(A) The rates and charges established in this article shall be billed to the owners or occupants of the premises. If the occupant of any of the premises is not the owner, both the occupant and the owner shall be responsible for payment of the sewer bills. Whenever a bill for the rates and charges established in this article shall have been billed and remain unpaid for thirty (30) days, the amount of said bill and any and all costs incurred by the sewer commission in enforcing and collecting the bill shall constitute a lien against the property to which the sewer service was provided. The superintendent of sewers shall file a notice of the lien, and it shall be proven and collected as provided by law. The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest at the legal rate thereafter until satisfied.
(B) The sewer service rates and charges shall be billed monthly and all bills for the services shall be payable within ten (10) days after rendition. If not paid within the ten-day period, the charges shall be deemed delinquent and a penalty of ten (10) percent shall be added and collected as a part of the bill. The city shall render the bills for sewer services and collect and account for the bills in the manner as prescribed by law and the proceedings pursuant to which the sewer revenue refunding and improvement bonds of the city are to be issued.
(C) (1) If a bill is not paid within twenty (20) days after rendition, the city shall, as authorized by KRS 96.930 to 96.943, inclusive, issue to the party supplying water services to the premises a direction to discontinue the water service whether the water service bill has been paid or not.
(2) In the event the city shall issue such direction to the water supplier, the delinquent sewer user shall become liable to the city for the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the fee of the water supplier and any expenses incurred in effecting the discontinuance of water service.
(D) When the delinquent sewer user has paid the amount of the delinquent bill in full, together with the prescribed penalty and the amount of the fee and expenses incurred in discontinuance, the city will notify the water supplier that the sewer bill delinquency no longer exists. The sewer user may then, as far as the city is concerned, seek restoration of the discontinued water service upon the terms and conditions as the water supplier may lawfully prescribe.
(E) The attorney for the city is hereby authorized and directed to enforce and collect any charges remaining delinquent for thirty (30) days.
(Ord. No. 12.74, § 2, 7-16-74; Ord. No. 22.79, § 1, 11-20-79; Amd. Ord. 6-91, § 1, passed 3-19-91)