(a) The billing and collection of sanitary sewer charges is hereby delegated to the Finance Director, to be assessed, levied and collected monthly 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. To insure that the revenue collected is sufficient to support the system, an annual audit, or more often if required, will be made and the rates will be adjusted accordingly.
(b) At least once annually, the billing statement will show the separate charges applied to debt service charges and user charges.
(c) The sanitary sewer charges shall be a lien upon all real property owned by each user. Delinquent payments shall be certified to the County Auditor for special assessment upon the tax duplicate, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
(d) The Finance Director shall have conducted an annual audit to assure that sufficient revenue is being generated to cover OM&R costs and that each user class pays its proportionate share of OM&R costs.
(e) All users of the system shall be subject to sanitary sewer charges. No user is entitled to access to the system without payment of the appropriate charges.
(f) Any sanitary sewer charges which are certified delinquent to the County Auditor shall be subject to a ten percent surcharge. Sanitary sewer charges shall be considered delinquent if not paid within thirty days after they become due and payable.
(g) The Superintendent is hereby authorized to discontinue either the delinquent consumer's water service or sewer service, whichever is more practicable and feasible to the City, at any time after due delinquency notification to the consumer. A delinquent account shall never be allowed to continue after one hundred eighty days from the original billing date.
(h) The owners of mobile home courts, apartment buildings and commercial or industrial complexes shall furnish the City with an accurate and true list of consumer units occupying his or her lands or buildings that are served by a master water meter. This number shall apply to each billing unless the number of units increases or decreases, which shall be reported to the City immediately or may be reported at set intervals as agreed upon by the Superintendent.
(i) In the event the consumer has utilized the sewer service less than a full billing period and the water service has been curtailed by the City or proper notification has been given to the City, the minimum charge may be pro-rated at no less than a monthly basis, provided the water consumption is also less than the average of 2,500 gallons per month.
(j) The City shall have the right to enter into a contract with industrial users, provided that such contract shall not be in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 09-119. Passed 11-17-09.)