(A) Payment for all municipal utility (as that term is defined in § 50.01) service and charges shall be the primary responsibility of the fee owner of the premises served and shall be billed to the owner unless otherwise contracted for and authorized in writing by the fee owner and any other person (such as a tenant, contract purchaser, manager and the like), as agent for the fee owner, and consented to by the city. If the utility service and charges are for a single metered multi-unit rental residential building, the owner of the building shall be the customer of record and this responsibility shall not be waived by contract or otherwise. The city may collect the same in a civil action or, in the alternative and at the option of the city, as otherwise provided in this section.
(B) Each account is hereby made a lien upon the premises served. Delinquent accounts may be submitted at any time for collection of the delinquent amounts against the respective properties served as set forth in division (A) above.
(Prior Code, § 3.05, Subd. 8) (Ord. 165, effective 12-29-1995; Ord. 203, effective 10-15-1999)