(A) Payment for all municipal utility (as that term is defined in city code, § 50.01) service, and charges, shall be the primary responsibility of the fee owner of the premises served, and shall be billed to the owner, unless otherwise contracted for, and authorized in writing by, the fee owner, and any other person (such as a tenant, contract purchaser, manager, and the like), as agent for the fee owner, and consented to by the city. If the utility service, and charges, are for a single metered multi-unit rental residential building, the owner of the building shall be the customer of record, and this responsibility shall not be waived by contract, or otherwise. The city may collect the same in a civil action, or, in the alternative and at the option of the city, as otherwise provided in this section.
(B) Pursuant to M.S. § 444.075, subd. 3e, as it may be amended from time to time, referencing unpaid charges for utilities, the city may make charges for unpaid utilities, a charge against the owner, lessee, occupant, or all of them, and may provide, and covenant, for certifying unpaid charges to the County Auditor with taxes against the property served for collection as other taxes are collected.
(Prior Code, § 3.05) (Ord. 28, second series, passed 12-21-1981; Ord. 001, third series, passed 4-15-2008)