(A) (1) Payment for all municipal utility service and charges shall be the primary responsibility of the owner of the premises served and shall be billed to him or her unless otherwise contracted for and authorized in writing by the owner and the tenant, as agent for the owner, and consented to by the city.
(2) The city may collect the same in a civil action or, in the alternative and at the option of the city, as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(B) (1) Each account is hereby made a lien upon the premises served. All accounts which are more than 45 days past due may, when authorized by resolution of the Council, be certified by the City Administrator to the County Auditor, and the City Administrator, in so certifying, shall specify the amount thereof, the description of the premises served, and the name of the owner thereof.
(2) The amount so certified shall be extended by the Auditor on the tax rolls against the premises in the same manner as other taxes, and collected by the County Treasurer, and paid to the city along with other taxes.
(2002 Code, § 3.70) (Ord. 157, Third Series, effective 12-1-1987; Ord. 21, Fourth Series, effective 12-15-1991; Ord. 12, Fifth Series, passed 8-19-1996; Ord. 106, Sixth Series, effective 5-22-2009)