(A) Each sewage service charge or surcharge levied by this chapter shall be a debt due the city. If any service rate or charge so established shall not be paid within 15 days after it shall be due and payable, the amount thereof, together with a penalty of 10% and a reasonable attorney’s fee, may be recovered by the Sanitary Board in a civil action in the name of the municipality.
(B) In the event of failure to pay the sewer service charge or surcharge after they become delinquent, the Sanitary Board shall be authorized to discontinue all water service to the property and shall have the right to enter upon the property of the user or the service for such purpose and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish such removal or closing, and the costs of such removal and closing, as well as the expense of restoring any such service shall likewise be a debt due the city, and may be recovered by the city by civil action in the name of the city, and such sewage service shall not again be turned on, nor the sewer connection restored until all service charges, including the expense of removal, closing, and restoration, shall have been paid. Change of ownership or occupancy of premises found delinquent shall not be cause of reducing or eliminating these penalties.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the rules of regulations made and promulgated by the Sanitary Board or any state or federal agency as aforesaid; any person convicted of any such violation shall be fined not more than $500, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court, or imprisoned in jail not to exceed 30 days, or both, and each day that any person shall continue the violation of any of the rules and regulations made and promulgated by the Sanitary Board or any state or federal agency shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. passed 1-29-1996)