(a) If proper notice has been provided and the urban county government's inspectors are refused access to property in order to perform a required inspection pursuant to section 16-112, it shall be presumed that an unauthorized connection to the sanitary sewer system of the urban county government exists at the subject property causing a discharge of surface water or groundwater. The urban county government shall, on all subsequent sanitary sewer user charge billings made to the property involved, add seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month until the urban county government is permitted to perform the required inspection.
(b) Upon failure of a person notified as provided in section 16-113 to abate a discharge of surface water or groundwater into the sanitary sewer system of the urban county government, the urban county government shall, on all sanitary sewer user charge billings made to the property involved after the sixty-day period has expired, add seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month until the urban county government is satisfied that the discharge of surface water has been eliminated.
(c) The supplementary charge provided for in subsections (a) of this section shall be assessed against the receiver of the service, whether an occupant or an owner. The supplementary charge provided for in subsection (b) shall be assessed against the owner of the subject property. If no urban county government billings are otherwise made for the property in question, the owner shall be billed directly for the supplementary sanitary sewer user charge. Failure to timely pay said supplementary sanitary sewer user charge and other ancillary charges necessary to generate a separate bill shall be cause to terminate water service to the affected property pursuant to KRS 96.932.
(d) Failure to eliminate the discharge of surface water or groundwater into the sanitary sewer system within six (6) months of the date of notification pursuant to section 16-113 shall, in addition to the supplemental sanitary sewer user charge provided for in subsection (b) of this section, subject the owner of the affected property to civil penalties or criminal prosecution pursuant to Article XII of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 13-2012, § 1, 1-26-12)