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A. Bimonthly Payments: The rates or charges for service shall be payable bimonthly.
B. Owner, Occupant And User Responsible For Payment: The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the city.
C. Rendition Of Bills: Bills for water service shall be sent out by the city on the first day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
D. Penalty For Late Payments: All water bills are due and payable ten (10) days after being sent out. A penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be added to all bills not paid by the tenth day after they have been rendered.
E. Water And Sewer Billings Combined: Charges for water service and for sewerage service shall be united in the same bill and payment of the one charge shall not be accepted without payment of the other charge. (Ord. 78-11, 3-6-1978)
F. Payments; Delinquencies:
1. Time And Place For Payment: Payment shall be made on or before the tenth day of each period at the city hall.
2. Failure To Pay; Service Disconnection: If any bill for service remains unpaid at the end of the twenty fifth day of any billing month, the public works director will disconnect service to such user. When thus shut off, the supply shall not be turned on until all charges and a fee set forth in the "schedule of charges" for reconnection has been paid. (Ord. 78-11, 3-6-1978; amd. 1997 Code)
G. Rental Units: The owners of all "rental dwellings" defined as dwellings wherein one or more persons other than the owners of the real estate reside in separate living quarters, shall be billed for the total of water and sewer services provided by the city at the rate provided by ordinance per resident unit per month. In the event that said payment is not paid by the owners, the city is authorized to disconnect or shut off said water and sewer service to said rental dwelling house. (Ord. 88-1, 7-7-1988)
A. Statement Of Lien Claim; Notice:
1. Whenever a bill for water service remains unpaid for ninety (90) days for bimonthly service after it has been rendered, the city treasurer shall file with the county recorder of deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the city claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
2. If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the city treasurer has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises, if such owner's address be known to the treasurer, whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of forty five (45) days for a bimonthly bill after it has been rendered.
3. The failure of the city treasurer to record such lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned in the following subsection.
B. Foreclosure Of Lien: Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill-in-equity in the name of the city. The city attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid ninety (90) days in the case of a bimonthly bill after it has been rendered. (Ord. 78-11, 3-6-1978)
A. Notice Of Violation; Remedial Action: Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The city may revoke any permit for water service as a result of any violation of any provision of this chapter.
B. Penalty Imposed: Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. Liability Of Violator: Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the city by reason of such violation. (Ord. 78-11, 3-6-1978; amd. 1997 Code)