Rates and charges shall be prepared, billed, and collected by the city in the following manner:
(A) The rates and charges for all users shall be prepared and billed monthly.
(B) The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the properties served unless otherwise requested in writing by the owner, but such billing shall in no way relieve the owner from the liability in event payment is not made as herein required. The owners of properties served, which are occupied by a tenant or tenants, shall have the right to examine the collection records of the city for the purpose of determining whether bills have been paid by such tenant or tenants, provided that such examination shall be made at the office at which said records are kept and during the hours that such office is open for business.
(C) As is provided by statute, all rates and charges not paid when due are declared to be delinquent, and a penalty of 10% of the rates or charges shall attach thereupon thereto. The time at which such rates or charges shall be paid is now fixed at 15 days after the date of mailing the bill.
(1980 Code, § 51.24) (Ord. 479.5, passed 10-8-1963; Am. Ord. 681, passed 5-10-1977; Am. Ord. 2014-22, passed 1-13-2015)