Subject to such reasonable regulations as may be decided by the City Clerk or Recorder, the record owner of the property upon which a single family residence is situated shall be presumed to be the user of municipal service rendered for the benefit of said property and the record owner shall be liable to the City of Paden City for charges; the tenants or occupants of the residential units of a multi-family dwelling or apartment house shall be presumed to be the users of such municipal services and shall be liable to the City of Paden City for said charges. Persons doing business as partners in a business establishment within the City of Paden City shall be jointly and severally liable for said charges. However, in the event that a residential unit of a multi- family dwelling or apartment house is unoccupied then and in that event the record owner of the property upon which said multi-family dwelling or apartment is situated shall be presumed to be the user of the residential services provided to each such occupied unit and shall be liable to the City of Paden City for said charges. Subject to such reasonable regulations as may be promulgated by the City Clerk or Recorder, the record owner of the property upon which such multi-family dwelling or apartment house is situated shall be charged with the responsibility of collecting in advance, charges imposed by this Section from tenants or occupants of such dwelling units or apartments and properly remitting same to the City Clerk or Recorder and shall be liable to the City of Paden City in the amount of said charges for failure to do so or for failure to maintain adequate records from which such liability may be ascertained.
(Ord. 1998-1. Passed 1-19-98.)