(A) All bills for sewer service not paid prior to the due date, namely the fifteenth day of the month, as stated in the bill, shall be subject to a one-time rate payment charge of 10% of the bill for that month.
(B) (1) Whenever delinquency occurs in the payment of sewer charges, the Clerk-Treasurer shall file a list of delinquencies with the County Auditor and record a copy list in the office of the County Recorder.
(2) All items shall be so certified to the County Auditor, recorded in the office of the County Recorder, and shall be placed upon the tax duplicates for collection in the following year.
(Ord. 2000-6, passed 4-25-00)
(C) (1) The water supply shall be shut off from any premises for which the sewer charges shall have been due and unpaid for at least 30 days.
(2) Prior to discontinuance of such water service, the Clerk-Treasurer shall give written notice to the water consumer that water service shall be discontinued unless the unpaid sewer charge is paid on or before the date to be specified in the notice. Written notice shall be given by regular United States mail posted not less than ten days prior to the date upon which the water service is to be discontinued, and shall be addressed to the water consumer at his or her last known address.
(3) If the consumer of water whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the Clerk-Treasurer has knowledge of this, then notice shall also be mailed to the owner of the premises in accordance with the provisions of division (C)(2) above, if his or her address is known.
(4) If the sewer charge be not paid in accordance with the notice, the Clerk-Treasurer shall immediately notify the Superintendent of the Water Department and the Superintendent of the Water Department shall forthwith discontinue service.
(`76 Code, § 12-89) (Ord. 318-75, passed 5-20-75)