Any person who shall make or continue to have any connection
with the Village water system or use any water therefrom or the sewage
disposal system shall be subject to all rules and regulations now
in effect or which may hereafter be amended or adopted by the Board
of Trustees as well as all other provisions of the Code of the Village
of Millbrook.
A.
Water. The property owner shall be responsible at his or her own
cost and expense to excavate, make the tap and bring the water lateral
from his or her property to the point of tap.
B.
Sewers. The person owning the property shall be responsible at his
or her own cost and expense to excavate, make the tap and bring the
sewer lateral from his or her property to the point of tap.
C.
Fees. Fees for tapping will be set by resolution of the Board of
Trustees.
Each time that a connection with the Village water or sewer
system is made, the service shall not be introduced without an inspection
and approval by the Superintendent of the Water and/or Sewer.
A.
The water and sewer rates for customers of the Village water supply
system and/or the Village public sewer system shall be set forth on
the prevailing fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Village Board
of Trustees and as such schedule is modified from time to time by
resolution of the Village Board of Trustees. The sewer usage rate
assigned to any property owner who is not connected to the public
water supply system but who is connected to the public sewers shall
be based on the estimated or measured volume of sewage contributed,
such estimate to be made by the Village Board of Trustees. Such charges
shall be expressed in terms similar to water charge arrangements.
B.
Late charges for unpaid amounts on water and/or sewer bills are 10%
of the unpaid amount 30 days past due. After 60 days, late charges
on such unpaid amounts shall accrue at the rate of 1.27% per month
on such outstanding unpaid amounts.
C.
Water usage is billed per 1,000 gallons used. Sewer usage is billed
based on the amount of water used.
Water bills shall be due and payable to the Village Clerk within
one month from the date of the bill.
A.
Lien. All unpaid water bills shall be a lien on the real property
where the water is used and may be included in the general Village
tax roll and collected and enforced in the same manner as the Village
real estate tax.
B.
Cessation of service and cutoff of water supply. If any part of the
water bill remains unpaid at the end of 60 days from the date of a
bill, the water service shall be turned off. Service shall not be
restored until payment of all delinquent charges and penalties have
been paid together with a service charge in an amount set forth on
the prevailing fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Village Board
of Trustees and as such schedule is modified from time to time by
resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.
A.
A fine will be imposed on any person or persons found to be in violation
of water conservation rules set forth by the Village Board, particularly
any outside use of water for washing cars, watering lawns and gardens
and filling of swimming pools. The amount of the fines shall be determined
by the Village Board on an annual basis.
