(a) Storm water charges shall be assessed monthly. Storm water charges shall be billed on a joint statement with water and sewer charges and shall be payable at the City Utility Office. Bills will be mailed by the first of the month for the previous month period. Payment is due by the fifteenth of the month. Late payments will include a 10% penalty. When the fifteenth of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holidays that are observed by the City, payments made on the first business day thereafter shall be collected without penalties. Bills paid by mail must be received by the fifteenth of the month to avoid penalties. If a bill for storm water service remains unpaid by the third day of the following month, water service shall be terminated without further notice. The service shall not be turned on again until the delinquent bill and applicable turn-on charges are paid in full. Partial payments shall not qualify for reinstatement of the water service. Any person, firm corporation or residence having a delinquent storm water account shall not be given any water service at any new location until all delinquent accounts are paid in full.
(b) Each charge levied by or pursuant to this chapter shall be made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the water or sanitary sewage system. If the charge is not paid, it shall be certified to the County Auditor, who shall place that amount on the tax duplicates of the County, with interested and penalties allowed by law, and collect it as other taxes are collected.
(c) The funds received from the collection of the storm water service charges as defined in Section 1049.03 shall be deposited in the storm water utility operating fund.
(Ord. 07-130. Passed 12-4-07; Ord. 21-69. Passed 6-1-21.)