(A) Service fees for use of municipal utilities shall be established by the governing body for each service individually and combined into one municipal utilities bill. Municipal utilities bills shall be due and payable on the first day of each month at the office of the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer or designee. Bills not paid by the tenth day of the month shall be deemed to be delinquent. Refusal or nonpayment of any part of a municipal utilities bill as a whole is deemed to be delinquent.
(B) An owner of rental property, whether commercial or residential, shall be jointly and severally responsible with tenants for payment of any delinquent municipal utilities bills that are not promptly paid by the owner’s tenant or tenants.
(C) This chapter applies to all rental properties, whether commercial, single-family residential, apartment complex, mobile home courts or other rental property. The owner shall be furnished a copy of the notice of delinquency that is served upon the tenant and the owner shall have all information afforded by § 50.05.
(Prior Code, § 3-703)