(A) Enforcing officers. The Director of Financial Services and the City Engineer are hereby charged with the enforcement of all the provisions of this article.
(B) Penalty. In the event of a violation of any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation established pursuant to this article, such violations shall be punished according to §§ 1-2.01 et seq. of this code.
(C) Delinquent payments. Upon the failure of any person billed or the owner of any premises to pay any sewer service charge prior to delinquency, any one or more of the following actions may, or, where required, shall, be taken by the city or city officials to enforce such payment, subject to the provisions of division (B) of this section:
(1) Each sewer service charge levied by or pursuant to the provisions of this article on any premises within the city is hereby made a lien upon such premises, and any steps authorized by law may be taken by the city to enforce the payment of such lien.
(2) In each case where any bill for both water service and sewer service remains unpaid for 30 days after such bill becomes delinquent, the Director of Financial Services shall order the disconnection of the premises from the municipal water system. Whenever any premises has been disconnected from either the municipal water system or the municipal sewer system for nonpayment of water or sewer service charges, such premises shall not be reconnected to either the municipal water system or the municipal sewer system until all delinquent charges and penalties have been paid, together with such reasonable charges for reconnection as may be ordered from time to time by the Council by resolution.
('66 Code, § 6-4.210) (Ord. 409-C-S, passed 8-9-79)
Cross-reference:
Disconnection for late payment, see § 6-4.211