[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Camillus as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public access to records — See Ch. 21.
Building construction codes enforcement — See Ch. 53.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 55.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 63.
Stormwater sewer system — See Ch. 64.
Stormwater management and erosion control — See Ch. 65.
Zoning — See Ch. 110.
[Adopted 8-6-1968 by L.L. No. 1-1968]
A.
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUG
STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED "STORM SEWER")
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WATERCOURSE
Terms defined. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters, surface waters and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during
normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
The person designated by the Village Board of the Village
of Camillus to be in general charge of the sewage works therein or
his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
B.
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the Village of Camillus or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said Village any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Village of Camillus or in any area under the jurisdiction of said
Village any sewage or other polluted waters except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this article.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within
the Village of Camillus and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
sanitary or combined sewer of the Village is hereby required, at his
expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect
such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance
with the provisions of this article within 90 days after the date
of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within
100 feet of the property line.
A.
Use. Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of § 90-4 of this article, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
B.
Permit required; permit and inspection fee. Before commencement of
construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall
first obtain a written permit from the Village Board. The application
for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Village,
which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications
and other information as are deemed necessary by the Village Board.
A permit and inspection fee of $25 shall be paid to the Village Clerk
at the time the application is filed.
C.
Effective date of permit; inspections. A permit for a private sewage
disposal system shall not become effective until the installation
is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He shall be
allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction, and in any
event the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within four hours
of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
D.
Compliance with state agency recommendations; permit restrictions.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Health of the State of New York. No permit shall be issued for any
private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities where the area of the lot is less than 10,000 square feet.
No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into any
natural outlet.
E.
Operation and maintenance. The owner shall operate and maintain the
private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times
at no expense to the Village.
F.
Availability of public sewer; abandonment of private facilities.
(1)
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Subsection D of this section, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
(2)
When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be
connected to said sewer within 60 days, and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
G.
Interpretation. No statement contained in this section shall be construed
to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed
by any health officer.
A.
Permit required. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Village
Board.
B.
Classes of permit; application; permit and inspection fee.
(2)
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on
a form furnished by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Village Board.
(3)
A permit and inspection fee of $25 for a residential or commercial
building sewer permit and $35 for an industrial building sewer permit
shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time the application is
filed.
C.
Installation and connection; maintenance, replacement and repair;
costs; indemnification. All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall likewise be solely responsible for any and all maintenance,
repair and replacement of building sewer facilities, specifically
including the sewer lateral from and including the building connection
to [and provided and to the extent such area is also outside of any
other established (of record) easement area]: (a) where no sidewalk
exists, the nearer of the edge of pavement or curbline of the public
street; and (b) where sidewalk does exist, the nearest edge of the
sidewalk; and wherever the same may be located and regardless of whether
or not such facilities may serve more than one property. Only the
public sewer main and any portion of sewer lateral located outside
of the foregoing areas or within any established (of record) sewer
easement shall be the responsibility of the Village to maintain, repair
and replace. The Village Department of Public Works Superintendent
or any other authorized Village official, with such owner's consent
and solely in order to diagnose the cause and/or origin point of a
particular defect and/or damage in the public sewer line, may authorize
the Department of Public Works to perform diagnostic testing on or
from private property, including measures such as plunging and snaking
to determine the location of damaged or defective sewer lines. In
such event, the owner shall be deemed to have granted a license to
the Village for such purpose on the private property of owner and
shall in any event, except for damage relative to the work performed
by Village, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Village from any
loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by any
such diagnostic testing and measures, the installation and connection
or maintenance, replacement and repair of the building sewer. The
foregoing notwithstanding, in connection with any of its work hereunder
the Village shall be responsible for repair or replacement of any
sidewalk, pavement or curbing and shall reseed any disturbed earth.
[Amended 7-22-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
D.
Separate and independent building sewers required per building; exception.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except that, where one building stands at the rear of another
on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
E.
Use of old building sewers. Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all the requirements of this article.
F.
Standards for construction and installation. The size, slope, alignment,
materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be
used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling
the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and
Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village.[1] In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Water Pollution
Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
G.
Connection of building drain with building sewer. Whenever possible,
the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation
below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain
is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage
carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means
and discharged to the building sewer.
H.
Prohibited connections with building sewers. No person shall make
connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway
drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building
sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly
to a public sanitary sewer.
I.
Standards for connection of building sewer to public sewer. The connection
of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations
of the Village or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Water Pollution
Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
J.
Notification and supervision of connection to public sewer. The applicant
for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when
the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public
sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent
or his representative.
K.
Safety precautions during excavation; restoration of property. All
excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded
with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in
the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Village.
A.
Discharge of stormwater and unpolluted drainage or industrial process
waters.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
(2)
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Board.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
on approval of the Village Board, to a storm sewer, combined sewer
or natural outlet.
B.
Prohibited discharges generally. No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to
any public sewers:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two milligrams
per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or of such size as
to be capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other
interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as
but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole
blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes,
cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
C.
Acceptability of certain harmful substances or wastes.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely,
in the opinion of the Superintendent, that such wastes can harm either
the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse
effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb,
public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as
to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give
consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of
the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the
sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The substances
prohibited are as follows:
(a)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°
F. (65° C.).
(b)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter, or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° and 150° F. (0° and 65° C.).
(c)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 horsepower metric) or greater shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Superintendent.
(d)
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(e)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc
and similar objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting an
excessive chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
(f)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations as may exceed limits which may be
established by the Superintendent as necessary after treatment of
the composite sewage to meet the requirements of the state, federal
or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the
receiving waters.
(g)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable state or federal regulations.
(h)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(i)
Materials which exert or cause the following:
[1]
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but
not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or
of dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate.
[2]
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
[3]
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
[4]
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
slugs, as defined herein.
(j)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge of the receiving waters.
(2)
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection C(1) of this section and which, in the judgment of the Superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Village Board may:
(3)
If the Village Board permits the pretreatment or equalization of
waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Board and
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, local laws, ordinances
and laws.
D.
Interceptors. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients,
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located so as
to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
E.
Operation and maintenance of pretreatment facilities. Where preliminary
treatment of flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters
or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation by the owner at his expense.
F.
Manholes. When required by the Village Board, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances, in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Village Board. The manhole shall
be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by
him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
G.
Measurements, sampling and tests. All measurements, tests and analyses
of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made
in this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
published by the American Public Health Association and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at
said control manhole. In the
event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole
shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public
sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling
shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the
effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the
existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses
involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all
outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or
samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.)
H.
Special agreements between Village and industrial concerns. No statement
contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern
whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be
accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by the industrial concern.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest.
A.
Right of entry.
(1)
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Village
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article. The Superintendent or his representatives shall have
no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic or paper, or other industries beyond
that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(2)
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Village
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties through which the Village holds a duly
negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any
portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry
and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full
accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining
to the private property involved.
B.
Indemnification and liability. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection A above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employees, and the Village shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions as required in § 90-7F of this article.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 90-8 of this article, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A above shall be guilty of an offense and, on conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a maximum fine of $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended 3-7-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989]
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the Village for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
by the Village by reason of such violation.
[Adopted 2-3-1970 by L.L. No. 1-1970]
Pursuant to Article 14-F of the General Municipal Law of the
State of New York, there is hereby established and imposed sewer rents
as a means of producing revenue for the sewer system of the Village
of Camillus, New York.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A single-family dwelling, which shall constitute one "household
unit."
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGOne or more persons maintaining separate living quarters and having separate plumbing facilities and cooking facilities for the persons occupying such separate living quarters, irrespective of whether or not such separate living quarters may be part of what is commonly known as a "two-family" or "multiple-dwelling house."
BOARDINGHOUSE or ROOMING HOUSEA house in which a room or rooms are rented to a person and the room or rooms so occupied by the person do not have both separate toilet facilities and cooking facilities.
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," all lateral
sewers or all branch sewers or all interceptor sewers or all trunk
sewers and any sewage treatment and disposal works, each part with
necessary appurtenances, including sewage pumping stations.
The water carrying human or animal waste and permissible
industrial waste from residences, buildings, industrial establishments
or other places.
A unit method of annual charges established and imposed in
the Village of Camillus for the use of the sewer system or any part
or parts thereof.
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or
useful, in whole or in part, in connection with the collection, treatment
or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and which
are owned and operated or maintained by the Village of Camillus, including
sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.
Sewer rents shall be based upon a determination of equivalent
household units assigned to various properties in the Village, categorized
by code numbers and equivalent unit determinations as follows:
Code Number
|
Description
|
Equivalent Units
|
---|---|---|
3
|
One-family residence
|
1.0
|
5
|
Two-family residence
|
1.0, plus 0.5 per household unit
|
6
|
Multiple dwelling, over 2
|
1.0, plus 0.5 per household unit
|
7
|
Rentals
|
1
|
10
|
Business
|
1
|
12
|
Business
|
1
|
15
|
Combined business and residential
|
1
|
Exempt, except school
|
1.0
|
NOTE:
| |
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1
|
Equivalent units for Code Nos. 7, 10, 12, 15 and the public
school are based upon specific formulas. These formulas determine
equivalent units for property based upon whether the property includes
a "dry" business or "wet" business. For proper computation of equivalent
units in these cases, consult Village records on file in the office
of the Village Clerk.
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The sewer rents are hereby established and imposed for the sewer
system in the Village of Camillus now existing, hereafter created
or extensions thereof.
On or before the first day of March of each year, the Village
Board shall compute the monetary rate per household unit and the annual
sewer rent to be charged to each sewer user in the Village of Camillus
in accordance with this article. Such computation may be based upon
facts obtained from its own investigation or certified statements
furnished by sewer rental users containing pertinent facts or information
based upon the period ending on May 31 of the previous year as to
the number of employees, pupils, teachers, number of rooms or apartments
or separate dwellings or other necessary facts or information which
may be applicable. Such information shall be furnished by sewer users
to the Village Board upon a five-day written notice requesting such
information.
A.
Revenues derived from sewer rents shall be credited to a special
fund known as the "Sewer Rent Fund." Moneys in such fund shall be
used only in the manner and for the purpose specified by the Sewer
Rent Law of the State of New York.
B.
Sewer rents shall become due and payable annually on June 1 in each
year, and the amount due shall be set forth as a separate item on
the annual Village tax bill, and the amounts so due shall be collected
and enforced in the same manner and at the same time as provided by
law for the collection and enforcement of Village taxes.