(a) Each sewage charge charged under or pursuant to Chapter 921 and Chapter 925 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Steubenville, is made a lien upon the corresponding lot, parcel of land, buildings or premises served by a connection to the water system of the City and, if the same is not paid within ninety days after it shall become due and payable, it shall be certified to the Auditor of Jefferson County, at which time the lien shall vest, and the Auditor shall place the same on the tax duplicate of the County with the interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected as other taxes.
(b) The owners of real estate premises installing or maintaining sewage service shall be liable for all sewage charges incurred for service at said premises.
(c) Tenants of the owners of real estate premises serviced with sewers may contract with the City of Steubenville for such sewage service but such contract shall be in no way construed as to relieve the owner of the real estate premises of liability for said sewage service charges.
(d) After certifying to the County Auditor that sewage charges are unpaid and a lien as provided in subsection (a) hereof, the Finance Director or his designee is authorized and directed to shut off the water service to those real estate premises until such unpaid sewage charges have been paid.
(e) The owner of real estate premises by installing or maintaining sewer service from the City is deemed to assent to all rights and regulations of the Division of Sewage and ordinances of the City of Steubenville pertaining to sewage service.
(f) Any person aggrieved by the filing of a lien shall have the right to request a hearing before the Utilities Delinquency Review Board for resolution.
(Ord. 2000-150. Passed 2-27-01.)