(A) The Common Council of the city deems it necessary to authorize the city Wastewater Department and the Water Department to submit bills to any private individual for any time, labor, or use of equipment incurred by the city in any manner where the sewer or water problem is discovered to be upon personal and/or private property and not the fault of the city or upon public property.
(B) Billing by the Departments of the private owners shall be at the going rate for time, labor, and/or use of equipment; bills shall be submitted to the record owner of the real estate within 30 days from the date, the time, labor, and/or use of equipment is incurred by the city.
(C) Bills properly and timely submitted to the record owners of real estate shall be paid by the individuals or their designates within a period not to exceed 30 days, and in the event the bills are not paid in full on or before 30 days from the date the bills are sent to the real estate, there shall be placed on the real estate a mechanic’s lien by the city representing the amount of the bills representing time, labor, and/or use of equipment expended and incurred by the city on the real estate as a result of any water or sewer problem on the private property.
(Ord. 18-79, passed 8-27-1979; Am. Ord. 5-2007, passed 6-25-2007; Am. Ord. 15-2007, passed 12-10-2007)