(a) If any fees, rates or charges billed by the City of Toledo are not paid in full on or before the due date, an amount equal to one-half percent (½%) per month or fraction thereof of the outstanding balance will be added to the total amount owed.
(b) When any fees, rates, charges or late payment charges billed by the City of Toledo are not paid when due, the City may:
(1) Forward the account for collection by an outside collection agency;
(2) Bring an action at law for the collection of the delinquent amount; or
(3) Take any other action authorized in law or equity to collect the delinquent amount.
(c) For all delinquencies plus interest that are referred to collection by civil suit, there shall be imposed an administrative fee equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total delinquency at the time of the referral.
(d) In addition to the remedies listed above in subsection (b), when the delinquency owed to the City of Toledo is for a service that improves or maintains real property or eliminates a nuisance on real property, the charges together with any penalties may be certified to the County Auditor, who shall place the certified amount on the real property tax duplicate of the property served directly or indirectly by the services provided. The amount certified shall be a lien on the property served from the date placed on the list and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes, except that, notwithstanding section 323.15 of the Revised Code, a county treasurer shall accept a payment in such amount when separately tendered as payment for the full amount of such unpaid payments, fees and charges.
(e) This section shall not apply to or replace the late charge, penalty and collection sections of the Toledo Municipal Code that apply to delinquencies owed to the Department of Public Utilities for the utility services and refuse fees it bills or to the Division of Taxation for its tax billings.
(Ord. 391-09. Passed 7-21-09.)