(A) The City Treasurer is authorized to enforce the payment of charges for water supply and sewage disposal service to any premises by discontinuing either the water supply service or the sewage disposal service to the premises, or both; and an action of assumpsit may be instituted by the city against the customer. Service shall be discontinued to any premises when the customer shall be in arrears 60 days or more in paying any water supply or sewage disposal service charge.
(B)
The charges for water supply and sewage disposal service, which under the provisions of Public Act 94 of 1933, being M.C.L.A. §§ 141.101 through 141.138, as amended, are made a lien on the premises to which furnished, are recognized to constitute a lien; and the City Treasurer shall annually, on April 1, certify all unpaid charges for services furnished to any premises which, on March 31 preceding, have remained unpaid for a period of 90 days to the City Assessor, who shall place the same, together with an additional penalty equaling 25% of the amount, on the next tax roll of the city. The charges so assessed shall be collected in the same manner as general city taxes. In cases where the city is properly notified in accordance with Public Act 94 of 1933 that a tenant is responsible for water supply or sewage disposal service charges, no service shall be commenced or continued to the premises until there has been deposited with the City Treasurer a sum sufficient to cover three times the average quarterly bill for the premises as estimated by the City Treasurer, the deposit to be in no case less than $100.
(C) Where the water supply or sewage disposal service to any premises has been discontinued to enforce the payment of water supply or sewer disposal service charges, services shall not be recommenced until all delinquent charges have been paid, and a deposit made in the case of tenants, and a turn-on fee, charged in accordance with the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in Chapter 12 of this Code, is paid to the city.
(D) In any other case where, in the discretion of the City Treasurer, the collection of charges for water supply or sewage disposal service may be difficult or uncertain, he may require a similar deposit. Deposits may be applied against any delinquent water supply or sewage disposal service charges, and the application thereof shall not affect the right of the City Treasurer to discontinue the water supply and/or sewage disposal service, to any premises for any delinquency thereby satisfied. No deposit shall bear interest, and the deposit, or any remaining balance thereof, shall be returned to the customer making the same when he shall request in writing a discontinuation of water supply and sewage disposal service.
(Ord. 99-007, passed 8-2-99
; Am. Ord. 08-001, passed 8-20-07
)