(A) Accounts for garbage and refuse service shall be only in the name of the owner of the real estate. As a condition of receiving refuse service from the City, any owner of real estate agrees to be governed by the provisions of this Code and Ordinances of the City of Lima, and all rates, rules and regulations established by the Mayor and Department of Utilities, and the owner shall be liable for all charges for such accounts.
(B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), the Mayor is authorized to develop and implement rules and regulations relating to the establishment of accounts in the name of a tenant occupying any real estate, provided however that the owner of such real estate shall remain ultimately liable for payment of the account as set forth subsection (A) if the tenant fails to pay the same.
(C) In addition to any other remedies available at law for the collection of unpaid garbage and refuse bills, all such unpaid bills shall be a lien on the real estate served by the account and the Director of Utilities is hereby authorized to certify, levy, and assess to the Allen County Auditor the amounts due as being delinquent, to be placed on the tax duplicate for such real estate and collected as other real estate taxes and assessments are collected, with interest and penalties allowed by law.
(Ord. 141-92. Passed 11-9-92.; Ord. 253-10. Passed 11-22-10.)