(A) Customer and consumer responsible. Payment for all municipal utility (as that term is defined in § 50.01) service and charges shall be a contract with and the primary responsibility of the customer and consumer of the premises served and shall be billed to such customer and consumer unless otherwise contracted for and consented to by the city.
(1) If the utility service and charges are for a single metered or multi-metered multi-unit rental residential building, the fee title owner of said building shall be the customer and consumer of record and this responsibility shall not be waived by contract or otherwise.
(2) The city may collect the same in a civil action or, in the alternative and at the option of the city, as otherwise provided in this section.
(B) Charges a lien. Each such account, unless contracted for prior to the date of this chapter by another who is not the customer and consumer as defined herein, is hereby made a lien upon the premises served. All such accounts which are more than 30 days past due may, when authorized by resolution of the Council after hearing pursuant to statute, be certified by the City Clerk-Treasurer to the County Auditor, and the City Clerk-Treasurer in so certifying shall specify the amount thereof, the description of the premises served, and the name of the owner thereof. The amount so certified shall be extended by the Auditor on the tax rolls against such premises in the same manner as other taxes, and collected by the County Treasurer, and paid to the city along with the other taxes.
(Ord. 17-10, passed 3-20-2011)