(a) The rates and fees assessed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be a debt due the City and may be collected by proceedings instituted in courts of appropriate jurisdiction, or in such manner as provided by West Virginia Code 8-13-15. A penalty of ten percent (10%) of the rate or fee shall be added for any default for a period of thirty days or less in payment of such rate or fee, and for each succeeding thirty days elapsing thereafter before payment, there shall be an additional penalty of one and one-half percent (1.5%) provided that a discount of five percent (5%) shall be allowed on each semi-annual, bi-monthly or monthly installment if paid within twenty days of the billing date.
(b) The Finance Director shall collect any principal, interest, and penalty due and unpaid by civil litigation, instituted in either Magistrate Court or the Circuit Court of Marion County, if the accrued sum is more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and a balance due is outstanding for more than 120 days and the Finance Director is of the opinion that the user is solvent.
(Ord. 1183. Passed 3-12-02.)