(a) Bills for sanitary sewer service of users in the classifications identified in section 16-59 shall be due when rendered; and the face amount, without penalty or interest, shall be paid on the due date. If a bill is not paid on the due date, the urban county government may, as authorized by KRS 96.930 to 96.943, inclusive, issue to the party supplying water service to the premises a direction to discontinue such water service, whether the water service bill shall have been paid or not. In the event that the water service is discontinued as result of non-payment of the bill the urban county government shall assess any fees or expenses it incurs as a result of the discontinuance as an additional charge.
(b) When such delinquent sanitary sewer user shall have paid to the urban county government the full amount of the delinquent bill, together with the prescribed penalty and/or interest provided by subsection (c) of this section, the urban county government will notify the water supplier that the sewer bill delinquency no longer exists and the sewer user may then, as far as the urban county government is concerned, seek restoration of the discontinued water service upon such terms and conditions as the water supplier may lawfully prescribe.
(c) All unpaid sanitary sewer bills are subject to a penalty and interest charge to be computed in the following manner.
(1) Any sanitary sewer service bill or a portion of any unpaid sewer service bill remaining unpaid for more than twenty (20) days from the date of billing may be assessed a penalty of ten (10) percent of the unpaid balance.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section, any sanitary sewer bill or a portion of any sanitary sewer bill remaining unpaid for more than thirty (30) days from the date of billing shall be assessed an interest charge at the statutory rate, which shall be on file with the division of revenue against the unpaid balance of such bill.
(d) The department of law is authorized and directed to institute legal proceedings in the name of the urban county government in any court having jurisdiction over such matter for the collection of delinquent sewer user fees, and to take any actions necessary in such proceedings to protect the interests of the urban county government. The commissioner of finance shall refer cases to the department of law when the amount owed is greater than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and upon a determination that all other collection efforts have failed.
(e) The mayor is authorized and directed to execute a release of any lien or lis pendens filed of record upon payment in full of the delinquent sewer user fees and applicable costs or upon conclusion of court proceedings which result in a sale of the property regardless of whether any portion of the fees and costs were paid from the proceeds of the sale. The department of law shall cause this release to be filed in the county clerk's office.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 119-90, § 3, 6-14-90; Ord. No. 85-2012, §§ 5, 6, 7-5-12; Ord. No. 84-2013, § 2, 7-9-13; Ord. No. 117-2013, § 2, 9-26-13)
Note(s)—Formerly, § 16-62.