(A) Should the property owner fail to make the necessary repairs within the three-month period as set out above, the city shall have the option of thereafter:
(1) Assessing a surcharge fee to his or her monthly wastewater charge; and (The charge shall be determined by the city’s existing formula for calculating domestic wastewater charges with exclusion of the gallon maximum charge.)
(2) Terminating water and/or sewer service to the property.
(B) If, after exercising reasonable diligence, the city is unable to locate the property owner or his or her agent or the property owner or his or her agent refuses to make the necessary repairs, the city or its agent shall have the right to go on the land or property upon which the source of inflow or infiltration exists and make the repairs and inspection as above provided. The owner of the property shall be liable to the city for the cost of the work and the cost upon demand, which cost may be included upon the property owner’s next monthly waste water charge with a reasonable service charge added for each month the bill remains unpaid or the city may cut off the water and/or sewer upon 30 days written notice to the customer.
(C) Within 30 days after notification that the water and/or sewer will be cut off, the customer may:
(1) Arrange with the Utility Department to extend his or her payout period without interest up to 60 months with the monthly payments added to his or her regular water/sewer bill; or
(2) Appeal to the City Council for a hardship variance. The appeal shall be submitted in writing to the Mayor’s office for hearing at a regular scheduled Council meeting.
(D) If the property owner is unknown or does not pay the charge, the city shall file a lien upon the land for the cost of the repair and a fine for the extraneous water disposed of through the city’s sanitary sewer system and wastewater treatment plant.
(Ord. 113-88, passed 12-15-87) Penalty, see § 10.99