915.06 COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.

   The charge or rentals levied pursuant to this chapter shall be collected by the Safety- Service Department, and the Safety-Service Director shall make and enforce such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management and protection of the City sewerage system and the sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works, for the construction and use of the sewers and connections to the sewerage system, and for the regulation, collection, rebating and refunding of such charge or rentals.

   The Director is hereby authorized to prohibit dumping of wastes into the City sewage system, which, at his discretion, are deemed harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works of the City, or to require methods affecting pretreatment of such wastes to comply with the pretreatment standards included in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the sewage works and Chapter 916.

   (a)    The rates and charges for all users shall be prepared and billed monthly.

   (b)    The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the properties served, unless otherwise requested in writing by the owner, but such billing shall in no way relieve the owner from the liability in the event payment is not made as herein required. The owners of properties served, which are occupied by a tenant or tenants, shall have the right to examine the collection records of the City for the purpose of determining whether bills have been paid by such tenant or tenants, provided that such examination shall be made at the office at which such records are kept and during the hours that such office is open for business.

   (c)    Each user shall be notified, on an annual basis, and in conjunction with the regular bill, of the user rate and that portion of the rate which is attributable to wastewater treatment services.
(Ord. 6-86. Passed 2-10-86. )

   (d)    As is provided by statute, all rates and charges not paid when due are hereby declared to be delinquent and a penalty of five percent (5%) of the amount of the rates or charges due shall be attached thereto. The time at which such rates or charges shall be paid is now fixed at fifteen (15) days after the date of mailing of the bill.
(Ord. 64-05. Passed 10-17-05.)