(A) The storm water utility fee shall be billed on an annual basis and shall be due and payable within the time and manner prescribed by law for town ad valorem taxes, G.S. § 105-360. The town tax collector shall bill and collect the annual storm water fee established herein in the same manner as town taxes are collected and shall include the storm water fee as one or more line items on the tax bills mailed to each owner of the property subject to the storm water fee.
(B) The property owner is ultimately responsible for payment of the storm water service charge for property for which the party billed has not paid the storm water management service charge.
(C) Storm water utility fees shall be past due after January 5th of each calendar year. Said past due amounts shall bear the same rate of interest and penalty as unpaid past due property tax. Unpaid past due storm water utility bills shall become a lien against the real property and may be collected by civil action in the nature of foreclosure in the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice for Union County, North Carolina. In any legal action for collection of past due unpaid storm water utility bills, the attorneys fees for the town shall be taxed against the customer or consumer as a part of the judgment.
(Ord. passed 6-25-2007)