(A) The owner shall be liable for water supplied or sewer service provided to the owner’s property, whether the owner is occupying the property or not, and any charges unpaid shall be a lien upon the property. The City Clerk/Treasurer/Administrator’s office requires a renter’s deposit as may be established from time to time by Council resolution.
(B) Water and sewer charges shall be billed together. Bills shall be mailed to the customers monthly and shall specify the water consumed and the sewer and water charges in accordance with the rates set out in this chapter.
(C) All charges for water and sewer shall be due on the monthly due date of the tenth of each month. Eighteen percent per annum interest charge on the 60 days past due balance, 90 days past due letter to owner and renter, if rental property, requiring payment or arrangements to be made for payment. Delinquent accounts, 90 days past due, shall be certified to the County Auditor on October 10.
(’77 Code, § 401.04) Penalty, see § 10.99