(A) Billing period. Sewer charges for sewerage service shall be prepared and billed by the city along with the bills for water service and shall be payable at the same time as the water bills.
(B) Liability for payment. The sewer charges for sewerage service shall be billed to the person being billed for water service unless, by contract with the utility, another person assumes such responsibility. If a tenant is billed, the owner shall in no way be relieved of liability in the event payment is not made by the tenant as herein required. Such owner shall have the right to examine the city’s collection records to ascertain whether such charges have been paid.
(C) First billings. The sewer charges and surcharges fixed in this chapter shall be extended to and cover any additional premises hereafter served without the need for any hearing or notice. If the first billing to a new customer covers a period other than a full billing month, then the sewer charges for such billing shall be made in keeping with standard practice in the water utility. Subsequent sewerage service billings shall be for periods coinciding with the billing periods for water service. If such sewer charges and/or surcharges are changed, the first billing after such change may also be for a period other than a full billing month in order to keep the sewerage billing periods coincident with the water billing periods.
(2003 Code, § 13.12.050) (Ord. 80-1, passed 1-14-1980)