(a) The billing and collection of sanitary sewer charges is hereby delegated to the Service Director, to be assessed, levied and collected in conjunction with the administration of the charges for water service supplied by the City. The same shall be subject to and governed by the valid and applicable rules and regulations from time to time established by the City with respect to the collection of water charges.
(b) The sanitary sewer charges shall be in lien upon all real property within the City and for certification of delinquent payments to the County Auditor for special assessment upon the tax duplicate, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
(c) User charges shall become due and payable when the billings are prepared and mailed. The net amount of the bill shall be paid within fifteen days of the mailing date and in the event the bill is not paid by this date, a penalty of five percent (5%) shall be added to the original billing and the new total shall be referred to as the gross amount.
(d) User charges not paid within twenty-five days from the date of mailing shall be considered overdue unless a dispute notice has been filed pursuant to Section 924.18. If no dispute is pending, an overdue bill showing the gross amount plus any current charges shall be sent to the owner accompanied by a notice that the user charges are due immediately. If the overdue billing is not paid within fifteen days of the mailing date, the unpaid overdue user charges may be certified delinquent to the County Auditor.
(e) Unpaid user charges after twenty-five days from the billing mailing date, for which a dispute notice has been filed pursuant to Section 924.18, shall not constitute a delinquent bill unless the dispute has been ruled unjustifiable and the bill remains unpaid after ten days of the dispute ruling. Subsequent user charges shall be paid within fifteen days of the mailing date while a dispute is pending on a previous user charge billing.
(f) The Service Director may begin procedures for suspension of water service during any period of delinquency in the payment of sanitary sewer charges.
(g) The City shall have the right to enter into contract with industrial users; however, the contract shall not be in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 103 (84-85). Passed 9-20-84.)