§ 40-189. Enforcement.

(a)

The charges for sewer services which are under the provisions of section 21 of Public Act No. 94 of 1933 (MCL 141.121), made a lien on all premises served thereby, unless notice is given that a tenant is responsible, are hereby recognized to constitute such lien, and whenever any such charge against any piece of property shall be delinquent for six months, the village official in charge of the collection thereof shall certify annually, on March 1 of each year, to the village tax-assessing officer, the fact of such delinquency, whereupon such charge shall be by him entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against such premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general village taxes against such premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced. However, where notice is given that a tenant is responsible for such charges and service as provided by such section 21, no further service shall be rendered such premises until a cash deposit as specified by the village council shall have been made as security for payment of such charges and service.

(b)

In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the village shall have the right to shut off water and/or sewer service to any premises for which charges for sewer service are more than three months delinquent, and such service shall not be reestablished until all delinquent charges and penalties and a turn-on charge, to be specified by the council, have been paid. Further, such charges and penalties may be recovered by the village by court action.

(Ord. No. 156, § 4, 6-14-1971)