All charges provided by this article shall be billed and collected as hereinafter provided and the receipts therefrom paid over and delivered to the Sanitary Board.
All bills shall be due when mailed to the last known address of the party owing same. Each bill shall be a debt due the City and the amount thereof and charges evidenced thereby, if not paid when due, shall constitute a lien upon the premises served by the municipal sewage system, and if the bill is not paid within thirty days after the same is due, it shall be deemed delinquent and the amount thereof, together with a penalty of ten percent (10%) and a reasonable attorney’s fee, shall be recovered by the Sanitary Board of the City in a civil action in the name of the City, and the lien procured in connection with any such action shall be foreclosed in due course against the lot, parcel of land or building charged with the amount due, in accordance with the laws relating thereto.
No allowance or adjustment of any sewer charge shall be made for any leaks of any nature occurring on the user’s side of the water meter.
(Ord. A-2295. Passed 8-10-71.)