Delinquent payments.

A. In the event that there are any sewer rents, assessments, penalties, permit fees, surcharges, capital contributions, or other charges which are delinquent as of October 1 of any year, the Finance Department and the Sewer Department shall report the names of the defaulting persons. These unpaid charges shall be relevied against the property owner as a charge on his or her town and county tax bill. The Finance Department shall give the Town Assessor the entire amount of the sewer rent, assessments, and other charges which are in default, plus a 5% penalty for failure to pay by October 1 of that year, with the exception of commercial, which is charged interest on a quarterly basis, and the Town Assessor shall add those numbers to the tax roll.B.

Where charges are delinquent and the violator is not a resident of the Town or is located outside the geographical boundaries of the Town, then the Town Attorney is authorized to seek recovery of charges, including punitive damages, in a court of competent jurisdiction or make arrangements with the appropriate Town where the user is located to add the amount of the sewer assessment or other charges which shall be in default, plus penalty and interest, as provided for in the law, to the real property taxes due to the Town in the next ensuing year.C. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers or the Town Board from bringing any action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover any penalty imposed under this chapter.