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All charges prescribed by this subchapter shall be a lien upon the premises and real estate for which the sewer service is supplied and used and if not paid when due such charge shall be certified to the Finance Director and may be recovered by the city in an action at law and such delinquent charges may be certified to the County Clerk and assessed against the real estate and premises served and be collected and returned in the same manner as other city taxes are certified, collected and returned.
(Prior Code, § 51.180) (Ord. 3059, passed 10-7-1985; Ord. 03-39, passed 11-17-2003)
Where, in the judgment of the City Council, special conditions surround the use of city waste water to the extent that the application of the service charges and rates as specified by this subchapter would be inequitable and unfair to either the city or such customers, the City Council shall establish a special rate applying to such customers. Such special rates when adopted by ordinance by the City Council shall apply to all customers under like circumstances.
(Prior Code, § 51.181)
The city will review the rate schedule at least every five years and revise rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance, including replacement expenses among users and user classes.
(Prior Code, § 51.182)
STORM SEWER RATES AND CHARGES
The city does hereby establish a stormwater utility, the purpose of which is to assist the city in its responsibility for the operation, construction, maintenance and repair of stormwater drainage system facilities to provide adequate systems of collection, conveyance, detention, treatment and release of stormwater and the reduction of potential hazards to property and life resulting from stormwater runoff, improvement in general health and welfare through reduction of undesirable stormwater conditions and improvements to the water quality in the storm and surface water system and its receiving waters.
(Prior Code, § 51.185) (Ord. 18-30, passed 9-4-2018)
The city shall be empowered to administer the stormwater utility and may delegate such duty and responsibility as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter within the limits of the budget, directives and storm drainage regulations adopted by the governing body of the city for this utility.
(Prior Code, § 51.186) (Ord. 18-30, passed 9-4-2018)
The city shall adopt an operating budget for each fiscal year. The operating budget shall set forth, for each fiscal year, the estimated revenues and the estimated costs for the stormwater utility. The initial operating budget shall be for the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2018.
(Prior Code, § 51.187) (Ord. 18-30, passed 9-4-2018)
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