A. Due Date: All monthly sewer charges shall be due and payable from the user to the city clerk within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of the bill for services.
B. New Construction: For new construction, this would be when the service connection has been inspected and approved or when the building being served is substantially completed, whichever is the earlier date.
C. Failure To Pay; Penalty: Upon failure to pay the same, as prescribed, each user shall pay, in addition to the amount due, a penalty charge of one dollar ($1.00) or ten percent (10%) of charges due, whichever is greater.
D. Property Owner Responsible For City Sewer Service Charges: All real property owners who derive benefit from the city’s sewer system shall, in return for said benefit, pay user charges. Only the property owner, or his duly authorized agent, may initiate sewer service. All such service accounts shall be in the name of the owner. From the effective date hereof, each such sewer service account shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property served by the city sewer system. Each property owner shall execute such documentation as may be required by the city as a condition of receiving continuing sewer service. The city may allow the party responsible for payment of such charges on the date of enactment hereof to remain responsible for city sewer services until an unremedied delinquency occurs or until a new primary payer is proposed. If, after an account is in the name of the owner, the account becomes delinquent such that service is discontinued by the city, no subsequent city sewer service shall be given at the location that received services until all delinquent sewer charges and assessments have been paid in full. (Ord. 183, 10-24-1984; amd. Ord. 330, 2-24-2010; Ord. 382, 7-26-2023)