Sewer users shall be billed each month for sewer services. Collection shall be made in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) All sewer charges shall be the joint and several responsibility of the property owner and the sewer user.
(b) Sewer bills for sewer services shall be paid on or before the 15th day from the billing date (hereinafter “penalty due date”).
(c) Any bill for sewer charges not paid by the penalty due date shall incur a penalty of five percent (5%) of such charges which will be added to the following month’s billing statement.
(d) If unpaid sewer charges are not paid by the 15th day following the second billing, a letter by ordinary U.S. mail (hereinafter “Notice of Lien”) requesting payment and indicating a notice of lien will be filed for all past due charges and shall be sent to the user at the property address and the property owner at the address on file with the Village Accounts Department.
(e) Each sewer service charge levied by or pursuant to this chapter is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the sanitary sewer system of the Municipality, and if the same is not paid within sixty days after the penalty due date, it may be certified to the Auditor of Delaware County, Ohio and collected in the same manner, with interest and penalties allowed by law, as other taxes are collected.
(f) All payment arrangements shall be made through the Sewer Billing Clerk, and all billing disputes shall be resolved by the Sewer Billing Clerk or Village Administrator, in the first instance. In the event the account holder remains dissatisfied, the dispute may be presented to the Mayor. The right to offset and/or file liens provided for herein exists in addition to any rights otherwise available at law to the Village to collect accounts. (Ord. 2007-17. Passed 7-18-07.)