8-5-9: BILLING; LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT:
   A.   Rendition Of Bills; Due Date 1 :
      1.   Monthly Billing; Liability For Payment: Rates or charges for service shall be payable monthly. 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 2 .
      2.   Rendition Of Bills: Bills for sewer service shall be sent out by the city treasurer on the first day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
      3.   Late Payment Penalty: All sewer bills are due and payable fifteen (15) days after being sent out. A penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be added to all bills not paid by the fifteenth day after they have been rendered.
   B.   Notice Of Rates: Each user will be notified by the city in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charges or ad valorem taxes which are attributable to wastewater treatment services, including the financial information of section 8-5-12 of this chapter.
   C.   Penalty: Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be fined as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code for each offense. (Ord. 1361, 3-6-2006; amd. 2006 Code)

 

Notes

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1. See also section 8-1-3 of this title.
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2. See also section 8-3-6 of this title.