[Adopted 5-29-1974 (Ch. 115, Part 2, of the 1983 Code)]
[Amended 5-5-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993 4-20-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 6-12-1996 by L.L. No. 6-1996]
A.
A sewer rent is hereby established for all parcels of real estate
which are listed on the official sewer rolls maintained by the Village
Treasurer and which are located in the Village. The rate shall be
fixed by resolution of the Village Board from time to time.
[Amended 7-22-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 4-11-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 6-21-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
B.
Billing. The annual sewer rent shall be billed in installments and
on dates fixed by resolution of the Village Board from time to time.
[Amended 6-21-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
C.
Penalties shall be assessed on all unpaid sewer rents, as follows:
(1)
Five percent of the unpaid rent on the first day of the first month
after the bill is rendered, and 1/2% of the unpaid rent on the first
day of every month thereafter, until the entire bill, including penalties,
is paid or until such outstanding balance is relevied onto the Village
tax attributable to such parcel.
(2)
In addition to the other penalties specified in this Subsection C, a penalty shall be imposed on April 15 of each year, in the amount of $25, with respect to each tax parcel as to which any part of the sewer rent for the year beginning the preceding June 1 remains unpaid as of said April 15.
[Added 7-9-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
D.
The Village Board of Trustees may, by resolution, terminate service
to any parcel on which rents remain unpaid for a period exceeding
30 days.
E.
An ad valorem sewer tax is hereby established. The tax rate shall
be fixed by resolution of the Village Board from time to time. The
tax shall be billed and collected with the general Village tax.
[Amended 7-22-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 6-21-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
F.
No refunds shall be made for sewer rents due to termination of service
after the commencement of the quarter year during which termination
was made.
[Added 12-18-1991; amended 6-21-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
Waste haulers dumping into the sewage system will be charged
at a rate which shall be fixed by resolution of the Village Board
from time to time.
