There is hereby levied and assessed against all owners, tenants or occupants of each and every lot or parcel of real estate or building having any active connection with the public sanitary sewage system or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into that system or any part thereof, a service charge, payable as hereinafter provided for and in the amount hereinafter provided for.
(Prior Code, § 915.12)