(a) Bills for sewer charges shall, whenever practical, be in the name of the owner of the property. The City shall look to the owner of a property for payment of bills and shall hold the owner liable for unpaid bills.
(b) All persons requesting connection or reconnection of sewer services to an owner- occupied property after the effective date of this section shall be required to execute a service contract acknowledging that, in addition to other recourses allowable by law, unpaid charges may be certified to the County Auditor and placed on the real property tax list and duplicate. The Safety-Service Director may also require execution of a service contract as a condition of continued service for owner-occupied property which is delinquent but which has not been disconnected.
(c) The Safety-Service Director shall be authorized to demand a security deposit as a condition of reconnection of nonowner occupied property which has been disconnected for nonpayment of charges. The amount of the security deposit shall not be greater than the highest billing for any two months in the previous twelve months. In the event the charges for sewer service have been due and unpaid for sixty days, the City shall disconnect service and deduct the amount of unpaid charges from the security deposit, returning the balance to the owner of the property. The security deposit shall be returned to the owner if all bills are paid when due for a period of twelve months.
(d) The Safety-Service Director is authorized to collect unpaid charges by any means authorized now or in the future by the Ohio Revised Code.