Charges for wastewater disposal service shall be billed by the Water Division and collected at the same time and in the same manner as provided for water bills. The Water Division may enforce the payment of such wastewater disposal service charges by shutting off the user’s water supply, or an action of assumpsit may be instituted by the city against such user. The charges for wastewater disposal service, which under the provisions of the Revenue Bond Act, Public Act 94 of 1933, being M.C.L. § 141.121, as amended, are made a lien on the premises to which furnished, are hereby recognized to constitute such lien; and the Director of Finance shall, annually, on or about May 1, certify to the City Assessor all wastewater disposal charges which shall be delinquent for six months, whereupon such charge shall be entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against such premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general city taxes against such premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced. A like lien for such charges and service shall, to the extent permitted by law, be imposed against property outside the city and shall be enforced as provided in the Revenue Bond Act, Public Act 94 of 1993, observing procedures similar to the above as appropriate for township taxes.
(Prior Code, § 51.59) (Ord. D-1635, passed 9-9-1991, effective 9-9-1991; Ord. D-1878, passed 10-9-2000, effective 11-1-2000; Ord. D-1933, passed 8-26-2002, effective 10-1-2002)