(A) In addition to any other recourse as may be utilized by the city for the collection of delinquent sewer service charges the city may suspend the property owner’s or business owner’s Certificate of Occupancy upon certification of the City Administrator to the following:
(1) A delinquent sewer service charge which is 120 days past due, and/or
(2) A delinquent sewer service charge in excess of $2,500.
(B) Notice shall be sent by certified letter, service of process complete upon mailing, to the delinquent property owner or account holder stating that if the delinquency is not cured and brought current within 14 days that any Certificate of Occupancy for the premises shall be revoked and withdrawn. If after 14 days the account is not cured and brought current the building shall be placarded by the Building and Neighborhood Services Department declaring the Certificate of Occupancy is revoked and withdrawn and that the building shall not be occupied for any purpose.
(C) The Certificate of Occupancy may only be re-issued after payment of any outstanding sums owed for sewer service and only after passing a re-inspection by the Building and Neighborhood Services Department.
(D) This section shall not apply to single family owner occupied residential dwellings.
(Ord. 2495, passed 6-11-2013)