(a) Such charges and surcharges levied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be a debt due to the City and shall be a lien upon the property. If this debt is not paid within thirty days after it is due and payable, it shall be deemed delinquent and may be recovered by civil action in the name of the City against the property owner, the person or both.
(b) In the event of failure to pay sewer service charges or surcharges after they become delinquent, the City shall have the right to discontinue water service, or to remove or close sewer connections and enter upon the property for accomplishing such purposes. 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 civil action in the name of the City against the property owner, the person or both.
(c) Water or sewer service shall not be restored until all charges including the expense of removal, closing and restoration, have been paid.
(d) Change of ownership or occupancy of premises found delinquent shall not be a cause for reducing or eliminating penalties, if such charges have been certified as a lien on the premises. (Ord. 1979-11. Passed 1-30-79.)