
Required. To assure the preservation of public health, comfort and
safety, the Village Board, in accordance with § 281.45,
Wis. Stats., hereby requires that any building used for human habitation
and located adjacent to a Village sewer or water main, or in a block
through which such a sewer or water main extends, to be connected
with said sewer or water by means of direct laterals.
B.
C.
Connection by Village. As an alternative to the penalty provided in Subsection B above, the Village Board may cause the necessary connections to be made and the expense thereof shall be assessed as a special tax against the property in question. The owner may then, within 30 days after the completion of the work, file a written option with the Clerk-Treasurer stating that he cannot pay such amount in one sum and asking that it be levied in not to exceed five equal annual installments and that amount shall be so collected with interest at the current municipal rate per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid balance to be a special tax lien.
The Village Board shall establish the average annual cost of
sewer and water laterals.
