(a) Sewer usage charges as determined by the metered water usage multiplied by the sewer rate shall be billed each month of the year. Sewer bills shall be payable at the utility office within twenty days after the billing notice is mailed.
(b) On premises using water supplied either in whole or in part from sources other than the City water works system, the City shall require the owner or other interested party to install water meters satisfactory to the City, to the extent necessary to measure the water consumed on the premises for the purpose of estimating volume of sewage discharged into the system for computing service charges.
(c) In the event it can be shown to the satisfaction of the City Manager with respect to any premises, that a portion of the water from any source on the premises does not and cannot enter the system, the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain metering devices to the extent necessary to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City Manager the portion of the water consumed on the premises which is discharged into the sewer system and the same shall constitute the basis for measuring the sewer charge for the premises.
(d) Any premises making connection with the system shall be charged a per diem prorated amount based upon the quarter-annual minimum charge, from the time the connection is made or the discharge into the system is begun, until the commencement of the next following billing period applicable to the premises, except that should the measured service exceed the minimum charge, the measured rate shall be charged.
(e) Each sewer charge levied pursuant to this chapter hereby is made a lien upon the premises charged therewith, and if the same is not paid within thirty days after it is due, it shall be certified to the County Auditor, who shall place the same on the tax duplicate with the interest and penalties allowed by law, to be collected as other Municipal taxes are collected. The City shall have the right, in the event of nonpayment as aforesaid, to discontinue service to the premises of water supplied by the City water works system until the unpaid sewer charges have been fully paid.
(f) The expense of such discontinuance, removal or closing, as well as the expense of restoring service, shall likewise be a debt due to the City and a lien upon the property and may be recovered by a civil action in the name of the City against the property owner, the person or both.
(g) Water or sewer service shall not be restored until all charges, including the expense of removal, closing and restoration, are paid. Change of ownership or occupancy of the premises found to be delinquent is not cause for reducing or eliminating these penalties.
(Ord. 95-20AC. Passed 4-3-95.)