(a) Each water charge charged under or pursuant to a valid ordinance of the City of Heath is made a lien upon the corresponding lot, parcel of land, building or premises served by a connection to the water system of the City and, if the same is not paid within ninety days after it shall become due and payable, it shall be certified to the Auditor of Licking County, at which time the lien shall vest, and the Auditor shall place the same on the tax duplicate of the County with the interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected as other taxes.
(b) Consistent with the regulations of the Division of Utilities and these Codified Ordinances, the owners of real estate premises installing or maintaining water service shall be liable for all water charges incurred for service at said premises. Tenants of the owners of real estate premises serviced with water may contract with the City of Heath for such water service but such contract shall be in no way construed as to relieve the owner of the real estate premises liability for said water service charges.
(d) In addition to certifying to the County Auditor that water charges are unpaid and a lien as provided in subsection (a) hereof, the Division of Utilities is authorized and directed to shut off the water service to those real estate premises until such unpaid water charges have been paid consistent with the regulations of the Division of Utilities and these Codified Ordinances.
(d) The owner of real estate premises, by installing or maintaining water service from the City, is deemed to assent to all rights and regulations of the Division of Utilities and ordinances of the City of Heath pertaining to water service and distribution.
(Ord. 37-2006. Passed 6-19-2006.)