913.08 BILLING AND PAYMENT.
   (a)   The service charges, shall be for a period of one quarter of a year, and payment shall be made quarterly on or before the date specified on the bill. Any charges not paid prior to the date specified on the bill shall be assessed a ten percent (10%) penalty. Bills shall be mailed to the owner of the real property benefited or his agent or tenant. The failure of any owner or designated agent or tenant to receive a bill promptly shall not excuse nonpayment of same as herein provided, and in the event an owner or tenant fails to receive a bill promptly, he shall obtain a bill at the Office of Water and Wastewater Department of the City of Mount Vernon. All bills shall be payable at the Office of the Water and Wastewater Department.
    (b)   In the event the sewer service charges are not paid within fifteen days from the penalty due date, the Sewer Commission may cause a notice to be delivered or mailed to the owner addressed as provided in the preceding section, and to the occupant of the premises, addressed at the premises, stating the amount due and demanding payment thereof within a period of at least five days of the date of such notice and stating that if such payment is not made, the sewer service shall be discontinued without further notice, and, at the expiration of such period as provided in such notice, the Commission or the duly designated employees or officers of the City may enter on such premises and cause the sewer service to be disconnected and discontinued. A charge shall be made for discontinuing or reconnecting such service on account of nonpayment of service charges, and such charges shall be billed and collected in the same manner as the service charges.
   (c)   Each sewer service charge levied by or pursuant to this chapter is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the sanitary sewer system of the City, and if the same is not paid as hereinbefore provided, it shall be certified to the Knox County Auditor, and collected in the same manner, with interest and penalties allowed by law, as other taxes are collected pursuant to Ohio R. C. 729.49.
(Ord. 2016-21. Passed 11-28-16.)