(a) By Section 21 of Act 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, and by the terms of this chapter, the rates and charges for services furnished by the sewage collection and disposal system shall be liens on the property served. The City shall certify those rates and charges delinquent for six months or more to the City tax assessing officer, who shall enter the amount of the delinquent rates and charges on the tax roll against the premises to which the service was rendered, and who shall collect the rates and charges and enforce the lien in the same manner as provided for the collection of ad valorem property taxes assessed upon the same roll and the enforcement of the lien for taxes.
(b) For premises equipped with a separate water shut-off, in all cases where a tenant represents to the City, by filing an affidavit evidencing the legal execution of a lease containing a provision that the lessor shall not be liable henceforth for payment of water or sewage system bills, then the tenant shall pay to the City a deposit as set by resolution of the City Council from time to time as security for payment of future rates and charges. If the tenant fails to pay rates and charges the delinquent rates and charges shall not become a lien against the premises. The City, shall, however, cease to provide water service to the tenant's premises until the tenant pays the delinquent charges in full.
(Ord. 499. Passed 4-9-13.)